It’s not that I don’t assume Ja Morant can learn a room. I feel he can, which is why his Instagram Live story the place he seems to carry a gun is so maddening. If you’re unaware, Morant has been within the information this week as a result of particulars emerged from an incident the place he allegedly punched an adolescent and flashed a gun, together with another dumb shit that may simply go away if he would cease scary individuals.
But first, right here’s a shirtless Morant at what I’m assuming is a membership in Denver, rapping to a track just a few hours after getting beat by the Nuggets in a recreation through which the Grizzlies scored 17 fourth-quarter factors and misplaced by 16.
I couldn’t give a shit if it was a pea shooter, some form of jewellery, or no matter. It appears like a gun, and he holds it up with an enormous smile on his face. That’s the habits of a licensed jackass, a defiant licensed jackass at that. One who might need some self-discipline coming his means.
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Updated: The Grizzlies introduced Saturday afternoon that Morant “will be away from the team for at least the next two games.” Morant received’t go well with up towards the 2 L.A. squads.
Wow, life comes at you quick. One night time, you’re out along with your buddies singing incoherently into your telephone, and the following day, Woj is reporting that the league is “investigating” your habits. If solely one million individuals might’ve seen this coming.
Updated: Morant has deactivated his Twitter and Instagram accounts.
Morant additionally celebrated with air pistols this week post-WaPo story, and it went beneath the radar like a quantity scorer going for 40 this 12 months.
He appears to know precisely what he’s doing. Three days in the past, I gave him the advantage of the doubt and wrote that a variety of guys of their early 20s behave the best way Morant and his pals have allegedly acted. I misspoke. These actions are a step under. They’re juvenile. It’s being contradictory solely to piss off individuals.
If you wanted proof that that is teenage idiocy, faculty hooper Brandon Miller, who’s coping with his personal gun-related controversy, carried on with the mock TSA patdown that he’s been doing earlier than Alabama video games this season. He was rightfully admonished for it, however hasn’t been sat down, not even for a single recreation.
Well, the NBA takes issues a little bit extra significantly than the NCAA.