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☆ NBA roundup: Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns spoil opening night at the LA Clippers’ new home with tense OT win
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Kevin Durant led the Phoenix Suns to a nail-biting 116-113 overtime win to spoil the Los Angeles Clippers’ grand opening of their new arena, the Intuit Dome. But the Suns surged back and Durant tied the game with a fadeaway jumper over two Clippers players with just 21 seconds remaining to force OT. Durant finished with a team-high 25 points to go with seven rebounds, three steals and a block, while Bradley Beal added 24 points. Alex Goodlett/Getty ImagesMorant, one of the NBA’s most electrifying players, showcased all of his scintillating ability in the win. Three Grizzlies players finished with more than 20 points, with the impressive Santi Aldama scoring 27 and Desmond Bane adding 24.

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☆ Charles Barkley: NBA great criticizes Ja Morant and opens up about his own politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Ben Church | Chris Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —NBA great and popular TV analyst Charles Barkley has urged Ja Morant to focus on basketball and “stay out of trouble” as the Memphis Grizzlies’ star continues to serve a lengthy suspension for incidents involving firearms. In June, the NBA suspended Morant for 25 games without pay after he was involved in several incidents where he was caught on video with guns which were published on social media. The first game Morant would be eligible to play is on December 19 against the New Orleans Pelicans. “I think you can be one of those things, but you don’t think that way on every subject. With the new NBA season back underway, Barkley isn’t shy about predicting this year’s champion.

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☆ Ja Morant: NBA suspends Memphis Grizzlies' star for 25 games without pay for 'conduct detrimental to the league'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( David Close | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has been suspended for 25 games without pay by the NBA for “conduct detrimental to the league,” the NBA announced Friday. The NBA had suspended Morant for eight games without pay in March after he was seen in another Instagram Live video holding a gun at a nightclub in Glendale, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. The league said Morant’s unpaid suspension runs through the first 25 games of the upcoming 2023-24 regular season. He will not be allowed to take part in any “public” team activities, including preseason games, until the suspension is lifted. Earlier this month, Silver said what was important was not the amount of games Morant was suspended for but rather changing his life path.

Persons: Ja Morant, Morant, Adam Silver, Ja, ”, Silver, ” Silver, Dan Patrick Show Organizations: CNN — Memphis Grizzlies, NBA Locations: Glendale , Colorado, Denver, Memphis

☆ N.B.A. Suspends Ja Morant for 25 Games After Second Gun Video
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Sopan Deb | Tania Ganguli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

suspended Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant for 25 games without pay to start the 2023-24 season after a league investigation found that he had posed with a gun in a video streamed on social media for the second time in just over two months. After the first video, in March, the N.B.A. suspended Morant for eight games, and he apologized. He apologized again after the second video, in May. “Under these circumstances, we believe a suspension of 25 games is appropriate and makes clear that engaging in reckless and irresponsible behavior with guns will not be tolerated.”

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☆ Ja Morant Suspended Again for Possible New Gun Video
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Tania Ganguli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

again after he flashed an object that looked like a gun in a carefree manner during an Instagram Live video posted over the weekend. The Memphis Grizzlies said in a statement that they had suspended Morant from all team activities pending the league’s review. In March, the league suspended Morant for eight games after he was seen holding a gun while dancing at a nightclub near Denver. The Instagram Live video was posted early on March 4, when, the N.B.A. said, Morant had been “in an intoxicated state.” Morant soon left the team and checked into a facility in Florida for counseling.

CNN —Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has been suspended from team activities after an Instagram Live video appearing to show him flashing a gun while in a vehicle with others circulated on social media Sunday, just two months after the athlete was suspended over a similar video. Morant is suspended from all team activities “pending League review,” the Grizzlies announced on Twitter, adding the team had no further comment. CNN has reached out to Morant’s representative, the Grizzlies, and the NBA for comment. In March, the NBA suspended Morant for eight games without pay for “conduct detrimental to the league” after he was seen in another Instagram Live video holding a gun at a nightclub in Glendale, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. The investigation also did not find that Morant possessed the gun while traveling with the team or in any NBA facility.”Glendale police did not press charges against Morant.

☆ Ja Morant’s Night at a Denver Strip Club Could Cost Him $39 Million
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Robert O Connell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In the fractured age of internet-era sports fandom, there is no single indicator of superstar status. But by last summer, Ja Morant—the then-22-year-old point guard for the Memphis Grizzlies, gifted with a probing dribble and jet-fueled vertical leap—had unmistakably achieved it. One piece of proof was that even his missed attempts at slam dunks became viral phenomena. Another was the five-year contract extension he signed in July that, if he met certain thresholds before it kicked in during the 2023 offseason, would earn him nearly a quarter-billion dollars.

☆ Fact Check-Video purporting to show NBA Commissioner saying Ja Morant was suspended due to ‘thuggish and gangster activities’ is altered, stems from satire
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A clip that purportedly shows NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announcing the suspension of Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant because of “thuggish and gangster activities” has been altered and was likely meant as satire. While Morant was indeed suspended for at least two games, this came after displaying what appeared to be a gun at a nightclub. I hope he learns during this time that his thuggish and gangster activities are prohibited by the NBA. Parody / Satire.”A Google search shows the clip was taken from Silver’s NBA All-Star press conference (here) in February 2023. A clip that purportedly shows Adam Silver announcing the suspension of Ja Morant because of his “thuggish and gangster activities” features an edited audio track and was likely meant as satire.

☆ Ja Morant Will Miss Two Games as NBA Investigates Video Showing Him With a Gun
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Robert O Connell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ja Morant will miss at least the next two Memphis Grizzlies games. Ja Morant will miss at least the next two Memphis Grizzlies games, the team announced on Saturday, while the NBA investigates an Instagram Live video posted from Morant’s account early Saturday morning in which he momentarily posed with what appeared to be a handgun. “We are aware of a social media post involving Ja Morant and are investigating,” league spokesman Mike Bass said. The video showed Morant dancing in a crowded, low-lit room when the gun appeared. He has since deactivated his Instagram and Twitter accounts.

☆ The NBA’s Smartest Teams Are Letting Games Roll to a Halt
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Robert O'Connell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

One of the most athletic and dynamic players in the NBA was, for the moment, doing nothing. Ja Morant leaned over and grabbed his shorts, his sneakers a few inches away from the basketball that his teammate John Konchar had just inbounded—which is to say, had just dropped to the floor like keys on a countertop. Morant’s Memphis Grizzlies led the Charlotte Hornets by 29 points, late in the third quarter of an early-January game, and he was content to let the ball sit there as long as he could. Twenty-six seconds of game clock ticked by before a Hornets defender jogged into the backcourt, forcing Morant to pick the ball up. Only then did the Grizzlies’ 24 seconds on the shot clock begin.

☆ Grizzlies vs Nets: Ja Morant takes flight and scores 38 in Memphis win over Brooklyn
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Ja Morant led the way on Wednesday for the Memphis Grizzlies with 38 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in a 134-124 win over the Brooklyn Nets. Even his opponents praised the Memphis guard’s performance after the game with Nets star forward Kevin Durant saying that Morant is “doing some stuff that we’ve never seen before.”“He’s a unique player,” Durant added, according to ESPN. Although Durant and Kyrie Irving each scored 37 points for the Nets and Brooklyn shot 54% from the field, the Grizzlies outscored the visitors 48-27 from three-point range. The Nets launched a mini-comeback to come within seven of Memphis, but a huge 33-foot triple from Morant with 51 seconds remaining took the Grizzlies lead to 10 and locked up the win. Tonight, I thought was his best game at doing both at a high level.”The win takes the Grizzlies to 3-1 on the season, while the Nets fall to 1-2.

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