Ja Morant, the Memphis Grizzlies’ guard who is among the NBA’s most dynamic players, has been suspended without pay by the league for 25 games after repeatedly brandishing a gun on social media. Pro rated, the suspension could cost Morant $10-plus million, based on his $33.5 million annual salary this past year. It will also cost the Grizzlies, who came in second in the Western Conference last year, their best player for a good chunk of the 82-game season.
Morant was suspended by the Grizzlies after the latest mid-May incident, but NBA commissioner Adam Silver decided the league would wait to impose its own punishment until after the Finals so as not to distract from that event. Now that the Denver Nuggets have been crowned NBA champs, Silver was free to make the announcement.
Morant was shown in the Mid-may video holding a gun, the second such incident this year for him.
Morant was suspended by the Grizzlies after the latest mid-May incident, but NBA commissioner Adam Silver decided the league would wait to impose its own punishment until after the Finals so as not to distract from that event. Now that the Denver Nuggets have been crowned NBA champs, Silver was free to make the announcement.
Morant was shown in the Mid-may video holding a gun, the second such incident this year for him.
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