NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that the league has decided to take disciplinary action against Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant. However, Silver will wait until after the NBA Finals to announce the penalty.
Adam Silver says the NBA has already decided to suspend Ja Morant, and it will be announced after the NBA Finals. pic.twitter.com/1Xvpe96dfC
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Ja Morant is suspended by the Memphis Grizzlies
On May 14, Morant was suspended by the Grizzlies after brandishing a gun in an Instagram Live broadcast.
This was not Morant’s first incident involving guns this season.
Morant was seen carrying a firearm at a nightclub in Denver on March 4. The incident occurred after the Grizzlies played Nuggets earlier that night.
For his actions in Denver, Morant met with Silver to discuss the incident. He was subsequently suspended eight games without pay for conduct detrimental to the league.
Adam Silver might go down hard on Morant
Because of Morant’s previous suspension, there is a belief that Silver will come down harder on the young star.
“We’ve revealed a fair amount of additional information since I was asked about the situation,” Silver said Thursday. “I would say we could have probably come to a head now, but we made a decision — and I think the Players Association agrees with us — that it would be unfair to these players and these teams in the middle of the series announcing the results of that investigation. And given that he’s now suspended by the Memphis Grizzlies Indefinitely, and so nothing changed in the next few weeks, it seemed best to stop that for the time being, at least any public announcement.
The latest possible date for the NBA Finals is June 18, so expect a Silver announcement after that.