It’s not that I don’t assume Ja Morant can learn a room. I believe he can, which is why his Instagram Reside story the place he seems to carry a gun is so maddening. In case 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 a young person and flashed a gun have been launched, together with another dumb shit that will simply go away if he would cease upsetting individuals.

However first, right here’s a shirtless Morant at what I’m assuming is a membership in Denver, rapping to a track a number of hours after getting beat by the Nuggets in a sport through which they scored 17 fourth-quarter factors and misplaced by 16.

I might give a shit if it was a pea shooter, some type of jewellery, or no matter. It appears like a gun, and he holds it up with a giant 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 manner.

Up to date: The Grizzlies introduced Saturday afternoon that Morant “will probably be away from the workforce for a minimum of the subsequent two video games.” Morant gained’t go well with up in opposition to the 2 L.A. squads. 

Wow, life comes at you quick. One night time, you’re out together with your buddies singing incoherently into your cellphone, and the subsequent day, Woj is reporting that the league is “investigating” your habits. If solely 1,000,000 individuals might’ve seen this coming.

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 plenty of guys of their early 20s behave the best way Morant and his pals have allegedly acted. I misspoke. These actions are a step beneath. They’re juvenile. It’s being contradictory solely to piss off individuals.

In case you wanted proof that that is teenage idiocy, school hooper Brandon Miller, who’s coping with his personal gun-related controversy, carried on with the mock TSA pat down 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 sport.

Properly, the NBA takes issues a bit extra critically than the NCAA.