Basketball, the NBA suspends Ja Morant for 25 games. In one video he was holding a gun

Twenty-five rounds of suspension without pay. It is the sanction imposed from the NBA to Ja Morant for “harmful behavior towards the league”. The penalty against the Memphis Grizzlies player, to be served starting from the start of the 2023-24 regular season, came weeks after the live Instagram in which Morant had been framed holding a gun in his hand. Last March he was suspended for eight games for a similar video.

Even after 25 game stoppages – in which Morant will not be able to participate in any team or league activities, therefore he will not even play in pre-season games or train in training camp – the All-Star will still have to meet certain conditions set by the NBA, including participating to an NBA-sponsored program to “raise awareness of and address the circumstances that led to his destructive behavior,” Silver said in the release.

After the news of the suspension, Ja Morant – who closed his social accounts – in turn entrusted his apologies to the NBA, the Grizzlies and all the people who follow him, as well as his sponsors, in a statement. “I will spend the summer and my suspension working on my mental health and the decisions I will make. I will continue training so that I can be ready when I can get back on the pitch. I know my team-mates will hold on and I’m sorry I can’t be on the pitch with them at the start of the season. I hope you will give me the chance to prove that I am a better man than I have shown”