Nba, Ja Morant suspended for 25 games after the video with the gun – Corriere.it

The star of the Memphis Grizzlies Ja Morant suspended for 25 matches for conduct detrimental to the league. The NBA announced it. The suspension begins immediately and will remain in effect for the first few games of the 2023-24 regular season. The 23-year-old will also have to meet certain conditions before being reinstated. He also will not be able to participate in any team activities, including pre-season matches. The first overall pick of the 2019 draft was therefore suspended for the second time in the last three months for displaying a firearm on social media (he had already been stopped for eight games in March). Alarming and puzzling conduct given the precedent – said NBA commissioner Adam Silver – the possibility for other young people to emulate him is particularly worrying. In these circumstances, we believe a 25-game suspension is appropriate and make clear that reckless and irresponsible behavior with firearms will not be tolerated.

The super disqualifications of the past

Maxi disqualification therefore, even if it won’t be the longest ever. In 1977 Kermit Washington he was suspended for two months for punching Rudy Tomjanovich during the match between the Lakers and the Houston Rockets. Twenty years later Latrell Sprewell was suspended for one year (a record at the time) for assaulting Golden State coach PJ Carlesimo. In 2004 Ron Artest, who had already broken Michael Jordan’s ribs, was sidelined for 73 races following the famous brawl in a
Detroit-Indiana.
Chris Andersennicknamed Birdman, was punished in January 2006 with a two-year forced break for a positive drug test, while in 2016 it was worse for OJ Mayowho was fired by the NBA for violating the league’s drug program for the second time.