{"id":321924,"date":"2023-03-15T20:19:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T19:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=321924"},"modified":"2023-03-15T20:19:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T19:19:39","slug":"nba-hands-ja-morant-a-8-game-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nba-hands-ja-morant-a-8-game-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA hands Ja Morant a 8-game suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA announced today that Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has been suspended eight games without pay for conduct detrimental to the league.  The discipline is in response to Morant\u2019s live streaming of a video on March 4 in which he is holding a firearm in an intoxicated state while visiting a Denver area nightclub.  Morant will be eligible to return for the team\u2019s game against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday, March 20.<\/p>\n<p>A meeting took place today in the NBA\u2019s New York offices between NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Morant to discuss Morant\u2019s conduct.  NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars and NBPA Executive Director Tamika Tremaglio, among others, attended the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The league office conducted an investigation of the March 4 incident.  Based on the information obtained during the investigation, the league did not conclude that the gun at issue belonged to Morant, was brought by him into the nightclub or was displayed by him beyond a brief period.  The investigation also did not find that Morant possessed the gun while traveling with the team or in any NBA facility, and the Colorado authorities did not find sufficient cause to charge Morant with a crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJa\u2019s conduct was irresponsible, reckless and potentially very dangerous,\u201d said Silver.  \u201cIt also has serious consequences given his enormous following and influence, particularly among young fans who look up to him.  He has expressed sincere contrition and remorse for his behavior.  Ja has also made it clear to me that he has learned from this incident and that he understands his obligations and responsibility to the Memphis Grizzlies and the broader NBA community extend well beyond his play on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspension includes the games already missed by Morant who will be eligible to play starting Monday, March 20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":299647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[175],"typology":[185,15727],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-321924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-official","typology-press-release-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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