MADRID, 5 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant was removed from his team this Saturday for “at least” the next two games after appearing on Instagram carrying a gun, in a nightclub, a controversial episode for which he is also being investigated by the NBA.
The Tennessee franchise released a brief statement with that decision to cut the player “for at least the next two games”, while Morant himself issued another statement to “assume full responsibility” for his actions the night before.
“I’m sorry to my family, teammates, coaches, fans, the city of Memphis and the entire Grizzlies organization for letting them down. I’m going to take some time to get help and work on learning better methods to deal with stress and my general well-being”, wrote the player.
Morant, one of the stars of the NBA at 23 years old, came to the spotlight this weekend not because of his numbers (27 points and 8 assists on average per game), but because of a video that he himself posted on his social network on Saturday morning, where he could be seen carrying a gun.
NBA spokesman Mike Bass announced that the league is investigating what happened and that video uploaded by a Morant who, at 23, had already been involved in other non-sports controversies while leading some second-place Grizzlies in the Western Conference.