ESPN Sources: The NBA has suspended Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant 25 games to start the 2023-2024 season
ESPN Sources: The NBA has suspended Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant 25 games to start the 2023-2024 season. pic.twitter.com/EGKRU7WqwO
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 16, 2023
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That’s nothing. I expect by the 40th game of the season, we’ll be having this discussion again.
I honestly thought it was going to be at least half the season. He’ll probably still play more games than Zion next year.
Definitely lighter than expected. Hope it wakes him up and he stops playing with his “toy” guns.
Should’ve been double that. Silver has no spine
Biggest NBA news week of the year and r/nba remains shut down lol
I don’t think this punishment was strict enough. He’s a popular NBA player, the face of the Memphis Grizzlies. He’s gonna be teaching kids that behaviour like that is ok. This isn’t even a slap on the wrist, it’s like a poke lol.
Slap on the wrist. But if Ja does this again…26 games should set him straight.
What a joke of a suspension. Silver is such a pushover. They don’t provide any “new” information they found as they said they did. This wouldn’t have affected the NBA Finals. Ja ain’t gonna be the one formulating the program and it’ll be his agent. They’re gonna bs it anyways or get ChatGPT to do it. Silver is such a worthless commissioner
Shots fired.
**25 games is nothing.**
**Silver is a coward.**
Lol thats it??
No MVP award possibility now
Did he get traded to the Raptors or something? Why is this here?
I don’t know what regulations in the cba are to be followed when analyzing suspensions.
Given that it’s unprovable that the gun in the latest video was real, it may be all they could get away with without Ja’s legal team crying foul
Underwhelmed.
Silver built this up to drop a slap on the wrist.
I knew that all of the wait and hype was for nothing lol. It was just all show.
Sure, 25 games is not nothing but it isn’t 40+ games like most inferred from the lead up.
Weak
Now imagine if Ja spent his time snorting lines of coke. (He might get another warning)
Should’ve been 41 games IMO
All that build up for 25 games, Ja might as well do it again since Adam might give him 30 next time
There are so many details about this we don’t know. Is he an entitled moron? Sure. Did he bring a gun into an NBA facility to threaten a teammate over gambling debts? No.
I understand there were multiple incidents leading up to this throughout the season and it does reflect poorly on the NBA in the big picture, but 25 games for being an idiot on your days off with your own personal property seems like a fair enough punishment to me.
Lmfaooooooooooooo
Sorry but this situation feels like such a nothing burger. And people are calling for him to be out 41 games? I don’t really understand why this is such a passion area for some
Extended summer break
His punishment should be being traded to the Raptors for peanuts
It’ll be harder for him to get a gun up here.
David Stern would never
Way weaker than what I thought with Silver’s previous comments
Now we know why Silver wanted to wait until after the finals were over to announce his punishment. It’s because he’s a fucking spineless craven who didn’t want the uproar of people outraged by this slap on the wrist.
banish him to Toronto so we can win our second chip.
That’s all???? Isn’t it the 3rd time now? Gilbert Arenas got nearly 60 games for just doing it once!
Lol, such a nothing suspension
Not even a third of the season. I’m surprised.
This actually seems like a light punishment, but he didn’t murder anyone so it’s better than nothing. It should also be without pay tbh.
When the fuck did this sub get so punitive? 25 games is almost a third of a season, and people that’s not enough? He should get more than 25 games for…what? Carelessly and stupidly flashing a gun in a picture?
I’m fine with him being suspended, don’t get me wrong. What he did was bad and it should be discourage. It just seems people here are just wouldn’t be pleased unless he was banned for life Donald Sterling style.
People are forgetting he is losing a LOT of money being out 25 games.
The NBPA association would throw a huge protest if they did what some people are suggesting.
People here are ready to riot for this punishment. He had a gun, which although stupid and a bad look is not illegal.
Focus on NBA promoting Karl Malone and allowing domestic abusers in the league.
At least he won’t be eligible for awards. What a punk lol
Weak sauce
That’s it? Why were we memeing this so hard, you get worse for placing a bet.
What a spineless ruling this is
Will him missing all-nba and all-star affect his salary and super max implications?