Ja Morant

2023 - 2 - 7

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FOX Sports' Shannon Sharpe to Ja Morant: 'You're not about that life ... (The Commercial Appeal)

Fox Sports' Shannon Sharpe had advice for Ja Morant following a report that his associates got into a postgame confrontation with the Indiana Pacers.

"As you just said, if you're going to win three playoff series or four to win the (NBA championship), you've got to show control and they are not in control. And Ja is not in control. It doesn't need to be that way because he's a talented basketball player and the Grizzlies have greater concerns on the court. Three people quoted in the story believed it was a gun but didn't see a weapon. Ja did everything he could to lift himself and his family out of this environment and to get away from this," Sharpe said. "I wish Ja would realize he's not a thug.

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NBA investigates postgame altercation between Ja Morant's ... (CBSSports.com)

The NBA recently investigated an altercation between associates of Grizzlies star Ja Morant and the Pacers' traveling party following an Indiana-Memphis ...

"That was addressed internally," Jenkins [said](https://twitter.com/DamichaelC/status/1622346611283173381). [Toronto Raptors](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/TOR/toronto-raptors/) on Sunday. Members of the Pacers organization felt they were in "grave danger" but did not report the incident to police out of fear of retribution, per The Athletic. While the Pacers were making their way toward their busses after the game in Memphis, Pack and a number of other Morant associates exited two parked SUVs and began shouting at the traveling party, per The Athletic. [Andrew Nembhard](/nba/players/3041935/andrew-nembhard/), who told his father to "shut up." [Grizzlies](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/MEM/memphis-grizzlies/) star [Ja Morant](/nba/players/2892772/ja-morant/) and the [Pacers](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/IND/indiana-pacers/)' traveling party following an Indiana-Memphis game on Jan. [appears to have been banned from FedEx Forum](https://twitter.com/Matt_Infield/status/1622373652145610754) in Memphis for a year. "I checked his temperature," Morant [said](https://twitter.com/DamichaelC/status/1619881989498343425). "Did a investigation seen they were cappin," the Grizzlies star [wrote](https://twitter.com/JaMorant/status/1622365982915235842). "Certain individuals involved in the postgame situation and a related matter during the game that night have been subsequently banned from attending games in the arena. & banned my brother from home games for a year . They believed it was a gun, but the [NBA](/nba/) said it could "not corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon."

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Ja Morant's friend banned from entering Memphis Grizzlies arena (Basketnews.com)

Ja Morant's entourage got in trouble during Sunday, January 29th's Memphis Grizzlies home game against the Indiana Pacers. The NBA even launched an ...

While we substantiated that a postgame situation arose that was confrontational, based on interviews and other evidence gathered, we could not corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon," the league's spokesman Mike Bass told The Athletic. A red laser was continuously pointed from the car at the players and coaches in the Pacers bus. Ja Morant's long-time friend Devonte Pack was banned from attending Grizzlies home games at the FedExForum for a year after he verbally abused Pacers players during and after the game. "NBA Security and league investigators conducted an investigation interviewing numerous eyewitnesses and reviewing video surveillance following allegations made by the Indiana Pacers organization regarding a postgame incident on Jan. The Pacers organization initially suspected that it was a gun. During the game, Morant's long-time friend Devonte Pack directed some comments toward Pacers players amid a conflict between the teams on the court.

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Shannon Sharpe Calls Out Ja Morant, Says He Isn't 'Hard' After ... (Complex)

Over the weekend, the Memphis Grizzlies star responded to the confrontation allegations himself by pointing to a reported league investigation.

“You’re opening yourself up, you’re putting yourself in a position you don’t even need to be in. “You pretend like you’re hard but you’re not, Ja,” he said. “What’ you’re gon’ do is get yourself in trouble, put yourself and your family in harm’s way, when you don’t have to. … You’re not gon’ do nothing,” he said of the report. [U]nbelievable.” [Per](https://theathletic.com/4157284/2023/02/05/pacers-grizzlies-laser-ja-morant-investigation/?source=twitterhq) the Athletic, an NBA rep said that their initial inquiry into the allegations showed that “a postgame situation” had occurred, although their findings did not “corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon.” People in that life would give anything to be in your life.”

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Grizzlies: Shannon Sharpe calls out Ja Morant after scary incident (ClutchPoints)

Shannon Sharpe had a stern message for Memphis Grizzlies' star Ja Morant after an accusation surfaced following a Grizzlies-Pacers game.

29, it is clear that Shannon Sharpe thinks the young superstar needs to grow up and surround himself with different people. That led to a lengthy and heated verbal confrontation between the Grizzlies and Pacers postgame. “Did a investigation seen they were cappin.

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NBA investigated incident involving Ja Morant's acquaintances, red ... (KNBR)

The red laser was seen from a “slow moving SUV” that drove by the Pacers' traveling party near the team bus in the loading area of FedExForum. The SUV was ...

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Investigation into Ja Morant's entourage over alleged gun threat ... (MARCA.com)

The incident allegedly took place after an altercation between Morant and Chris Duarte on January 29, when Memphis beat the Pacers 112-100. According to The ...

Morant got into a car with his entourage after the game and Pacers coaching staff members claimed that it was at that point when a red laser was pointed at them. According to The Athletic, Morant and two other people were spotted in an SUV when a red laser was pointed at the Indiana bus. [NBA](https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/nba.html) after being accused by the Pacers of having pointed a red laser, which was allegedly a gun, against members of the Indiana coaching staff.

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NBA 'Could Not Corroborate' Claim that Ja Morant's Entourage ... (Yahoo Entertainment)

Dylan Buell/Getty. The Indiana Pacers now consider the investigation into a disturbing incident between Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant's entourage and two ...

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Shannon Sharpe rips Ja Morant over laser incident: 'Stop pretending' (New York Post)

The Fox Sports analyst criticized the Grizzlies' superstar guard after it was reported Morant's entourage trained a red laser on members of the Pacers' ...

You opening yourself up; you’re putting yourself in a position you don’t even need to be in. “Bruh, you need to let that go,” Sharpe said. Put yourself and your family in harm’s way when you don’t have to!” “To think you gangster because you roll with these types of people. All you do is yap and talk about, ‘oh, I’m going to let him live and see another day; I’m going to do this.’ You not gonna do nothing! “For some reason, you got a $200 million contract, and you want people in the NBA to think you hood,” Sharpe said.

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NBA 'Could Not Corroborate' Claim that Ja Morant's Entourage ... (PEOPLE.com)

The Indiana Pacers now consider the investigation into a disturbing incident between Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant's entourage and two unidentified members ...

"I think things get blown out of proportion in reports and stuff like that just because for clickbait," he added. If additional information becomes available related to the postgame situation, the league office will conduct a further review." Someone called and I was on the way, but I missed the thing. "While we substantiated that a postgame situation arose that was confrontational, based on interviews and other evidence gathered, we could not corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon." Additionally, a member of the Pacers' security team who was present during the alleged incident said, "That's one hundred percent a gun," at the time, per The Athletic's report. 5, "Acquaintances of Grizzlies star Ja Morant aggressively confronted members of the Pacers traveling party near the team's bus in the loading area of FedExForum, and later someone in a slow-moving SUV — which Morant was riding in — trained a red laser on them."

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Shannon Sharpe: 'I wish Ja Morant would realize he's not a thug' (Hoops Hype)

On his show "Undisputed" Monday, Sharpe chided the Morant about his friends and trying to put forth a harder image than what he is as an All-Star basketball ...

Stop pretending!” -via [Memphis Commercial Appeal](https://eu.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2023/02/06/ja-morant-shannon-sharpe-memphis-grizzlies-advice-stop-pretending-pacers/69877550007/)/ February 7, 2023 [cbssports.com/nba/news/ja-mo…](https://t.co/XsQxdUHtEF)– [5:11 PM](https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNBA/status/1622357237782962178) [Marc J. [5:08 PM](https://twitter.com/MarcJSpears/status/1622356631265894401) [Marc J. Steven Adams and Dillon Brooks are out for the Grizzlies. I’m guessing Ja Morant will be elevated to start the All-Star Game. Ja Morant is a game-time decision. [@34billy42](https://twitter.com/34billy42) [@AlyssaBergamini](https://twitter.com/AlyssaBergamini)and me on the call in the second game of a b/b 6:45 pre. Ja Morant is a game-time decision – If some sh*t don’t change, y’all gone hear me speak on it.” – Ja Morant hinted in Cleveland on Thursday to reporters that there was something going on behind the scenes. In non- Kyrie news, the Grizzlies will be without 3 starters vs the Raptors tonight. People that (are) in that life would give anything to be in your life.

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New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner takes a jab at Ja Morant (Basketnews.com)

Ja Morant recently got into another scandal when one of his friends was banned from entering the Memphis Grizzlies arena for a year.

[punched a teenager during a basketball game](https://basketnews.com/news-183204-ja-morant-allegedly-punched-a-teenager-during-a-basketball-game.html). Additionally, he was selected to the NFL Pro Bowl, the equivalent of the NBA All-Star Game. Sauce Gardner is one of the better up-and-coming players in his position. The Pacers organization initially suspected that it was a gun but the [Indiana Pacers](https://basketnews.com/teams/212-indiana-pacers.html) on January 29th, Morant's long-time friend Devonte Pack directed some comments toward Pacers players amid a conflict between the teams on the court. Four or five men walked out of their nearby parked cars toward the Pacers bus and continued harassing the team.

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