Ja Morant's Instagram Live From Last Night Will Only Cause Him More Problems
Ja Morant was in the news for all the wrong reasons this week after a Washington Post report shed unflattering light on the things he gets up to off the court. It appears the negative publicity did not make much of an impact on Morant, who went on Instagram Live last night from a strip club and appeared to have a gun.
Ja Morant was allegedly seen showing off a gun in his IG Live this morning. 😳 pic.twitter.com/zOuopMbpCb
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) March 4, 2023
4kt Ja in the Skrip club wit the blicky. pic.twitter.com/mFEOvZ5MVY
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) March 4, 2023
There is nothing necessarily illegal here, but I mean... really, man? All week Morant was at the center of attention and right as the news cycle was about to move on, he drags it right back by doing this. The fact that he had 27 and 10 last night doesn't matter. Now we're back to Shannon Sharpe segments wondering why Morant is hustling backwards.
Apparently laying low for a while was too much to ask after the past week.
UPDATE: The NBA is "aware" of the above video and is investigating.
NBA spokesman Mike Bass: “We are aware of a social media post involving Ja Morant and are investigating.”
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 4, 2023