Ja Morant needs to pair with veteran star on next team
NY Post
With the Memphis Grizzlies open to trading Ja Morant, his camp should be focused on one thing if they have any say in the situation, as oftentimes stars do.
They should push for him to land with a team with very strong veteran leadership.
Just a few years ago, Morant looked like one of the most promising young guards in the league. He was electric. It appeared as though he was jumping off a trampoline whenever he elevated into the air.
His star has dramatically fallen since, punctuated by a series of behavior issues and injuries.
Most notably, the NBA suspended Morant for eight games in March 2022 after he recorded himself on Instagram Live waving a gun in a Colorado strip club. A little over two months later, a video of him flashing a gun on Instagram Live surfaced, leading the NBA to suspend him for another 25 games.
Sadly, those are just two of the incidents that have checkered his career among a long list, including him allegedly threatening the head of security at a Memphis-area mall in 2022, as well as allegedly punching a 17-year-old during a pickup basketball game at his house in July 2023, per the Washington Post.
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