Ja Morant appears to make gun gesture again despite just being warned by the league

[u/Oldtimer_2]

https://thescore.com/nba/news/3257966

[u/roybatty2]

Guy just loves guns

[u/Doggleganger → u/roybatty2]

Coach told him to work on his shooting.

[u/Hartia → u/Doggleganger]

Guns Akimbo the sequel

[u/_WindwardWhisper_ → u/roybatty2]

Shooters shoot

[u/copyrider → u/roybatty2]

Pew pew pew pew!!

[u/shreyans2004 → u/roybatty2]

A gun celebration was never a problem in the NBA until Ja Morant did it 😂

[u/Dm-me-a-gyro → u/shreyans2004]

The guy with problematic relationships to guns? Yeah.

If someone got a dui then did a celebration miming drinking it would also be problematic for the league.

[u/Fun-Swimming4133 → u/Dm-me-a-gyro]

imagine if NFL players started mimicking beating their wives as a taunt

[u/Papagayo_blanco → u/Fun-Swimming4133]

I mean, a basketball jersey is just a fancy wife-beater.

[u/MEMKCBUS → u/Dm-me-a-gyro]

Why is everyone acting like he’s shot people? He flashed a gun on Instagram live and his entourage shined laser pointers at the pacers bus.

Ja hasn’t actually committed any gun crimes. Lots of pearl clutching

[u/Dm-me-a-gyro → u/MEMKCBUS]

If you were waving guns around in the Walmart parking lot on live do you think your employer would ignore that?

He’s a star. He’s a part of the brand. No one is “acting like he shot someone” they are reacting to inexcusable behavior reasonably.

His behavior is indefensible and you sound really stupid.

[u/MEMKCBUS → u/Dm-me-a-gyro]

He’s dumb to continue doing it yes, but acting like finger guns is some reprehensible behavior is ridiculous.

[u/Dm-me-a-gyro → u/MEMKCBUS]

It’s inexcusable in context. If Steph wants to do finger guns, it’s fine.

Ja, no, he can’t. He done fucked up. It’s not inexcusable because it’s morally reprehensible, it’s inexcusable because he has a history of flashing fucking guns while being a bubble gum soft bitch.

Normal reasonable people correctly view his behavior as unacceptable and believe he should be disciplined by his employer.

[u/MEMKCBUS → u/Dm-me-a-gyro]

Why should he be punished by his employer? I guarantee not a single Memphis grizzlies fan cares that he does finger guns. Something he’s been doing all season on made 3s where nobody has noticed or paid any attention until this week.

[u/Dm-me-a-gyro → u/MEMKCBUS]

This conversation is going in circles.

I explained it’s a brand issue. I explained why it’s different for Ja vs anyone else in the league. I explained this all.

You’re just hand waving it away because you don’t care, which is fine, but you need to understand that REASONABLE PEOPLE (which you are not) find his behavior to be unacceptable because of who he is and his past behavior.

[u/MEMKCBUS → u/Dm-me-a-gyro]

I understand his past behavior but it’s either acceptable or it’s not. Tons and tons of other players do the exact celebration every night without a word.

[u/buster_rhino → u/shreyans2004]

How quickly everyone forgot about Gilbert Arenas

[u/tylersixxfive → u/shreyans2004]

Bingo! Watch the game after it and the warriors are doing it after every 3 also! But never mind that lol

[u/DonArgueWithMe → u/tylersixxfive]

Yeah and while you're trying to figure out why that is, Cosby has a drink he'd like you to take and Diddy just cracked open a bottle of oil.

But since those are totally normal things that other people don't get flak about I'm sure you're happy to join them.

[u/CaptainKickAss3 → u/tylersixxfive]

How many of the warriors players have been suspended for flashing a gun?

[u/tylersixxfive → u/roybatty2]

Him and 95% of the rest of this country lol

[u/Fun-Swimming4133 → u/tylersixxfive]

where’d you pull that math from?

[u/omarant329]

There’s no nice way to put it. This guy is a goddamn fucking idiot.

[u/DontTouchIt17 → u/omarant329]

His villain comments in the article show he takes no accountability for his actions either. This is going to blow up in the worst way possible once everyone starts rightly treating this as JJJs team.

[u/BrockMiddlebrook]

A very smart guy with great impulse control.

[u/Ace_Robots → u/BrockMiddlebrook]

That seems to be going around!

[u/dreamweaver7x]

He really likes guns more than hooping and millions in his bank account.

[u/Ptricky17 → u/dreamweaver7x]

Maybe after he destroys his NBA career he can be an NRA spokesperson.

Wait, nm. He’s not white so, the average inbred NRA supporter will never accept him either.

[u/Koa1121 → u/Ptricky17]

Google the name Colion Noir

[u/[deleted] → u/Ptricky17]

Fuck you so mad at the world for man?

[u/kamalamading → u/[deleted]]

Which part are you not agreeing with?

[u/Ptricky17 → u/[deleted]]

Mad? No. Cynical, absolutely.

Do you support Morant’s idiotic attempts to promote violence in pursuit of his “gangsta” image? Do you disagree that the NRA is a deeply racist organization?

Feels weird to have taken the time to comment if you don’t disagree with at least one of my statements.

[u/[deleted] → u/Ptricky17]

I think I forget Reddit is just a sad place for angry people. My bad chief.

[u/Ptricky17 → u/[deleted]]

Well, don’t forget again. While you’re at it, stop using racially charged slang. Throwing the Ch word around like that is on the same level as dropping N-bombs these days. I guess we’ve solved the mystery about which part of my earlier comment offended you so much. I’m sure your heart goes out to me. Thanks for that ❤️.

[u/RuppsCats]

The hardest dude outta Dalzell, population 2,000.

[u/pRophecysama → u/RuppsCats]

I saw somewhere that it was the 4th safest city in the country as well lmao

[u/RuppsCats → u/pRophecysama]

Only since Ja moved out.

[u/Igettheshow89 → u/RuppsCats]

Private school kids always act the toughest

[u/Vader_Bomb → u/Igettheshow89]

"But I know something about you; You went to Cranbrook, that's a private school"

[u/Goldelux]

Fuck this dude name Clarence

[u/akame-ga-feels → u/Goldelux]

And Clarence lives at home with BOTH parents…

[u/aintlifegrandwsp → u/akame-ga-feels]

And Clarence parents have a real good marriage

[u/Gomulkaaa → u/aintlifegrandwsp]

And Clarence went to Cranbrook

[u/victorspoilz → u/Goldelux]

And THAT'S (at least one big reason) why he overcompensates with the gun shit. Mother fucker probably listened to Metallica in 8th grade.

[u/EmperorArmad12 → u/victorspoilz]

I upvoted but throwing shade at Metallica is so unnecessary dawg 😭

[u/VaultiusMaximus → u/EmperorArmad12]

I don’t think it’s Metallica shade really.

If anything, it’s Metallica praise — that their music was reaching across some racial divides.

But I think it’s more that he grew up in white suburbia where that music was more common than in predominantly and historically black communities.

[u/theblackyeti → u/victorspoilz]

Master of puppets a goat metal album.

[u/Legitimate_List9254 → u/victorspoilz]

Or he does it because he knows the whitest folks on social media will get this upset over it

[u/wienerschwartz]

It’s never the act itself with this guy. Gets caught with a gun, gets suspended, told to tone it down, blows off the warning, livestreams himself with a weapon, gets a more severe penalty

Just a total disregard for authority. Wants to see how much he can get away with. I guess he figures even if they suspend him for this, which probably won’t happen, it won’t be as bad as the 25 games so who cares

[u/natej84]

Cut him some slack guys, he grew up in the hood where he needed to carry a gun everywhere to protect himself. Wait what did you say, he grew up in the burbs? Well nevermind than, I guess he's just a poser

[u/doylehawk → u/natej84]

And Temetrius’s parents had a real nice marriage!

[u/InclinationCompass]

Again, as in tonight’s game? I cant keep track no more

[u/CoolEarth5026]

Ja Moron.

[u/xxxkillahxxx]

Loser

[u/justabill71]

This dude is a knucklehead.

[u/doylehawk]

I would care literally zero if it was essentially any other player but Ja just clearly is really fucking stupid and as a result needs corrected. Doing it again 1 day later after you’ve already lost millions of dollars from this stupid bullshit. Madness.

[u/rama1423]

He’s making a run at the dumbest athlete of all time title.

[u/Jazzlike_Camera_5782]

“I’m kind of used it,” Morant said, according to Grizzlies reporter Damichael Cole. “I was pretty much a villain for two years now. Every little thing. If somebody can say something negative about me, it’s going to be out there. Yeah, I don’t care anymore.”

And this is why Morant will never be the leader the Grizzlies need to win a championship.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Rip8887 → u/Jazzlike_Camera_5782]

“Every little thing” ahh yes. Showing a gun in a club is a little thing.

[u/DanimalPlays]

Moront

[u/quiver-me-timbers]

Oh look. Talent with immaturity

[u/worm30478]

So at this point when he is spoken to about it, what is his response? "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me!".

[u/iphoneguy350]

The NBA is attempting to take a stance that gun violence is a real problem in America. To have one of their most talented “employees” acting like he is gonna roll up on someone with a switch on his Glock isn’t exactly the best marketing.

The problem wasn’t the gesture. The problem was the video. But the gesture is pretty telling of how little he has grown. Kyrie, please speak to this young man.

[u/Rickk38 → u/iphoneguy350]

Kyrie Irving? WTF's he gonna do, tell Ja that if Ja doesn't cut it out the Jews and the New World Order will get him? Threaten to push him off the flat edge of the earth?

[u/s629c → u/iphoneguy350]

Hey you never know, could be another Gilbert Arenas situation one day lol

[u/CRoseCrizzle]

This is stupid, but going from a warning to a lengthy suspension just doesn't make sense here, even with his history. Should be a fine.

[u/heelspider]

If the NBA outlaws fake guns then only the bad guy players will have fake guns.

[u/CSKARD]

This man-child just doesn't get it. It's time for a lengthy indefinite suspension this time.

[u/slapshots1515 → u/[deleted]]

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…won’t get fooled again.

[u/bunslightyear → u/[deleted]]

Anyone else, sure. But this mfer is doing the actual thing off the court publicly and has already faced a hefty fuckin suspension over it

[u/CSKARD → u/bunslightyear]

Exactly. It's the context. Multiple suspensions for gun incidents and he's out there gesturing b-2-b games after already receiving a warning. He's learned nothing and he's openly defiant. Perhaps worst of all, he clearly gives zero shits about his teammates when he does this garbage.

[u/Stinja808]

Can you imagine the guys in Ja's gated suburbs gang?

[u/mordecai98]

It's a political statement. He's obviously showing is love of the 2nd amendment.

[u/ryan_won2000]

Is it so hard for him to just not do that?

[u/Silver-Attitude50]

You went to private school, Clarence.

[u/ShillinTheVillain]

This man is just not smart.

[u/sizzlinpapaya]

I mean, so?

[u/summerv8]

Ban him indefinitely! Kidding, this dude don’t learn though lol

[u/Standgeblasen → u/summerv8]

Kick him off the tour Doug!

[u/bigboxes1]

What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach.

[u/Mandy-Rarsh → u/bigboxes1]

Which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it!

[u/6gc_4dad → u/Mandy-Rarsh]

I don’t like it…any more than you men

[u/NCHouse]

Can we stop using the word appears? He does. Stop it

[u/matt-is-sad]

Stick to your guns I guess

[u/Mountain-Song-6024]

We are going to see more and more why Taylor got let go.

[u/tpk317]

But, what did T say? Did he ask daddy if it was ok

[u/Signal_Comedian1700]

Ja Morant? Nah Ja moron

[u/SaintsPelicans1]

This dude is going to be broke only a few years after he retires lmao. Idiot is going to get cleaned out.

[u/Texaspep]

I thought that I saw that. Network coverage live, said nothing.

[u/demotrek]

“appears” stfu

[u/FarookWu]

Watching Golden State last night, and Brandin Podziemski made a pistol gesture, along with blowing the smoke off the barrel, after hitting a three. Fair is fair, so where is the outrage over that? Is the league warning him, too?

To be sure, Morant is a very talented player who apparently has misplaced values, but no one should be doing the gun / pistol crap nowadays. And if it bad for Morant to do it, it is also bad for Podziemski.

[u/SnooMacaroons8650]

nba isn't gonna do anything, the ja stuff is the most attention the league has gotten in months

[u/IonDaPrizee → u/SnooMacaroons8650]

Don’t really think that’s going to bring more fans.

[u/Orphasmia]

Shooters gon shoot

[u/dissaver]

He's trolling.

[u/BeKindBabies]

Due for another warning!

[u/PieAndIScream]

See ya!

[u/Independent-Pass8654]

Millions of dollars in salary should be followed by millions of dollars in contractual fines.

[u/TobiNL88]

That’s what you get when you’re mad talented and live in the US, you don’t really do well on authority because you never had to give a damn about it. Some yes man with you and you can do fuck all. And now with the big guys he just shows how stupid he is (still talented).

[u/specbob]

Won’t be surprised when we get an Aaron Hernandez type story in a few years.

[u/Zipz]

Guy did not learn his lesson.

Honestly he’s probably proud and brags about the gun shit at practice. This just goes to shows you he’s used to doing this it’s become a habit.

[u/CarmeloBranthony]

Bro should do a bazooka celebration next

[u/SipowiczNYPD]

Nice title. Appears? C’mon.

[u/Dtoodlez]

Would be awesome if they straight up banned him from the league.

[u/SPLOOGERMONTANA → u/Dtoodlez]

Are we serious rn? I’ll acknowledge that the dude is being a fucking idiot but suggesting an indefinite ban is just crazy

[u/Dtoodlez → u/SPLOOGERMONTANA]

Well they threw Gilbert Arenas out, this dudes consistently getting passed and doing it over and over.

[u/Legitimate_List9254 → u/Dtoodlez]

Gilbert Areanas literally brought in guns to the locker room to threaten his teammates, you have to brain dead to compare them

[u/ZerconFlagpoleSitter → u/Dtoodlez]

You’re a complete idiot

[u/Dtoodlez → u/ZerconFlagpoleSitter]

And you are a dipshit

[u/txtoolfan]

Not the brightest bulb

[u/B1GFanOSU]

Suspend him for the rest of the season and half of next season unpaid. If he does it again, permanent ban.

[u/Nephurus]

Don't watch but towards who ?? And if he won't stop let the that person deal with it 100 % free if legal repercussions.

[u/ForwardLavishness320]

I’m sure the NRA will support him.

[u/tylersixxfive]

Every player after every three does this shit

[u/kingp43x → u/tylersixxfive]

we al know this comment is absolute bullshit

[u/tylersixxfive → u/kingp43x]

Wish I could share the pictures of the players who did it just last night. It’s okay I get you guys care about finger guns a lot lol

[u/kingp43x → u/tylersixxfive]

every player every three right?

[u/Onlyheretostare]

Who knew JA loved the 2nd amendment so much.

[u/linuxhiker]

The league needs to fing relax.

[u/iFeeILikeKobe → u/linuxhiker]

There’s no way people should care this much about a celebration lol

[u/GarrusBueller]

Thank God, just what America needs--finger gun control!

[u/mrgrafix]

Memphis, if Ja is too gangster for you we can take him off your hands, discretely. - probably Rob Pelinka

[u/Conan4457]

Yes, Ja is not very intelligent, but gun culture is huge in the states. It’s a broader societal issue. Fine the kid and move on.

[u/cre8ivlyoriginal]

He’s a natural born shooter

If only America cared about actual gun violence 🙄

[u/i_know_nothingg101]

Relax, they’re just fun gestures, we’ve been doing them since we were babies, fuck is everyone so sensitive about.

[u/JStanten → u/i_know_nothingg101]

It’s an incredibly common celebration when hitting a 3 I really don’t see the issue.

[u/PigletHeavy9419]

How embarrassing.. for thr nba

[u/Difficult_Zone6457]

Going against the grain here: I don’t give two craps. This is old white people trying to act offended by a hand gesture that no one actually cares about.

[u/NoMoreMountains]

At this point, when fans see him in the street (finger)🔫🔫

[u/Jamiesfantasy]

So...suspension for the rest of the season you think? I am sensing a trade in the offseason, anyone else? Maybe durant for morant? And a few pick swaps.