‘Free Ja – guns are not illegal’: Rapper Blocboy JB DEFENDS NBA star Morant after he was suspended by Memphis Grizzlies for waving a pistol in social media video for the second time in two months
- Ja Morant appeared in a social media video last weekend with a pistol in his hand
- It’s the 23-year-old’s Grizzlies star’s second gun incident in as many months
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As the world of basketball unites in disbelief at Ja Morant’s latest gun-waving incident, rapper Blocboy JB has tried to defend the Grizzlies star.
Video surfaced over the weekend of the 23-year-old holding a pistol in a car with a friend, just two months after he filmed himself holding a gun in a strip club in Denver.
The NBA is investigating the incident, the Grizzlies have suspended their star player who likely faces a lengthy ban and sports analysts across the United States have been left stunned that Morant has not learnt from previous mistakes.
But Memphis rapper Blocboy JB – real name James Lee Baker – posted a message on his Instagram story in defense of Morant.
‘Guns are not illegal,’ he wrote. ‘If he turnt (drunk) in his car with his gun dats in his name in his yard and somebody recorded him dat ain’t on him. Free Ja.’
Ja Morant appeared on an Instagram Live video on Saturday – where he was seen with a gun
Rapper BlocBoy JB has defended Morant over the issue, saying ‘guns are not illegal’
The Memphis rapper posted a message in support of Morant on his Instagram story
In February and May 2019, the rapper was arrested on drug and gun charges.
Morant, meanwhile, has not spoken out since the video surfaced on social media.
Scrutiny is intensifying over his commercial deal with Nike, while Stephen A. Smith said on Monday that he has been told that people at the NBA want to ban him for the rest of the year.
‘Ja Morant has been associated with guns more than he’s been associated with winning,’ Smith said on ESPN’s First Take. ‘Think about that for a second, because you got Nike and this signature shoe.
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‘I’ve got people in the league texting me saying Ja Morant should be suspended for the year.
‘I’m not saying that I think that’s too harsh, but there are people who are saying you got to send a message to the entire league that this kind of stuff is not going to be tolerated because it compromises success of the brand.’
On Fox’s ‘Skip and Shannon: Undisputed’, Shannon Sharpe tried to contextualize Morant’s actions while criticizing those who said that his past behavior should be ignored.
‘So now, see [here’s] the problem, see, Ja can’t do any further embarrassment to himself. What about to the Memphis Grizzlies? What about to the NBA? What about to Nike? What about to Powerade?,’ Sharpe wondered.
Back in March, Morant appeared to hold up a gun in an Instagram Live video at a Denver club
Stephen A. Smith indicated that NBA sources believe Morant should be suspended for a year
Shannon Sharpe is in disbelief that Morant would jeopardize the career he’s made for himself
‘Now I want to know who going to be the treasurer of that GoFundMe because he’s about to lose that NBA contract. He’s about to lose that Powerade endorsement.
‘Now I want to know… all the people that said “let Ja be Ja”, are you all going to be the treasurer of that GoFundMe account?
‘Because he just lost $39million because he wasn’t on one of the three All-NBA teams. He’s about to lose another $20-30million of these endorsement deals.
‘So I want to know in the process of “Ja being Ja, do your thing”, what you all going to do now? Who’s going to run the Ja’s defense?
