Grizzlies’ Ja Morant appears to flash a gun on Instagram again

For the second time in two months, Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant was seen brandishing a gun on Instagram. Morant was seen on Instagram Live in the drivers seat of a car holding a pistol while singing along to the song ‘1.5’ by rapper YoungBoy NBA. 

After brandishing the firearm, the person recording the video immediately turned the camera away from Morant for the remainder of the clip that has surfaced.

Back in March, Morant was seen in a Denver club holding a firearm on an Instagram video that sparked a police and league investigation. Eventually, he was suspended for eight games by the NBA. It’s unclear if this incident will result in any criminal charges or an investigation for Morant’s behavior – or if the NBA will choose to take further action. 

DailyMail.com has contacted the league and the Grizzlies for comment. Morant’s incident from back in March showed him dancing topless in a club before lifting a gun to the side of his head. Hours after the post, it was revealed that the incident was being investigated by the NBA, and The Athletic’s Shams Charania then reported that Morant had been banned for ‘at least two games’ by the Grizzlies while the investigation into the incident continues.

Morant then issued a statement taking responsibility for his actions and explaining he would be taking time away from the game to work on his well-being. ‘I take full responsibility for my actions last night,’ he said. ‘I’m sorry to my family, teammates, coaches, fans, partners, the city of Memphis and the entire Grizzlies organization for letting you down. I’m going to take some time away to get help and work on learning better methods of dealing with stress and my overall well-being.’

An investigation by the Glendale, Colorado police resulted in no criminal charges. After Morant took that time away – including a short stay at a Florida treatment center – he met with NBA commissioner Adam Silver in New York. There, he was informed that he would be suspended for eight games – including time already served. It’s been a season full of legal issues and controversy for the Murray State product – something he recently recognized as a distraction to the team.

After the Grizzlies were eliminated by the Lakers, Morant said, ‘I’ve just got to be better with my decision-making. That’s pretty much it. Off-the-court issues affected us as an organization pretty much. Just [need] more discipline.’ Morant was sued in September for allegedly punching a Tennessee teenager, Josh Holloway, in the face during a pickup game, but the NBA star claims he was acting in self defense. Police interviews obtained by The Washington Post reveal that the 17-year-old told detectives from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office that the point guard hit him ’12 to 13 times,’ adding that Morant’s friend struck him an additional ‘four to five times.’

Holloway claimed that as he got up to leave after the fight Morant went into his house and re-emerged with a gun. Morant allegedly had the weapon visible in the waistband of his pants and had his hand on the gun. The 17-year-old plaintiff claimed he was playing pickup basketball with Morant when the two got into an argument, which quickly escalated. He admits to throwing a basketball at Morant and ‘accidentally’ hitting the 6-foot-2 guard in the face. Morant and his friend allegedly responded by striking the 17-year-old ‘with a closed fist, knocking him to the ground’ and leaving him with a ‘large knot’ on the side of his head, according to a police report written by deputies who said they observed the boy’s injuries.

Recently, Morant filed a countersuit against Holloway saying that he lied to police officers and that the youth was the aggressor in the situation. Morant was also involved in a separate incident at a Memphis mall last summer, after the New York Post reported that the head of security told police that Morant ‘threatened’ him during an altercation in the parking lot. Morant’s mother reportedly got into a dispute with a employee at a shoe store at the mall and she called her son who arrived shortly after with a group of ‘as many as nine people.’ According to the police report, Morant and his friends refused to leave the parking lot when confronted by the director of mall security. Pictured: Morant’s mansion outside Memphis.

Police arrived and a ‘verbal confrontation’ reportedly escalated before someone in Morant’s entourage allegedly pushed the security chief in the head. ‘As the group was leaving the premises … Ja Morant said, “Let me find out what time he gets off,”‘ police wrote in the report. Furthermore, there was an unsavory incident following the Grizzlies’ game with the Pacers on January 29, when acquaintances of Ja Morant ‘aggressively confronted’ members of Indiana ‘s traveling party – and pointed a red laser at them. The Athletic said that Morant was riding with friend Davonte Pack and one other person in an SUV when a red laser was pointed at the Pacers bus. Two people who spoke to the publication anonymously said they believed the laser was attached to a gun, while an Indiana security guard nearby claimed ‘that’s 100 percent a gun.’ However, it was not confirmed if the laser was attached to a weapon. The league opened an investigation into the allegation but concluded that it ‘did not corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon,’ an NBA spokesperson said. ‘We felt we were in grave danger,’ one person present said.

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