Ja Morant has become the center of attention in NBA circles once again for all the wrong reasons. The Grizzlies star flashed a gun during an Instagram Live again and has since been suspended indefinitely.
A lot of negative stories about Ja Morant have come out throughout the last season. And it all culminated in an 8-game suspension when he flashed a gun on Instagram after a loss to Denver. There have been rumors about Ja struggling with alcohol, and Bomani Jones has referenced an old video to suggest that he may have a problem.
“Look I saw one of the videos of him hitting that bottle, alright, I seen multiple videos of him hitting those bottles,” Bomani Jones said at the 37-minute mark during his Just Get It Done podcast. “It is unfair and irresponsible to diagnose someone as an alcoholic from a distance, as someone who is A, untrained to do that and B, isn’t around him close enough. That is unfair.
“However, I know how difficult it is to drink tequila at the rate that young man would guzzle tequila from that bottle. All I’m saying is you can only do that with practice, and the level of practice it requires to consume tequila at the rate that I’ve seen him consume tequila? Healthy people can’t do that in my viewing experience.
“So yeah, good for you Grizzlies you came out here ‘Oh, we’re gonna suspend him!’ Okay, yall gotta much harder work to do than this.”
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The video of Ja Morant drinking straight from a bottle of tequila went viral earlier this year after all his various problems became public. Since then, he has appeared intoxicated at various points, leading to speculation about his alcohol consumption habits. The man himself doesn’t think that he’s got a problem, though.
Ja Morant: “I Don’t Have An Alcohol Problem”
Ja Morant is going to have to fix things for himself moving forward. The punishment he will face for his latest transgression is likely to be severe, but he has the talent to come back from it if he commits to changing. While he has apologized for his behavior in the past though, Morant has made it clear that he doesn’t think he has any issues with alcohol consumption.
“I don’t have an alcohol problem, never had an alcohol problem,” Morant said, as per the New York Post.
Whether it’s an issue with alcohol or not, Ja Morant needs to figure something out quickly. His stock is falling rapidly, and the Grizzlies are also concerned about where his actions might lead. The punishment he will receive is yet to be revealed, but it’s hard to imagine that it will be a slap on the wrist like last time.
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