The Grizzlies have suspended Ja Morant from all team activities after a video showing the star guard holding a gun began circulating on social media Saturday night.
The Grizzlies announced the suspension, which is pending a league review, in a statement Sunday, two months after the NBA suspended Morant over a similar incident. The team did not provide further comment.
The Instagram Live video, which has since been deleted, shows Morant riding in the front passenger seat of a car and holding a gun in his left hand. It was not clear when the video was taken.
The NBA has not commented publicly on the situation.
Morant left the Grizzlies and entered a counseling program in March after a video showed the All-Star holding a gun at a Denver club when the Grizzlies were in town to play the Nuggets. He was eventually suspended eight games after meeting with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who called Morant’s conduct “irresponsible, reckless and potentially very dangerous.”
At the time of the suspension, Morant told ESPN in an interview that he realizes “what I have to lose” and said he would try to be “more responsible, more smarter and staying away from all the bad decisions.”
