Well, it's official.
Ja Morant has be suspended for 25 games: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37863825/sources-grizzlies-ja-morant-suspended-25-games-nba
In my opinion, he got lucky. Many outlets spoke of a much higher punishment, even up to 1 season. The number which circulated the most was 30 games. So now it's "just" 25 games, seems like a good deal for him.
If he will learn something from the whole situation is a different story, der Grizzlies can only hope he does.
This will definitely harm Memphis to play without him in the first 30% of the season, at least they don't have to pay him for that time I guess.
I think he got the right punishment. If he had been suspended for 1 season, it could have been a little heavy, but it wouldn't have been right if he had been punished less. The NBA needs to be serious about this, be very sensitive about violence and other things. Things like guns, knives, fights cause people to set a bad example.
I think this kind of thing should have no place in sports
25 games without pay, right? I think that's a lot of money for him, so he deserves that kind of punishment. But this is his second offense. I would have said that he deserves a second chance, but this is his third chance. So, I hope he won't make a mistake after this.
What he showed was promoting violence, and that's not what sports promote.
Sports are about pure entertainment and brotherhood among players with the right cause.
Honestly, this is his 4th chance.
There was the incident with his Mom at Footlocker where him and his buddies tried to attack a teen worker.
There was the incident where he beat up a teen in a pickup game.
There was the original strip club gun incident.
Now there’s the gun on social media incident.
He’s going to lose some money from not playing, sure. Maybe 10-15 million dollars. The real pain is the hundreds of millions he loses from endorsements though.