Ja Morant suspension: Eight-game ban for NBA star for 'reckless' conduct; league counting games already missed
Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has been suspended eight games without pay for conduct detrimental to the league, the NBA announced on Wednesday. The suspension stems from an Instagram Live video Morant posted in which he had a gun at a Denver-area nightclub following a game against the Nuggets on March 3. The suspension includes the five Game s that he has already missed , making him eligible to return to the team on Monday, March 20 against the Dallas Mavericks. He is not expected to play in that Game , though, as it will be the beginning of his ramp-up, according to Chris Herrington of the Daily Memphian , but he should be on the court soon after that. Morant met with NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday. Here's part of the league's statement: The discipline is in response to Morant's live streaming of a video on March 4 in which he is holding a firearm in an intoxicated state while visitin...