Ja Morant obtained slapped with a one-game suspension after publicly calling out the Memphis teaching employees following the Grizzlies’ newest loss.

Ja Morant caught a one-game suspension from the Memphis Grizzlies after placing his coaches on blast following Friday evening’s 117-117 loss to the Lakers at FedExForum.

The dude went off script when requested what went sideways through the sport. His actual phrases? “Go ask the coaching staff. Go ask them. They had a whole spiel in here, so…”

That little mic drop second earned him a contemporary suspension for “conduct detrimental to the team,” in line with the Grizzlies brass. Translation — they didn’t recognize him tossing the teaching employees underneath the bus, particularly in entrance of reporters.

This isn’t new territory for Ja. The 25-year-old guard has had a streak of headline-making stunts, together with a 25-game suspension earlier within the 2023-24 season after flashing what appeared like a gun on IG Live — for the second time.

That clip, filmed at a Denver-area membership, adopted an earlier 8-game ban for a similar sort of nonsense again in March 2023.

Between the suspensions and a nagging shoulder, Morant hasn’t been a lot of a daily on the court docket.

His no-shows performed a big position in Memphis lacking the playoffs final season, regardless of him being a two-time All-Star and a key piece of their 2022 and 2023 postseason runs.

Friday’s sport uncovered much more cracks within the staff’s chemistry. The Grizzlies are already off to a sluggish begin within the 2024-25 season and this type of drama isn’t serving to.

Word is that tensions have been working excessive between Morant and the teaching employees since his return from his prolonged suspension.

Coach Taylor Jenkins and the entrance workplace have been preaching accountability and a team-first perspective for a very long time now. Kinda awkward, contemplating they gave Morant a five-year $193 million extension in 2022.
Now they’re watching him put the squad’s chemistry in danger, once more.

Morant will sit out the subsequent sport whereas the Grizzlies attempt to get their act collectively. With the staff already struggling to seek out any rhythm, his absence would possibly make issues even worse.

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