> I’ve never heard anything like it, it was very unusual for him to basically say ‘I know what I’m going to do but I’m not going to announce it now.’ The second part is that he’s working alongside the players’ association on this. He’s obviously bringing them along side by side. Trust me, typically the players’ association isn’t there as the discipline is being decided on and dolled out.
> So this is a situation that is wide-ranging and quite frankly, the indication here is this is going to be a significant suspension. The tone and the tenor and the fact that the players’ association is involved does not indicate this is going to be similar to something we’ve seen before. And I also think Adam Silver expects a lot of reaction to what he does. He doesn’t want to be a storyline during the Finals. So take all of that under advisement when you consider what’s on the way for Ja Morant.
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Ja Morant took being told to work on his shooting literally
Feels like half a season.
This makes it sound like it’s going to be a full season suspension, or at the very least like 50 games.
I don’t think there would be this kind of talk around it if it was only like 20 games or something (and 20 games is still a lot).
adam silver’s tenure as commisioner will be judged by this moment.
The Sterling stuff was an easy layup.
This is where he will earn his balls
Boom.
Adam Silver is going to duel him Hamilton style
I wonder what they discovered
Did he pull a gun on that person involved with the pacers?
The original report was that it was a laser.
Guess we shall find out.
> The tone and the tenor and the fact that the players’ association is involved does not indicate this is going to be similar to something we’ve seen before.
Maybe it’s just cause there’s not many players still around from when it happened, but there’s no fucking way they’re implying that this is somehow longer than the Arenas/Crittenton gun suspension, right?
Ja Morant Crew to Ja right now
>>Let’s laser tag Adam Silver a$$
He’s getting kicked out of the league.
It’s pretty clear what the punishment is going to be. It’s obvious that the NBA is going to shoot Ja with his own pistol to teach him a lesson about how dangerous guns are.
Silver is soft. They’re gonna hype it up just for it to be 30 games or something.
Bold prediction is that he’s suspended indefinitely with a minimum of one year out of the league before he has to apply for reinstatement. Obvious stipulations needing to be met before he’s allowed back in. Basically, similar to the gambling suspensions the NFL has handed out for gambling
Its gonna be a suspension thats cnn news worthy
Maybe 70 games.
Adam Silver forces him to play for the Wizards
I expect 20-40 games. Basically the reason for this is because he repeated the same mistake 2 months later after saying he was trying to change and apologizing.
It better be significant after the absolute joke the first time around
What is the likelihood they void his supermax contract?
Full season suspension which will lead to grizzlies at the bottom of the league record wise. They will get the #1 pick and trade it away for another superstar to pair with Ja and then win a chip in 2025.
It’s gonna be 82 games and playoffs. As long as he has no issues during that time he will be reinstated.
When is the Adam Silver/Ja Morant Suspension Announcement Show going to air?
That sucks. Hell of a player.
If he really did point a gun at the Pacers staff he should be banned from the league for life.
Could the players association be because of the Pacers situation?
The union works for the players, and obviously that means that they want to be involved when players are being punished – but player safety also is a union issue.
Additional information could be anything. It could be that it was a toy gun in the video but that he’s also into illegal ferret breeding or something
Nike trying to cash in before his suspension in 2 weeks.
If Ja was found to have pointed a gun at the Pacers, he is going to be out of the league
I kind of hope that Silver announces it during Mike Malone’s speech if they win the championship, and he gets asked tons of questions about it so we can hear him bitch and moan again about how nobody is talking about the Nuggets.
the players association being involved is very interesting. obviously the nbpa wants to look out for their own, but that also feels like silver is allowing them to sign off on something substantial. i’m still betting it’s going to be closer to half a season than a full, but I would no longer be shocked to see him sit out the year
I could see Ja being suspended indefinitely with no timetable to return and the next season Ja would have to show he changed to be reinstated.
I don’t think this is a simple x amount of games.