Editorial: Ja Morant flashes a gun on Instagram and laughs. America isn’t laughing with him.
Ja Morant’s latest line of Nike sneakers, the red, blue and black “Ja 1 Hunger,” sold out within 20 minutes of its release. Basketball players get sneaker deals when they’re top-shelf NBA talent, and the 23-year-old Memphis Grizzlies point guard is one of the league’s most dazzling stars. He’s a two-time All-Star who has led his team to three playoff appearances.
Off the court, however, Morant is a veritable train wreck.
in which he grinningly brandished a firearm at a nightclub outside Denver after a game. The NBA punished him with an eight-game suspension
