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Stephen A. Smith Says People In NBA Circles Fear Ja Morant Won’t Be Alive In 5 Years
Stephen A. Smith Shares Concern That Ja Morant “Might Not Be Alive In 5 Years”
Ja Morant was suspended from team activities after a video of him flashing a gun on Instagram Live went viral. It was the second instance of such a video this year.
The Memphis Grizzlies superstar previously served an eight-game suspension for a similar video in March. Morant’s vague apology a few days later did little to stem the criticism over the incident.
As Dreddsworld previously reported, NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that a decision regarding Ja Morant has been reached but that the league will not announce the punishment for the Memphis Grizzlies star until after the NBA Finals.
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Just in time, Stephen A. Smith is now sharing his concern for Morant. “I can tell you that people within the NBA community are not just concerned about Ja Morant playing basketball,” Stephen began during a call-in to The Rich Eisen Show.
“They’re concerned about whether or not he’s going to be alive in 5 years because of the environments that he finds himself around and the situations he finds himself confronted by. It’s a serious matter and it’s something that I think the NBA and everybody that knows anything about the kind of things that are going on with him find themselves concerned about.”
Smith has also spoken about how severely Morant should be punished for the video. The expectation is that it will be a heavy punishment, especially after Silver’s comments.
“There are some people who are saying Ja Morant should be suspended for the year. Let me be very, very clear I will be the first to raise holy hell with all that I have if he is suspended for the year. I understand that he has impugned the integrity of the league, but it shouldn’t be a year. It shouldn’t even be half the season. If he ends up getting a 25-game suspension, I think that’s fair,” he added.
“People in NBA circles fear Ja Morant might not be alive in 5 years”
-Stephen A. Smith
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