Ja Morant says friend was banned from games after incident with ….
Grizzlies star Ja Morant indicated Sunday that at least one of his friends was banned for a year from Memphis’s home games following an incident last month that led to an NBA investigation.
The Athletic reported earlier Sunday that, after a Jan. 29 game against Indiana, members of the Pacers alleged a red laser was pointed at them from a car containing Morant and others. The game had featured some contentious moments, and one sequence involved Morant’s father and a close friend of the 23-year-old point guard.
Ja Morant says friend was banned from games after incident with ….
Some witnesses at the scene of the alleged postgame incident, per the Athletic, believed the pointed laser came from a gun. At the time, the Pacers were reportedly on their team bus in the loading area of Memphis’s FedEx Forum, getting ready to depart.
We felt we were in grave danger,” a member of the Pacers’ traveling party told the Athletic. The website said people with whom it spoke wanted to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation from those they accused and that the same reasoning deterred them from filing a police report.
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In a statement provided to The Washington Post, NBA spokesman Mike Bass said, “While we substantiated that a postgame situation arose that was confrontational, based on interviews and other evidence gathered, we could not corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon.”
“Certain individuals involved in the postgame situation and a related matter during the game that night have been subsequently banned from attending games in the arena,” Bass added. He said the decision came after “NBA Security and league investigators conducted an investigation interviewing numerous eyewitnesses and reviewing video surveillance.”
Ja Morant says friend was banned from games after incident with ….
Grizzlies star Ja Morant indicated Sunday that at least one of his friends was banned for a year from Memphis’s home games following an incident last month that led to an NBA investigation.
The Athletic reported earlier Sunday that, after a Jan. 29 game against Indiana, members of the Pacers alleged a red laser was pointed at them from a car containing Morant and others. The game had featured some contentious moments, and one sequence involved Morant’s father and a close friend of the 23-year-old point guard.
Ja Morant says friend was banned from games after incident with ….
Some witnesses at the scene of the alleged postgame incident, per the Athletic, believed the pointed laser came from a gun. At the time, the Pacers were reportedly on their team bus in the loading area of Memphis’s FedEx Forum, getting ready to depart.
We felt we were in grave danger,” a member of the Pacers’ traveling party told the Athletic. The website said people with whom it spoke wanted to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation from those they accused and that the same reasoning deterred them from filing a police report.
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In a statement provided to The Washington Post, NBA spokesman Mike Bass said, “While we substantiated that a postgame situation arose that was confrontational, based on interviews and other evidence gathered, we could not corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon.”
“Certain individuals involved in the postgame situation and a related matter during the game that night have been subsequently banned from attending games in the arena,” Bass added. He said the decision came after “NBA Security and league investigators conducted an investigation interviewing numerous eyewitnesses and reviewing video surveillance.”
