In addition to the off-court incidents allegedly involving Ja Morant that have been previously reported, the Grizzlies guard was also investigated by police in September for an incident at Houston High School in Tennessee, according to a TMZ report.
As TMZ details, police said that Morant’s sister – a student at Houston H.S. – got into a verbal argument with another student following a volleyball game and called Ja, who allegedly showed up at the gym a short time later with his parents, his baby daughter, and a “group” of adult males.
While the incident didn’t escalate much further, the mother of the student who was initially involved in the altercation with Morant’s sister wanted to press charges for threats and intimidation, according to TMZ, whose report says police investigated and decline to file any charges. Police later told the Grizzlies’ head of security to give a “verbal trespass warning to all parties” at the request of the school’s principal, per TMZ.
Morant has missed the Grizzlies’ last four games while he takes a leave of absence following an incident in which he flashed a gun on an Instagram Live video while at a Denver-area strip club. He’ll remain away from the team for at least two more contests.
Here’s more from around the Southwest:
- Grizzlies rookie David Roddy had the best game of his young NBA career in a victory over Dallas on Saturday, scoring 24 points on 10-of-13 shooting in 23 minutes. As Damichael Cole of The Memphis Commercial Appeal writes, Roddy has been hard on himself during the ups and downs of his first professional season, so his teammates were thrilled to see him break through. “He holds himself to a high standard, and that’s why he’ll be in the league for a long time,” Tyus Jones said.
- Mavericks big man Christian Wood was averaging more than 38 minutes per night in his last five games as a starter before fracturing his thumb in January, but has come off the bench in each of his 13 contests since returning and has averaged fewer than 20 minutes in those games. On Saturday, head coach Jason Kidd cited the team’s frontcourt depth as the reason for Wood’s modest role (Twitter video link via Bally Sports), an explanation that Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer (Twitter link) has trouble buying.
- In just his second NBA season, Herbert Jones has emerged as a team leader and a key part of the Pelicans‘ identity, but he’ll need to become more reliable as a shooter to establish himself as more than just a defensive specialist, writes William Guillory of The Athletic. Jones’ shooting numbers have slipped to .444/.291/.748 in 2022/23.
Morant family is at fault for a few of these incidents. Why are they calling him when they get into a spat. They need to grow up. Ja agent needs to sit down with his family and tell them to stop calling him to fight their fight.
Yeah I’m kinda with you on this. If you get in an argument with another student at your high school, why do you need to call your brother to help you? It doesn’t matter who you are or who your brother is.
The same goes for his mom getting in an argument with the employee at Finish Line. They shouldn’t be relying on Ja to fight their battles for them.
Mavs are likely to be play in team if they don’t start Wood
I forgot Kidd’s first name
Being “hood”, “gangster” and “hard” is more important than being a law abiding citizen. It Makes no sense.
What laws did he break?
Ja a
Wait — “Houston” High School in Tennessee? Houston is in Texas…something doesn’t add up.
You know that multiple states can have a city with the same name right lol
I have family in Paris, Indiana
Ha ha, good one. This is a man’s reputation we’re dealing with. Not the time for goofs and gags…
The principal told the police to tell, Grizzlies security, to tell Ja Morant, to tell his family, to tell other involved parties?
Uh-huh, OK. I’m sure everyone listened too!
A man can’t even stand up for his sister without being hated on, smh.
If he had respect for his sister, he’d know that she needs to fight her own battles to grow. But he just had to go and be hard so he could impress lowlifes like you.
Herbert still has a better shooting % than Kobe’s career
So if I was on a 10 day contract and shot one attempt and made it. Would that make me the best shooter ever at 100%? Lmao
Naw just makes you slow Kobe was clutch and all around great but great shooter HELL NO
Ja has very little chance of succeeding in the NBA if that is the culture around him…
He has some very tough choices to make because he can’t make the easy ones… Like not showing up to a high school because of a high school incident…
Because gossip is worthy of that feeling?
Careful about choices, and culture…
I am getting the bigot vibe off of that big time!
Jason Kidd just can’t coach. He is as good as that as he is as a loving gentle husband