Ja Morant is in the headlines consistently for all the wrong reasons. Despite his incredible on-court play, the Memphis Grizzlies starter is courting attention for the company he keeps away from the NBA.
After being seen in multiple videos brandishing a firearm, there has also been suggestions that Morant engages in 'thug-like' behaviors with his associates.
His own mother admitted that she wanted help after a dispute with a store employee and called Morant and his friends to come and assist her, but now it appears that some of his friends are also engaging in further criminal acts.
A close-friend of Morant named Davonte Pack has now been arrested whilst Morant is under investigation for assault.
Whilst the initial legal complaint centered around Morant hitting a teenager during a pick-up basketball game at his home, Pack has now been arrested after being accused of assaulting the same teenager at that event.
Pack was arrested at his home on Wednesday morning, and he had previously been banned from Memphis Grizzlies games for a period of a year after an altercation took place when the Indiana Pacers were the visiting team.
Morant admitted to hitting the teen
Despite admitting to striking the teenager in question, Ja Morant has claimed he was acting in self-defense after the victim reportedly threw a basketball at him.
Morant and Pack have become quite the unsavory double-act of late, with the pair featuring in the aforementioned videos involving guns.
Morant's career has been put on hold as a result of these activities, with a current NBA suspension lasting 25 games being handed down to him for showing a gun on a video.
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