Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant entered a counseling program in Florida on Monday after a string of incidents, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Tim McMahon.
that Morant assaulted a teenager and threatened him with a gun during a pick-up game at his house last summer. He also allegedly threatened the head of security at a Memphis mall in a separate incident.threatened Indiana Pacers staff members after a contentious game in Memphis
. Staff members claimed that someone riding in Morant's slow-moving SUV aimed a red laser at them, and they believed the laser was attached to a gun. Morant apologized after his incident in the Colorado nightclub, and the team suspended him that day. He said he would take time away from the team, but it’s been unclear how long he will be gone or what that process will look like.
"I take full responsibility for my actions last night. I'm sorry to my family, teammates, coaches, fans, partners, the city of Memphis and the entire Grizzlies organization for letting you down," Morant said in his initial apology."I'm going to take some time away to get help and work on learning better methods of dealing with stress and my overall well-being.
"There are a lot of internal dialogues going on and obviously there's still things going on at the league level that we're in communication with," Jenkins said,Your browser does not support HTML5 audio.
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