FILE–Ja Morant #12 of the Memphis Grizzlies Justin Ford/Getty Photographs/AFP
Memphis guard Ja Morant was named Western Convention Participant of the Week by the NBA on Tuesday after coming back from a 25-game suspension to guide the Grizzlies to 3 straight wins.
Morant’s first sport of the season got here in opposition to the New Orleans Pelicans on Dec. 19, the place the 24-year-old scored 34 factors together with a game-winning floater on the buzzer to finish a 24-point comeback.
He tallied 20 factors and eight assists in his first dwelling sport on Dec. 21 vs. Indiana and posted his first double-double of the season with 30 factors and 11 assists on Dec. 23 at Atlanta.
Morant averaged 28 factors, 9 assists and 5.7 rebounds to assist ship the Grizzlies their first three sport successful streak of the yr.
Morant was suspended 25 video games with out pay in June after the league discovered he had displayed a firearm in a automobile in a live-streamed video on Might 13.
The 2-time All-Star was beforehand suspended for eight video games in March after he appeared in one other social media video holding a firearm at a nightclub.
League commissioner Adam Silver known as his habits “reckless and irresponsible” on the time of the suspension and stated he fearful that his younger followers may search to emulate him.
Morant took accountability for his actions after every suspension was introduced, apologizing to the NBA, the Grizzlies and the town of Memphis.
The Grizzlies have struggled mightily with out their explosive younger star this season. The crew is at present 9-19, good for thirteenth within the Western Convention.
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