League sources believe that Morant will be suspended for no less than the first half of the season, Sam Amico from Hoops Wire reports, confirming the earlier Adrian Wojnarowski's information.

Credit: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images via AFP - Scanpix
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Memphis Grizzlies superstar guard Ja Morant has been in the public controversy for months. After his most recent incident, the player is likely to be suspended for a lengthy period of time.

Points this season

47%
116,1
Points made: 116,1
Accuracy: 47,0%
Place in standings: 10
Record max: 151
Record min: 85
Best scorer: Ja Morant

After first getting caught flashing a gun on an Instagram Live video and later getting suspended for it, Morant was seen doing the same thing once again, forcing the club to suspend him one more time.

Even though NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that the official league ruling will be announced after the NBA Finals, information is starting to come out about the possible outcome of the decision.

According to Sam Amico from Hoops Wire, league sources believe Morant will be suspended for no less than the first half of the season. It confirms the earlier information relayed by Adrian Wojnarowski.

"It's not just about the discipline. It's about how the players' association, his team, and the people around him are going to [need to] create better circumstances going forward," Silver said.

Since the incident happened, Nike has removed Morant's sneakers from their official app and website.

Earlier in the season, Morant got into trouble in early March after he hosted an Instagram live from a nightclub where he showed a gun to thousands of spectators. The team suspended the player.

While he was away from the team facility, a photo was leaked from the nightclub that shows Morant with dancers and almost every inch of surface covered in cash.

Several days after the incident, he announced that he'd be taking time away from basketball to tackle his inner issues. The NBA suspended him for 8 games.

Two main stories from Morant's previous offseason have been in the public discourse recently. First, a story came out that he punched a teenager during a basketball game in his home in Tennessee. After the incident, he allegedly re-emerged from the house with a gun visible in the waistband of his pants and his hand on the weapon.

During the summer, Morant also got involved in a verbal altercation with Memphis police in one of the city's malls when he and his friends refused the security guard’s demands to leave the mall parking lot.

The Washington Post's Gus Garcia-Roberts and Molly Hensley-Clancy claim that interviews and internal records show that the Memphis Grizzlies and the NBA were both responsible for sweeping the possibly huge news under the rug.

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Ja Morant

Ja  Morant
Ja  Morant
MIN: 32.35
PTS: 26.05 (54.42%)
REB: 5.94
As: 8
ST: 1.14
BL: 0.26
TO: 3.38
GM: 66