Perspective: Ja Morant cost himself millions with his foolish behavior, but money wasn't all he lost.
. He finessed that situation with effective, textbook disingenuous contrition, entering a short counseling program in Florida, doing a safe and unrevealing interview with ESPN’s Jalen Rose and telling Silver what he wanted to hear during a meeting.
This should be rock bottom for Morant, but we’ve been too busy pondering his ceiling to know for certain. The troubling thing is that, for all that Morant has cost himself in the past three months, his problems could be much worse. He skirted criminal and NBA repercussions for numerous incidents of But his story isn’t so wonderful, and the first warnings arrived months ago. If Morant weren’t an unashamed, gun-dancing nitwit on social media, his stardom would protect him from scrutiny. He could portray himself as a victim whenever there was smoke. That is what his agent tried to do in the beginning, when Morant’s problems were limited toThey’re called smartphones, but they don’t stop people from making stupid decisions for the world to see.
“I’m sorry for the harm I’ve done,” Morant said in his latest statement. “To the kids who look up to me, I’m sorry for failing you as a role model. I promise I’m going to be better. To all of my sponsors, I’m going to be a better representation of our brands. And to all of my fans, I’m going to make it up to you, I promise.”
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