Report: Morant enters counseling program, return stays unsure

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant entered a counseling program in Florida, sources instructed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Tim MacMahon.

The 23-year-old reportedly stays and not using a timetable for his NBA return.

Morant is at the moment away from the staff present process what head coach Taylor Jenkins referred to earlier this month as a “therapeutic course of.”

After an early-morning March 4 livestream on his Instagram during which Morant flashed what gave the impression to be a gun at a nightclub in Glendale, Colorado – hours after Memphis misplaced to the Denver Nuggets – the previous Rookie of the Yr stated he’d “take a while away to get assist and work on studying higher strategies of coping with stress and my total well-being.”

The Grizzlies initially introduced that he’d miss at the least two video games. On Wednesday, Memphis dominated the guard out for at the least one other 4 video games. Morant has now missed 5 consecutive contests, together with Monday’s recreation in opposition to the Dallas Mavericks.

When requested if Morant might return as quickly as Friday in opposition to the San Antonio Spurs, Jenkins solely stated that the fourth-year guard is open to regardless of the agreed-upon plan of action is.

“There are a variety of inside dialogues occurring, and clearly there’s nonetheless issues occurring on the league stage that we’re in communication with,” the top coach instructed MacMahon on Monday. “Ja’s totally engaged on this course of and prepared for no matter comes subsequent after these two video games.”

Each the NBA and Glendale Police Division launched respective investigations into Morant’s livestream. The latter concluded its probe Wednesday, stating that Morant wouldn’t face expenses as a result of a dearth of “accessible proof.” Glendale police added that no complaints had been made out of the membership Morant attended and {that a} gun wasn’t discovered.

The Grizzlies have 15 regular-season video games remaining following Monday’s encounter in Dallas. The primary spherical of the playoffs, which the membership remains to be on tempo to qualify for, begins April 15.

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