Ja Morant is at an inflection point.
He’s replaced Kyrie Irving as a top pitchman for Nike, been tabbed as an endorser for Powerade and is one of the brightest, young superstars in the NBA.
He’s far too important to the NBA’s future to find himself caught in what, at best, could be described as immature behavior — and at worst, dangerous.
In a report from the Washington Post, it outlined three separate incidents — one where he allegedly assaulted a teenager in his neighborhood where the teen alleged Morant had a gun in his waistband (the police report did not say Morant pulled out the weapon), another where he and nine friends pulled up at a Finish Line in a mall to handle a dispute concerning his mother and the most recent allegation where someone riding in Morant’s car apparently pointed a laser at members of the Indiana Pacers’ traveling party — none of which paints Morant or people in his circle in a positive light.