Cam Newton blames Ja Morant's family and friends for NBA star's behavior: 'Check that motherf---er'

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NBA star Ja Morant is in trouble again after appearing in a video holding a gun for the second time since March.

The Memphis Grizzlies guard is suspended from team activities, and he received an eight-game ban for a similar incident during the season.

It's not the first, or second, time Morant has been in the news for his behavior. 

And a former NFL MVP says Morant's surroundings are to blame for that.

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Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies against the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals at Chase Center May 7, 2022, in San Francisco.  (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

"When I see Ja, I'm seeing a guy that I don't blame him. I'm keeping it a f---ing buck. I blame the homeboy, the dad, girlfriend, any partner that's around at any given point in time. Bro, you check that mother-f---er. Check him and say, ‘Listen, dog, what are you doing?'" Cam Newton said in a video he posted to Twitter.

"The label should be, 'Keep the main thing the main thing.' If he a basketball player, make sure that his ass is keeping basketball first. … If that is ever jeopardized or compromised, what are you doing as the plus-one, or the plus-two? Because if you can't look at your homeboy in his eyes and say, ‘Bro, you’re tripping, bro …' If you can't check that individual and let him know, ‘Bro, what you on, that s--- is lame as f---.'"

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Newton said it is Morant's friends' and family members' "job to protect the individual who's supplying" luxurious benefits, such as flights, hotels and