ESPN's Michael Wilbon refuses to buy Ja Morant's signature Nike shoes for son after latest suspension

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ESPN pundit Michael Wilbon says he won’t allow his son to buy Ja Morant’s signature Nike shoe after the Memphis Grizzlies star was suspended over the weekend for appearing to flash a gun in a video online. 

Morant, who was suspended for the second time this season over a similar incident, was seen flashing a gun in a video on Instagram Live on Saturday night. 

Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) handles the ball against Portland Trail Blazers guard Skylar Mays (8) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

"This is up to Ja. This is up to him," Wilbon said during Sunday’s broadcast of "NBA Countdown." 

GRIZZLIES' JA MORANT APPEARS TO FLASH GUN ON LIVESTREAM, SUSPENDED FROM TEAM ACTIVITIES

"There are people who could be around him who are going to have to help lead him out of this. We hear about four or five days or eight days or whatever at some facility in Florida, that’s a joke. That’s PR," Wilbon said of Morant checking himself into a clinic for stress management following his suspension in March.

"And so you could try to PR your way out of this through other social media forms and all of that. But the question is, is he going to do the work that is required of himself to get out of this and for this not to be the end?"

Dillon Brooks #24 of the Memphis Grizzlies and Ja Morant #12 of the Memphis Grizzlies during the first half against the Los Angeles Lakers of Game Five of the Western Conference First Round Playoffs at FedExForum on April 26, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)

Wilbon continued, "Because what’s going to happen now?