NBA investigating after Ja Morant displays gun in Instagram video

Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant's Instagram Live video, in which he displayed a gun while at a nightclub early Saturday morning, has prompted an investigation from the NBA.

«We are aware of a social media post involving Ja Morant and are investigating,» NBA spokesman Mike Bass said.

Morant began his Instagram Live session at 5:19 a.m. ET, hours after the Grizzlies' 113-97 loss to the Denver Nuggets. The All-Star guard, who was shirtless and rapping along with the music, could be seen holding up a handgun with his left hand.

A Grizzlies spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the team.

Morant's video came in the wake of a Washington Post story published Wednesday detailing two incidents involving Morant this summer that resulted in police reports but no arrests. In the second incident, according to police interviews obtained by The Washington Post, a 17-year-old boy alleged Morant emerged from his house with a gun in his waistband and his hand on the weapon after a fight between the boy and Morant during a pickup basketball game in the All-Star point guard's backyard. The other incident was a confrontation with a mall security guard in a parking lot.

«Any and every allegation involving a firearm has been fully investigated and could not be corroborated,» Jim Tanner, Morant's agent, said in a statement in response to the Post's story. «This includes the NBA investigation last month, in which they found no evidence.»

That investigation stemmed from a postgame confrontation between acquaintances of Morant and the Indiana Pacers' traveling party after the Grizzlies' Jan. 29 home win. After that incident, which occurred by the Indiana team bus in the loading area of FedExForum and was