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JJ Redick has intense Ja Morant gun take on ESPN: ‘Didn’t break a law!’
JJ Redick在ESPN節目上表示: Ja Morant 沒有違法
JJ Redick vociferously argued against throwing the book at Ja Morant.
Morant has been suspended from Grizzlies team activities after he again
flashed a gun in an Instagram Live video on Saturday, and Redick’s ESPN
colleague Adrian Wojnarowski has reported a “lengthy suspension” could be
in the offing.
Speaking on “First Take” on Wednesday, Redick said he understood that this
moment was compounded with Morant having been accused of having a violent
incident with a teen in a pickup basketball game, threatening a mall security
guard and the time members of his circle were accused of pointing a red laser
at the Pacers traveling party — but that Morant has not been charged with a
crime in any of those situations.
“I’m not condoning the behavior. I’m not saying there should be no
punishment. There should be consequences. You are the face of the league. You
are representing the NBA. You are a role model to young kids. All of that. I
don’t think [getting suspended for] half the season is the right answer,”
Redick said, responding to Chris “Mad Dog” Russo’s position that Morant
should be suspended for 40 games next season.
Ja Morant 在上週六的Instagram直播中再次展示了一支槍械，因此被暫停參與灰熊隊的
任何活動，ESPN的Adrian Wojnarowski稱，將可能對他進行"長期禁賽"。
在周三的"First Take"節目中發言時，JJ Redick表示，他理解這一刻的嚴重性，Morant
曾被指控在一場鬥牛比賽中與一名青少年發生暴力事件、威脅了一名商場保安，而他的朋
友被指控涉嫌在溜馬灰熊賽後用槍威脅員工，但在這些情況下Ja Morant 並未被指控有犯
罪。
節目來賓Chris Russo認為Morant 應該在下個賽季被停賽40場比賽。
JJ Redick回應: 我並不是在容忍這種行為。我不是說應該沒有懲罰。應該有後果。你是
聯盟的代表人物，你代表NBA，你是年輕孩子的榜樣。所有這些我都知道。但我不認為停
賽半個賽季是正確解答。
Redick pivoted to talking about Republican government officials who flaunt
and/or promote firearms in their political messaging.
“In our country right now, gun culture is pervasive. We’ve got mass
shooting after mass shooting and nobody’s doing a damn thing about it, so I
get why everyone is sensitive right now,” Redick said.
“But there’s no consequence for this for [Texas Gov.] Greg Abbott telling
his constituents that they should go buy more guns, and then we have mass
shooting after mass shooting in Texas. There’s no consequence for an elected
Tennessee official to send out a Christmas card holding AR-15’s with his
young family, and then there’s a shooting in his very district.
“There’s no consequences to that, so why are we trying to lay down the
hammer on a 23-year-old who didn’t break a law!? Explain that to me!”
Redick轉而談論共和黨政府官員在他們的政治信息中炫耀和宣傳槍支。
Redick: 現在在我們的國家中，槍支文化普遍存在。我們一次又一次發生大規模槍擊事件
，而沒有人對此做出任何動作，所以我明白為什麼每個人現在都如此敏感。
"[德州州長]Greg Abbott 告訴他的民眾，他們應該購買更多的槍支，但在德州接連發生
大規模槍擊事件，卻沒有任何後果。然後一位田納西州一名官員還發送一張聖誕卡片，上
面他和他的家人握著AR-15步槍，然後他的選區發生槍擊事件，也沒有任何後果。
https://imgur.com/i5DbpNj
所以為什麼我們要對一個沒有違法的年輕人嚴厲懲罰呢？！向我解釋一下這是為什麼！
NBA commissioner Adam Silver addressed the matter in an interview with ESPN’
s Malika Andrews during the Draft Lottery on Tuesday night.
“Honestly, I was shocked when I saw, this weekend, that video,” Silver
said. “We’re in the process of investigating it and we’ll figure out
exactly what happened as best as we can. The video’s a bit grainy and all
that, but I’m assuming the worst. We’ll figure out exactly what happened
there.”
Morant vowed to “take accountability” for his actions in a Tuesday
statement to ESPN.
NBA總裁 Adam Silver 在週二晚上的選秀樂透活動期間接受ESPN的Malika Andrews 採訪
時對此事發表了談話。
Adam Silver:
說實話，當我在這個週末看到那段影片時，我感到震驚。我們正在進行調查，我們將盡
力弄清楚到底發生了什麼。影片有些模糊，但我會假設情況最糟。我們將弄清楚那裡到底
發生了什麼。
Morant 在周二向ESPN發表聲明，發誓對自己的行為"承擔責任"。