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Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> star Damian Lillard has denied liking a tweet from a fan that implies Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant is trying to “act hood.”<\/p>\n

Morant has been suspended indefinitely by the Grizzlies<\/a> after making “difficult decisions and poor choices,” head coach Taylor Jenkins said Sunday. The All-Star was seen brandishing a gun while at a nightclub in a livestream on social media this past Saturday, whichg is the latest incident involving the South Carolina native.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A fan of Lillard\u2019s let off a tweet comparing the two ballers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Notice how Dame is actually from the hood but he don\u2019t go around acting like Ja Morant who is from the suburbs trying to act hood. Never change king @Dame_Lillard,” the user wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An alleged screenshot from the Instagram account “nojumper” showing Lillard\u2019s likes on Twitter displays the Blazers guard liking it. However, Lillard tried to nip it in the bud.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Let em lie,” he wrote<\/a>. “F— I look like liking that. I don\u2019t care who is and is not from the “trenches” \u2026”<\/p>\n

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Police are looking into the incident on Saturday at the nightclub, probing to see if Morant broke any laws.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Athletic\u2019s Shams Charania also reported that Memphis had a players-only meeting with center Steven Adams taking charge prior to the Saturday night incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There was a players-only meeting where Steven Adams, their veteran center, he spoke out about how the team needs to show better discipline on the road. How they need to stay away from going out when they\u2019re on the road,” Charania said on Bally Sports\u2019 “The Rally.”<\/p>\n

“From those in the room, when Steven Adams spoke out, they knew exactly who he was directing this to \u2014 it was no one other than Ja Morant. Clearly, still, Ja Morant went out in the early hours of Saturday. That video was posted with a gun and there\u2019s questions. Was the gun his? Did he have a license? Was he traveling with the gun? Where did the gun come from? Was it a friend\u2019s? How many other weapons were there? Is it even legal to carry a weapon in the area they were at?”<\/p>\n

There is no timetable for Morant to return to the team, Jenkins mentioned. He is going to miss at least the next two games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

JA MORANT HAS MADE \u2018DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND POOR CHOICES,\u2019 NO TIMETABLE TO RETURN, COACH SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Morant issued an apology following the Grizzlies\u2019 decision to suspend him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I take full responsibility for my actions last night,” Morant said. “I’m sorry to my family, teammates, coaches, fans, partners, the city of Memphis and the entire Grizzlies organization for letting you down. I’m going to take some time away to get help and work on learning better methods of dealing with stress and my overall well-being.”<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s definitely embracing the mistakes that he\u2019s made, but only time will tell. We\u2019re going to support him, and we\u2019re going to hold him accountable to make those changes,” Jenkins said, declining to lay out the exact steps Morant needed to accomplish to return to the Grizzlies.<\/p>\n

“We love him, we want what\u2019s best for him, we support him. It\u2019s going to be a difficult process, but we\u2019ve got a great group to get through this.”<\/p>\n

There was also a Jan. 29 incident after the Grizzlies played the Indiana Pacers, where the latter claims a car, which Morant was in, was pointing red lasers into the team\u2019s bus. They claimed the laser was coming from a firearm. An incident on the court during the game involving Morant\u2019s father, Tee, and his friend, Davonte Pack, led to Pack being banned from home games for a year as well.<\/p>\n

Morant and Pack also are involved in a civil lawsuit brought after an incident this past summer in which a 17-year-old alleged they assaulted him at Morant\u2019s home. The Shelby County District Attorney\u2019s Office said in January that it was “aware of the incident, and after careful review of the facts, decided that there was not enough evidence to proceed with a case.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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