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JJ Redick has intense Ja Morant gun take on ESPN: ‘Didn’t break a law!’
JJ Redick在ESPN节目上表示: Ja Morant 没有违法
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 在上周六的Instagram直播中再次展示了一支枪械，因此被暂停参与灰熊队的
任何活动，ESPN的Adrian Wojnarowski称，将可能对他进行"长期禁赛"。
在周三的"First Take"节目中发言时，JJ Redick表示，他理解这一刻的严重性，Morant
曾被指控在一场斗牛比赛中与一名青少年发生暴力事件、威胁了一名商场保安，而他的朋
友被指控涉嫌在溜马灰熊赛后用枪威胁员工，但在这些情况下Ja Morant 并未被指控有犯
罪。
节目来宾Chris Russo认为Morant 应该在下个赛季被停赛40场比赛。
JJ Redick回应: 我并不是在容忍这种行为。我不是说应该没有惩罚。应该有后果。你是
联盟的代表人物，你代表NBA，你是年轻孩子的榜样。所有这些我都知道。但我不认为停
赛半个赛季是正确解答。
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转而谈论共和党政府官员在他们的政治信息中炫耀和宣传枪支。
Redick: 现在在我们的国家中，枪支文化普遍存在。我们一次又一次发生大规模枪击事件
，而没有人对此做出任何动作，所以我明白为什么每个人现在都如此敏感。
"[德州州长]Greg Abbott 告诉他的民众，他们应该购买更多的枪支，但在德州接连发生
大规模枪击事件，却没有任何后果。然后一位田纳西州一名官员还发送一张圣诞卡片，上
面他和他的家人握著AR-15步枪，然后他的选区发生枪击事件，也没有任何后果。
所以为什么我们要对一个没有违法的年轻人严厉惩罚呢？！向我解释一下这是为什么！
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总裁 Adam Silver 在周二晚上的选秀乐透活动期间接受ESPN的Malika Andrews 采访
时对此事发表了谈话。
Adam Silver:
说实话，当我在这个周末看到那段影片时，我感到震惊。我们正在进行调查，我们将尽
力弄清楚到底发生了什么。影片有些模糊，但我会假设情况最糟。我们将弄清楚那里到底
发生了什么。
Morant 在周二向ESPN发表声明，发誓对自己的行为"承担责任"。