Ja Morant clarifies his curious social media post

Feb 12, 2023; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) during the second half against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports

Ja Morant is providing more context about his recent online post.

The Memphis Grizzlies star Morant raised eyebrows on Sunday night with a difficult-to-believe post to his X page. The post from Morant read, “trigger” along with a blue-heart emoji. Morant gave no further context at the time.

trigger

— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) June 3, 2024

Coming from Morant, the post went viral for all the wrong reasons. Since Morant has now twice been suspended by the NBA for flashing a gun on social media, the surface optics of his post were definitely not great.

But in a subsequent post on Monday afternoon, Morant shared more information. Morant apparently just lost somebody close to him, and “trigger” was a reference to the person’s nickname.

“rip papa,” Morant wrote. “LLTrigger.”

rip papa
LLTrigger

— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) June 3, 2024

For the 24-year-old Morant, his reputation still precedes him at this point, especially since he wasn’t able to redeem himself much this season, going down with a year-ending shoulder injury just nine games after returning from his latest suspension. But Morant is working hard to put all that behind him and recently made a major off-court business change too.