Morant banned for 25 games, light and heavy?
After the Finals, it was the helmsman's turn to clean up Morant, and the penalty order was officially announced: Morant will be banned for 25 games next season and will not participate in any team activities, including preseason games, during the ban.
After the news came out, the first reaction of most viewers was: light. Say that the severe punishment is not lent, why only 25 games? Not only ordinary spectators, but even Shiyi Spray and number one Zhan Hei Skip, who slashed 6 million annual salaries every year, also felt that it was too light, and he clearly pointed out in his sharp comments:
"The league should have punished him hard to keep him in the long memory, which is for his good and saved his career." I had a bad feeling that 25 bans wouldn't necessarily make Morant realize his mistake, and he apologized very much, knowing that when it was time to admit it, he had to admit it to calm the outside world and then go his own way. ”
To put it another way, a 25-game ban would result in Morant's direct loss of $7.6 million in salary in the '23-24 season. It looks like a lot, but it's actually a sprinkler for Morant. To know that Morant completely missed the All-NBA selection for the first time this season after eating a ban & fine package for a gun, the potential financial loss has reached $40 million, you must know that if he is selected to the best team during his rookie period, the 5-year 194 million contract extension with the Grizzlies will be automatically upgraded to 5-year 234 million. Didn't it turn out to be completely forgotten two months later, and then pulled out another gun when he was with his fox dog friend Tuhi?
Of course, there is a factor that Morant has a better attitude of admitting his mistake from the light fall, and he wants to disagree with Arenas after the original generation of Arenas, and the league has intervened in the investigation and still cares about Pose who pulls a gun to his teammates. On the other hand, the second-generation Morant pretended to be a grandson very quickly, and after fully realizing how serious the problem was, he issued a statement in only three days that he was willing to take full responsibility, and shrugged his head and sincerely hoped to get another chance. Confession is lenient and resists strictness, and it is universally applicable.
However, this is one aspect, and the more important factor is that the league and even sponsors have not completely abandoned him, or that Morant is still "protected". Not to mention that the buddies do have enough brains, the playing style does attract fans, and jumping up and down to see all kinds of stagnant folding is pleasing to the eye.
The league wants Morant to get lost. There is precedent for this. The public opinion caused by the boss of the past when he was on vacation and knocked down the waitress did not know where to explode than now, and for a while it was like a rat crossing the street, everyone shouted and beaten. What happened next? Relying on his almost violent personal performance and leading the Purple Gold Legion back to the top, those broken things were whitewashed in minutes. Not only whitewashing the boss but also becoming a representative of positive energy, the Mamba spirit was praised by those who came later. Compared to the old news of the boss, Morant's these are purely pediatric, after all, he neither pulled the trigger nor pointed the muzzle of the black hole at his teammates.
As a replacement for Odie, the sponsor is full of confidence in Morant's ability to carry goods, even if the fat insider is once again trying to pull the mountain and the world, it is not as good as the bells and whistles of the small player to fool the fans into paying for it. This is why as soon as the punishment announcement was issued, Big Brother Gou quickly issued a statement:
"It's great that Morant has taken the initiative to take responsibility and put his mental health first, and we will continue to support him on and off the pitch."
Under the dual "protection" of the alliance and sponsors, the matter came to an end. It's also good news for the grizzlies, who are only braindead and have room to save compared to being addicted to carnal desires and continuing injuries. Moreover, although Wu Moxiong's winning rate is high, if Morant is really removed from the lineup for a long time, relying only on the brothers Bane & Jalen Jackson plus a bunch of role players, the imagination of the entire team will become very limited.
Next, it was Morant's turn to reflect. After all, there is also an additional clause in the penalty order, certain conditions must be met before re-participating in the competition, specifically what is not specified, guessing that it is a project such as study classes and community welfare. In addition to reflection, Morant also has to think about how to re-establish the authority of the leader and coordinate the relationship with his teammates, even if the young man usually calls him a brother and a brother, and still shakes the trust of his teammates after a series of incidents, and has to earn back these losses.
It seems that everyone is happy to solve the reunion, but the box lunch blogger is still worried about one thing, which is the same worry as Skip, which shows that no matter where they are, the brain circuits of keyboard men and little sunspots are highly similar. Simply put, a person's personality is fixed in adulthood, and it is difficult to change due to changes in the environment. This is why many NBA players will find it difficult to keep their wealth due to profligacy after they have achieved fame. Look at the seniors who went bankrupt & accidents, which one did not have a head and a face back then, and which one was not Megatron's side?
Take Morant's template Iverson again, from problem teenagers to problem youth to problem middle-aged, all kinds of troublemaking files are thick. Iverson was a lucky man compared to Morant, when the Internet was not yet developed, and the spread of newspapers and magazines was far less than it is today. Compared to the answer, Morant's every move will be placed under the microscope.
In the grand scheme of things, the lesson that mankind has learned from history is that it has never learned any lessons; At a young age, don't expect to learn anything unless you get poked at the pain point. Less than 25 years after the end of World War I, World War II broke out even more tragically. As for why three wars did not break out, we have to thank the fat man and the little boy.
Pulling the topic back again, because the punishment order is not severe enough, Morant may think that "Lao Tzu is really unlucky to be caught twice, and he can't commit another crime in front of the camera in the future." And what about not in front of the camera? Naturally, you can... Imagine such a scene.
After the end of the 25-game ban, Morant sincerely admitted his mistake and said that he would definitely change his previous life; After returning home, he immediately took out his two guns and rushed to the roof, reveled with his fox and dog friends, and at the end of his life, he repeatedly instructed his brothers to turn off their mobile phones and not allow them to shoot, then took out his beloved double gun and fired a gun into the sky to celebrate.
He thought that this time he didn't know the ghost, but he didn't know that he forgot to turn off the monitoring...