NBA star Morant to miss two games after appearing to wave gun in video

Troubled Memphis Grizzlies star livestreamed himself in a nightclub at 5.19am holding what appeared to be a gun

TROUBLED TIMES: Ja Morant #12 of the Memphis Grizzlies in action against the Golden State Warriors. Pic: Justin Ford/Getty Images)

Ja Morant will be away from the Memphis Grizzlies for at least their next two games, the team said Saturday, not long after the NBA opened an investigation into a social media post by the guard after he livestreamed himself holding what appeared to be a gun at a nightclub.

The video was streamed by Morant to his Instagram page, and it was not archived once he stopped the stream. The Grizzlies played in Denver on Friday night; they fly to Los Angeles on Saturday for games against the Clippers on Sunday and the Lakers on Tuesday.