NEW YORK — Ja Morant can count his blessings, and 70% of a splendid salary, that Adam Silver is the NBA commissioner and not David Stern.
Stern, who oversaw the NBA’s rise to international prominence, dropped hammers. Silver drops plastic spoons unless they’re on Donald Sterling.
To recap, Morant embarrassed the NBA, himself and especially Silver. He flashed a gun in March at a club while “in an intoxicated state,” according to the league, and then went to a meeting with Silver that supposedly demonstrated Morant’s “sincere contrition.” The commissioner added at the time, “Ja has also made it clear to me that he has learned from this incident.”
