Ja Morant Sneakers Removed From Nike App, Website After 2nd Gun Incident

If you are attempting to cop a pair of Ja Morant‘s signature sneakers, you will should look someplace apart from Nike’s web site, ‘trigger the NBA famous person’s kicks are nowhere to be discovered within the on-line retailer days after his 2nd gun incident.

The Ja 1 athletic footwear have been launched on April 19, and have been very fashionable. However, once we appeared on Nike’s website Thursday morning, the Morant sneakers weren’t obtainable. In reality, outdoors of some t-shirts, there is not something Morant-related.

But, Nike hasn’t completely erased Morant’s sneakers. There’s a brand new mismatched ‘Hunger’ colorway that is scheduled to be launched on May 25 … and it nonetheless seems within the “Upcoming” part of Nike’s SNKRS app.

Other retailers like Dick’s Sporting Goods, and secondary resellers like StockX and Flight Club nonetheless have Ja 1s on the market.

Morant signed a multi-year cope with Nike in May 2019, however might be in jeopardy of dropping his endorsement with the world’s largest athletic attire firm … after the 23-year-old was seen holding a gun on IG stay, sitting shotgun in a automotive, listening to music.

This comes simply two months after the 2x All-Star flashed a pistol inside a Denver strip membership … once more whereas on Instagram Live.

Ja was suspended for eight video games after the March incident.

This time, the penalty will likely be way more extreme. Morant’s already been suspended from all staff actions, although it is the offseason for the Grizzlies.

The back-to-back gun incidents have followers confused and even pissed off, together with Michael Wilbon, who mentioned he will not let his son put on Ja’s footwear.

If retailers proceed to tug the Ja 1s, even individuals who need to put on Morant’s kicks might quickly have bother monitoring down a pair.