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The worrying accusations surrounding Ja Morant are growing.<\/p>\n
The head of security at a Memphis mall told police the Grizzlies star \u201cthreatened\u201d him during a parking lot altercation during the summer, according to records obtained by the Washington Post.<\/i><\/p>\n
He also told officers a member of Morant\u2019s group shoved him in the head.<\/p>\n
No arrests were made in the altercation.<\/p>\n
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Watch an average of 9 LIVE NBA Regular Season games per week on ESPN on Kayo Sports on ESPN on Kayo Sports. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now ><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Damn Dame! Lillard drops 71 on Houston | 01:41<\/p>\n In a separate incident four days later, Morant was accused of punching a 17-year-old boy in the head repeatedly during a pickup game at the 23-year-old\u2019s house.<\/p>\n Morant and a friend hit the teen hard enough to send him to the ground and left him with a \u201clarge knot\u201d on the side of his head, according to deputies who observed the injuries.<\/p>\n The boy told detectives Morant went into his house and reemerged with his hand on a gun visible in the waistband of his pants.<\/p>\n Morant told police the teen was the aggressor in the incident, throwing a ball at his head and stepping toward him, and that he had acted in self-defense.<\/p>\n \u201cI swung first,\u201d the NBA star told detective, adding \u201cThe ball was to me the first hit.\u201d<\/p>\n Morant also told officers the teen \u2014 a top basketball prospect in the area \u2014 left his home shouting, \u201cI\u2019m gonna come back and light this place up like fireworks.\u201d<\/p>\n Morant later filed a police report about the boy\u2019s comment, saying his family had been threatened.<\/p>\n Shelby County prosectors declined to file charges due to a lack of evidence, a spokesperson told the Washington Post.<\/p>\n Neither incident was publicised at the time they occurred.<\/p>\n Embiid launches phenomenal but futile 3! | 00:41<\/p>\n They are the latest revelations of trouble surrounding the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft and a two-time All-Star, who has been at the center of on- and off-the-court issues recently.<\/p>\n On Jan. 21, Morant\u2019s father, Tee, got into an altercation with Fox Sports host and ex-NFLer Shannon Sharpe that spilled onto the court at halftime of a game against the Lakers.<\/p>\n In early February, the NBA investigated allegations by the Pacers that Morant\u2019s entourage \u201caggressively confronted\u201d members of their traveling party and pointed a red laser at them, possibly attached to a gun.<\/p>\n Morant later confirmed that his friend, Davante Pack, was banned from Memphis\u2019 FedExForum following the last incident.<\/p>\n The Grizzlies enter Wednesday as the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference at 37-23, though they\u2019ve struggled in recent weeks, losing eight of nine at one point.<\/p>\n This story originally appeared on New York Post<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n