Ja Morant issued an apology late Sunday and clarified an anti-police slogan he posted hours earlier on his Instagram page that combined an expletive and his jersey number.
Morant posted an image of his No. 12 Memphis Grizzlies jersey with his name replaced by “F---.” The expletive combined with 12, used to reference drug enforcement officers, is an anti-police slogan used on social media. Morant used a laughing emoji on it and wrote “nah fr [for real] tho” alongside the “100” emoji and an annoyed face.
Per the Commercial Appeal, he also followed it up with a since-deleted tweet: “want dat on my jersey fr.