Ja Morant spoke up about his newest difficulties on Tuesday night, three days after the Memphis guard was banned from all team activities for allegedly holding a pistol again while being aired on social media.

The NBA is also looking into his activities, two months after suspending him for basically the same thing – showing a pistol on social media.

“I know I’ve disappointed a lot of people who have supported me,” Morant said in a statement posted by his agents Tuesday night. “This is a journey, and I recognize that there is still work to be done.” My words may not mean much right now, but I accept complete responsibility for my actions. I’m determined to keep improving myself.”

His remarks came only hours after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver expressed dissatisfaction with the situation. In March, Silver handed down an eight-game ban; there is no way of knowing what penalties Morant will face this time.

“Honestly, I was shocked when I saw that video this weekend,” Silver said on ESPN before the draft lottery in Chicago. “We’re investigating it, and we’ll figure out exactly what happened as best we can.” The video is a little fuzzy, but I’m anticipating the worst. We’ll find out what occurred over there.”

The first video, which cost Morant around $669,000 in lost wages, was released in March. The second was caught Saturday night and quickly circulated on social media. It was broadcast on Morant associate Davonte Pack’s Instagram account, according to a source familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Grizzlies have not commented on the nature of the current video.

Morant momentarily seems to be holding a firearm in the footage uploaded by Pack. The livestream had 111 watchers during the short minute — maybe less than a second — when Morant is seen clutching what looks to be a weapon while sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle.

“He could have injured, maimed, killed himself, someone else, with an act like that,” Silver went on to say. “There’s also the recognition that he’s a star.” He has a really large fan base. And my fear — which I believe he shared with me — was that millions, if not tens of millions, of children throughout the world would see him as praising the act of firing a handgun in that manner.”

Morant said in March that he needed to focus on himself, and after the season concluded a few weeks ago, he expressed similar sentiments.

“Being disciplined on both sides, off the court making better decisions and on the court being locked in even more,” Morant went on to say. “As the leader of this team, it all starts with me.” I need to improve in that area.”

Morant’s five-year, $194 million deal extension is expected to begin this season. He has endorsement relationships with Nike and Powerade, however Powerade removed a commercial starring Morant nearly immediately after the March video surfaced.

So far in 2023, this is the third known NBA inquiry involving Morant and the probable use of guns.

Morant’s conduct were examined during a Jan. 29 incident in Memphis, which he said resulted in Pack being barred from Grizzlies home games for a year. That incident occurred after a game against the Indiana Pacers; The Indianapolis Star and USA Today reported, citing unnamed sources, that multiple Pacers players saw a red dot pointed at them while they were near the loading dock where their bus was located, and The Athletic reported that a Pacers security guard believed the laser was attached to a gun.

The NBA acknowledged that anonymous people were barred from entering the stadium, but claimed there was no proof that anybody was threatened with a weapon.

Then, in the early hours of March 4, after the Grizzlies had played an away game against the Nuggets, Morant began a livestream from inside a strip club while clutching a revolver. There were no charges filed.

Morant and Pack are also named in a civil complaint filed last summer after an incident at Morant’s house in which a then-17-year-old said they attacked him. On April 12, Morant filed a countersuit, charging the kid of defamation, abuse, and assault.