the timetable for ja morants return to the memphis grizzlies is unofficially as long as it takeshead coach taylor jenkins said the grizzles dont expect morant to return right away after missing at least two gamesthat was the initial assessment from the franchise when morant was suspended for offcourt behavior including an early morning video purported to be recorded at a strip club in which the allstar guard brandishes a pistol the video was posted a few hours after the grizzlies lost on the road to the denver nuggets but his exact location wasnt confirmedwe want whats best for him we support him its going to be a difficult process but weve got a great group to get through this jenkins said sundaythe nba will ultimately have a say in when morant returnsone of the faces of the league and a contender for nba most valuable player the video posted to social media comes days after a washington post report that morant was accused of assaulting a teenager and threatening him with a gun after a pickup game in his neighborhood less is known about other alleged incidents involving morant and his family or associates including alleged threats made to mall security after morants mother was involved in a disagreement at finish linewe are aware of a social media post involving ja morant and are investigating mike bass nba spokesman said after reports surfaced morant violated nba rules by taking a weapon on a team charter flight to denvera violation of that nba rule could result in a lengthy suspensionthe league was also made aware by indiana pacers staffers of an incident they described as an aggressive confrontation outside of memphis home stadium earlier this season morants friends allegedly threatened and trained a red laser from a slowmoving suv on members of the pacers staffmorant 23 didnt play sunday when the grizzlies visited the los angeles clippers and is out for tuesdays game at the same venue against the los angeles lakersgrizzlies guard desmond bane said sunday teammates are ready to accept and welcome morant back as soon as hes readywere a big family bane said were wrapping our arms around him and showing our love to him hes a resilient guy toughminded guy whenever hes ready to come back well welcome him with open armsmorant apologized in a statement over the weekend and his social media accounts were since deactivatedi take full responsibility for my actions last night the statement read im sorry to my family teammates coaches fans partners the city of memphis and the entire grizzlies organization for letting you down im going to take some time away to get help and work on learning better methods of dealing with stress and my overall wellbeing