Plaxico Burress Urges Ja Morant To ‘Learn From Me’ After Gun Incident

Plaxico Burress is weighing in on the Ja Morant debate … getting in touch with the Memphis Grizzlies super star to gain from his errors — after Morant was suspended for displaying a gun on an Instagram Live video over the weekend.

“If you can’t learn anything, learn from me,” Burress stated Tuesday on “The Carton Show.” He included, “Make better decisions because you really don’t want for him to have that label being that he’s so young. He has the opportunity to be the face of the NBA. He’s that great of a player.”

Of course, Burress is speaking from individual experience … in 2008, the previous New York Giants pass receiver, who captured the game-winning goal in Super Bowl XLII, suffered an unexpected, self-inflicted gunshot injury at a bar in NYC.

Plaxico did not have a license to bring a gun in NYC … and turned himself in on charges of criminal ownership of a pistol. Burress ultimately accepted a plea offer that saw him invest 2 years in jail, successfully hindering his NFL profession.

Burress would go back to the NFL in 2011 with the New York Jets, however he retired a couple of years later on after making a return to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Plaxico’s life altered due to the fact that of the error … which appears to be the message he’s attempting to communicate to 23-year-old Morant, who’s been involved in drama just recently.

“You want to see him mature as a person as his game is getting better,” Burress stated, “and I think that all comes with time and being around the right people.”