Ja Morant Allegedly Flashed Gun, Punched Teen After Pickup Game Fight

New unpleasant claims surrounding the supposed pickup basketball brawl in between Ja Morant and a teenage young boy in July … with the young hooper declaring the Memphis Grizzlies super star flashed a gun at him throughout the run-in.

TMZ Sports broke the story in January — Morant is implicated of punching a 17-year-old young boy after getting in an argument throughout a game at Ja’s house in Tennessee … which led to a lawsuit filed in September.

According to the docs, the young boy declared he “accidentally” hit Ja in the face after tossing the ball in his instructions … and the All-Star guard struck back by striking him with a closed fist and knocking him to the ground.

The Washington Post reported Wednesday that not just did the teen implicate Morant of punching him a minimum of 12 times, leading to a “large knot” on his head … however the 23-year-old likewise entered into his home and returned with a gun in his waistband — with his hand on the weapon.

The young boy informed investigators Ja’s papa, Tee, then chewed out him … informing him to return within.

When Morant was questioned about the occurrence, authorities pointed out the young boy’s claims of exposing a weapon, however did not clearly ask if he had a gun. The outlet notes Morant and his lawyers did not reject the claim.

As for the run-in, Morant informed investigators he did, in truth, struck the teen … however declared it ran out self-defense after he was struck with the ball. In his eyes, “The ball was the first swing to me.”

As we formerly reported, Morant submitted an authorities report of his own a couple of weeks later on … declaring the teen threatened to “come back and light this place up like fireworks” and he feared for his security.

Police examined the claims for a number of weeks … prior to they sent the case to the district lawyer’s workplace on Oct. 4. Less than a month later on, police officers state the D.A. decreased prosecution, mentioning an absence of proof.