Ja Morant is making one thing clear -- the gun he flashed in a Colorado strip club was NOT his.
was announced -- and he was asked straight-up who owned the gun he showed off on Instagram Live on March 4.
"The gun wasn't mine," Morant said."It's not who I am. I don't condone any type of violence, but I take full responsibility for my actions.""I made a bad mistake and I can see the image I painted over myself with my recent mistakes," he added."But, in the future, I will show everybody who Ja really is, what I'm about and change this narrative.
Morant -- who hasn't played for the Grizzlies since March 3 -- said he's been in a good mental place following the incident ... and he spent his time away from the game speaking with therapists, getting reiki treatment and working on anxiety breathing to help deal with stress.
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