After Ja Morant twice flashed gun gestures throughout video games, the NBA got here down arduous on him.
The Memphis Grizzlies star was fined $75,000 for “twice making an inappropriate gesture on the playing court.”
The NBA confirmed experiences it had warned Morant the gesture “could be interpreted in a negative light.”
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Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant reacts after a basket throughout the second quarter towards the Golden State Warriors. (Petre Thomas/Imagn Photos)
Morant first made the gesture Monday towards the Golden State Warriors, and experiences stated the NBA was investigating the incident, giving Morant and Buddy Hield a warning.
On Thursday night time, Morant did it once more, simply 5 minutes right into a sport.
Contemplating Morant’s historical past with gun-related suspensions, the gesture blew up throughout the basketball world. He was suspended eight video games in March 2023 after brandishing a handgun on social media on the strip membership Shotgun Willie’s exterior Denver.
Then Morant was suspended for the primary 25 video games of the 2023-24 season after he flashed a handgun once more on a stay social media video.
Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies dribbles the ball throughout a sport towards the Miami Warmth April 3, 2025, at Kaseya Heart in Miami, Fla. (Issac Baldizon/NBAE through Getty Photos)
Forward of the suspensions, Morant discovered himself in hassle on a couple of event, together with one incident through which he obtained right into a struggle with a 17-year-old throughout a pickup basketball sport at Morant’s dwelling. A choose later dominated Morant acted in self-defense. 4 days earlier, Morant allegedly “threatened” the pinnacle of safety at a Memphis mall, and a member of Morant’s group allegedly shoved the safety official within the head.
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant dances as additional time expires towards the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Heart. (Stephen Lew/USA Right now Sports activities)
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Morant was additionally positioned underneath the microscope after a January 2023 sport through which an unidentified particular person within the NBA star’s car was accused of shining a laser pointer on the Indiana Pacers’ group bus. It occurred after some members of Morant’s entourage have been concerned in a confrontation with a bunch of individuals within the Pacers’ touring celebration.
Fox Information’ Scott Thompson and Chantz Martin contributed to this report.
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