After Ja Morant flashed twice the gestures of the firearms during the matches, the NBA endeavored from him.
The star of Memphis Grizzlies was sentenced to a fine of $ 75,000 for “twice by making an inappropriate gesture on the playground”.
The NBA confirmed that the reports had warned the gesture “could be interpreted in a negative light”.
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Memphis Grizzlies Ja Morant goalkeeper reacts after a basket in the second quarter against the Golden State Warriors. (Petre Thomas / Imagn images)
Morant first made the gesture on Monday against the Golden State Warriors, and reports indicated that the NBA was investigating the incident, giving Morant and Buddy Hield a warning.
Morant did it again on Thursday evening, just five minutes after a match.
Given the history of more than suspensions linked to firearms, The gesture has exploded through the world of basketball. He was suspended eight games in March 2023 after brandishing a handgun on social networks with strip-tel rifle, outside Denver.
Then Morant was suspended for the first 25 games of the 2023-24 season after having made a handgun again on a live video on social networks.
Ja more of the Memphis Grizzlies dribble the ball in a match against Miami Heat on April 3, 2025, in Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. (Issac Baldizon / NBAE via Getty Images)
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Before the suspensions, MORANT found himself in difficulty at more than one opportunity, including an incident in which he fought with a 17-year-old in a basketball match at MORANT. A judge then ruled that Morant acted in self -defense. Four days earlier, MORANT would have “threatened” the head of security in a Memphis shopping center, and a member of the group of Domplete would have pushed the head of security in the head.
The guardian of Memphis Ja Morant Danse Grizzlies while overtime expires against the Pelicans of New Orleans at the King Center smoothie. (Stephen Lew / USA TODAY SPORTS)
More was also placed under a microscope after a January 2023 match in which an unidentified individual in the NBA Star vehicle was accused of shine a laser pointer At the Indiana Pacers team bus. It occurred after some members of the surrounding surroundings were involved in a confrontation with a group of people in the Pacers travel party.
