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The NBA suspended an employee without pay for two weeks after he appeared to celebrate the shooting of Charlie Kirk.
In an email to PK Press Club Digital on Wednesday, an association spokesperson confirmed that the employee “violated multiple NBA policies.”
According to OutKick, which was first to report the incident, the former employee called Kirk a “terrible person” and an “asshole” in an Instagram story.
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Charlie Kirk speaks on stage during the Turning Point USA Young Women’s Leadership Summit at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center on June 14, 2025, in Grapevine, Texas. (Sam Hodde for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
In a post shared by the employee that asked what Kirk’s “legacy” was, the employee wrote that he didn’t have one.
“He has done absolutely nothing healthy for the world other than spewing dangerous rhetoric… There is no legacy,” the message read.
“Oh I also forgot to include ‘thoughts and prayers’. LMAO,” another post read.
The NBA told OutKick on Oct. 6 that it was “looking into” the matter, but provided no further updates before announcing the suspension on Wednesday, after multiple requests for comment from PK Press Club Digital and OutKick.
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, speaks at the Turning Point Action conference, July 15, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
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It is unclear when the suspension was issued or what policies were violated. The NBA did not respond to an email from PK Press Club Digital regarding those details.
Kirk, who would have turned 32 on Tuesday, was murdered at Utah Valley University while debating with students. He was shot while being questioned about gun violence.
President Donald Trump awarded Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by Kirk’s widow, Erika.
U.S. President Donald Trump posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he presents the medal to his wife Erika Kirk (left) during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House October 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Kirk’s “Turning Point USA” announced earlier this month that it would host its own Super Bowl halftime show in San Francisco, shortly after the NFL announced Bad Bunny would perform at Levi’s Stadium.
