After the NBA launched an investigation and Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant received a warning from the league about making a finger-gun gesture, he made the gesture twice durin
A day after Morant again used his aiming-a-gun gesture to celebrate making 3-pointers, the Grizzlies’ star was fined $75,000 by the league Friday. It’s the second time this week that Morant — who was suspended twice in 2023 for incidents with actual weapons — heard from the league about mimicking the act of using a gun during a game.
Morant made the gesture twice during a win over Miami despite the league warning him about it after his previous game.
The NBA fined Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant $75,000 after he again made a gun gesture with his fingers in his team’s 110-108 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday, despite receiving a warning from the NBA for performing the same celebration earlier this week.
The Grizzlies star was recently fined $75,000 for doing the finger gun celebration in Thursday's win against the Heat.
The Memphis Grizzlies star whipped out his finger guns celebration again during a game against the Miami Heat, which might be a bit of a problem because the NBA reportedly issued a warning against him Wednesday for the same celebration. This time, he did it less than five minutes into the first quarter, on his first basket of the game.
Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant made headlines for his celebrations in games against the Golden State Warriors and the Miami Heat. On Saturday, the
Guard Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies was fined $75,000 by the NBA for gun gestures this week. The league said he ignored its warnings.
Morant, who has been suspended by the NBA for gun-related incidents in recent seasons, ignored a warning given to him earlier the same day.