{"id":492138,"date":"2025-04-04T15:55:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=492138"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:55:04","slug":"nba-fines-ja-morant-75000-for-inappropriate-gun-gesture","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/nba-fines-ja-morant-75000-for-inappropriate-gun-gesture\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA fines Ja Morant $75,000 for inappropriate gun gesture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ja Morant, the star guard of the Memphis Grizzlies, has been fined $75,000 by the NBA for making a gun-like gesture while celebrating made 3-pointers. The fine comes just a day after Morant once again mimicked aiming a gun during a game, despite previous warnings from the league.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The NBA has fined Ja Morant $75K for &#8220;twice making an inappropriate gesture on the playing court&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xXyWxeUlY1\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/xXyWxeUlY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1908187013221695853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The NBA deemed the gesture &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; and emphasized that Morant had already been warned that such actions could be interpreted negatively. This marks the second instance within the week where Morant faced scrutiny from the league over the gesture, which has become controversial due to his past suspensions in 2023 related to incidents involving real firearms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Adam Silver: \u201cIt\u2019s ok Ja just don\u2019t do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ja Morant 9 hours later: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s2elYgmGUC\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/s2elYgmGUC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Underdog (@Underdog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Underdog\/status\/1907957159184183790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The first warning came earlier this week after Morant and Golden State Warriors\u2019 Buddy Hield exchanged the gesture during a game between the Grizzlies and Warriors. However, Morant repeated the gesture during Thursday&#8217;s game, ignoring the prior caution.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NBA, the gesture occurred twice during the game, although it appeared to follow all three of Morant&#8217;s made 3-pointers. The third instance was not captured on the TNT broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Morant and his teammates have used the gesture this season. During Thursday night\u2019s game against the Miami Heat, Morant celebrated a 3-pointer by turning to the Grizzlies\u2019 bench with his left arm extended and his right hand forming the gun-like shape.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the NBA\u2019s most electrifying young talents, Morant\u2019s actions continue to draw attention both on and off the court. The league&#8217;s firm stance on inappropriate gestures highlights its commitment to maintaining a positive image, especially given Morant&#8217;s prior suspensions.<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies and Morant have yet to comment on the fine or the league&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ja Morant, the star guard of the Memphis Grizzlies, has been fined $75,000 by the NBA for making a gun-like gesture while celebrating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":492139,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17281,16884,17837],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17950,17838,1067],"acf":{"announce":"Grizzlies' star continues with his questionable behavior on and off the court","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492140,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492138\/revisions\/492140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492138"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=492138"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=492138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}