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Tim MacMahon
Tim MacMahon
ESPN Employees Author
- Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009
- Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks
- Seems recurrently on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM
Apr 2, 2025, 02:12 PM ET
The NBA is trying into Memphis Grizzlies celebrity Ja Morant utilizing his arms and arms to imitate taking pictures a gun towards the Golden State Warriors‘ bench late in Tuesday night time’s recreation between the Western Convention rivals, sources informed ESPN on Wednesday.
The league probe will even look into Warriors guard Buddy Hield‘s gesture forward of Morant’s finger-guns motions, sources mentioned. League officers will conduct an investigation and speak to concerned events as quickly as Wednesday, the sources mentioned.
The incident occurred throughout a timeout with 20.1 seconds remaining within the Warriors’ 134-125 road win over the Grizzlies.
As Morant walked towards the Grizzlies bench on the opposite facet of the court docket, he fashioned imaginary weapons with the fingers on each arms, pointing them towards the Warriors bench along with his left arm absolutely prolonged. The referees issued double technical fouls to Morant and Hield.
Morant, 25, a two-time All-Star, has twice been suspended by the NBA as a result of brandishing a firearm on social media.
The primary incident occurred in March 2023 throughout an Instagram stay stream whereas Morant was partying at a suburban Denver nightclub after a loss to the Nuggets. The NBA issued an indefinite suspension that ended up spanning eight video games.
Morant was suspended for the primary 25 video games of the 2023-24 season for conduct detrimental to the league after he brandished a firearm throughout an Instagram stay stream on his pal’s account in Could 2023.
The Grizzlies (44-32) have misplaced seven of eight video games to slide to sixth place within the Western Convention standings. Memphis fired coach Taylor Jenkins on Friday.
