After the NBA imposed a JA Morant $ 75,000 last week for making finger-gun gestures, the Memphis Grizzlies-Star found a new way to commemorate a 3-Pointer made.
In the loss of 141-125 of the Grizzlies in front of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday evening, Morant imitated and pulled a pin, threw a grenade and covered his ears after a 3 made. It was the second straight game in which Morant had steered the Grenade, when he played Tuesday.
“That is my party now until someone else has a problem with it, and I will find another,” said Morant after Thursday’s shootaround.
The NBA fined Morant $ 75,000 on April 4, one day after the 25-year-old after a 3-one made in the first quarter and once in the third quarter-in the third quarter, had shot a gun. Prior to that matchup, the NBA Morant reported that he would not be punished before his April 1 rifle-related gestures while playing the Golden State Warriors.
Morant finished 36 points with a team-high and shot 5 of 13 from behind the arch against Minnesota.
Yes Morant closed the gun celebration for a grenade celebration pic.twitter.com/tgkwidb5k
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Against Golden State, Morant and Buddy dealt with a verbal fight with the weapon -related hand gestures. Both players and teams received warnings from the NBA, and the competition told each team that were inappropriate and instructed them to stop using them, said a competition source, said Athletics. The argument on the part of the teams was that the gestures were not meant to be violent, according to the competition source.
Despite the warning, Morant continued the gesture in the next match against Miami and received the fine a day later.
Morant, a dual all-star, was also suspended twice for rifle-related incidents in the past seasons.
In March 2023, the NBA issued a suspension of eight games after Morant had seen a gun on Instagram live, while in a men’s club in Glendale, Colo. He also missed the first 25 games of the 2023-24 season because of the suspension after he saw a gun while he was driving live in a car on Instagram.
Although the NBA has no rule against specific gestures, the competition has fined players for making arms -related movements earlier. In 2017, the then Phoenix sings forward Josh Jackson received a fine of $ 35,000 Before gesturing to a fan in a way that seemed to imitate to imitate a trigger. In 2015, the then Miami Heat Guard Gerald Green received a fine of $ 25,000 for making a Gesture.
The NBA pays the fines for behavior on the field at $ 100,000.
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