Fox News: Ja Morant fined $75,000 for gun gestures after ignoring warning from NBA

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Ja Morant fined $75,000 for gun gestures after ignoring warning from NBA

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.......                    ...                        ...After You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login twice flashed gun gestures during games, the NBA came down hard on him.......The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login star was fined $75,000 for "twice making an inappropriate gesture on the playing court."......The NBA confirmed reports it had warned Morant the gesture "could be interpreted in a negative light."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Morant first made the gesture Monday against the Golden State Warriors, and reports said the NBA was investigating the incident, giving Morant and Buddy Hield a warning.......On Thursday night, Morant did it again, just five minutes into a game.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login the gesture blew up across the basketball world. He was suspended eight games in March 2023 after brandishing a handgun on social media at the strip club Shotgun Willie's outside Denver. ......Then Morant was suspended for the first 25 games of the 2023-24 season after he flashed a handgun again on a live social media video. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Ahead of the suspensions, Morant found himself in trouble on more than one occasion, including one incident in which he got into a fight with a 17-year-old during a pickup basketball game at Morant's home. A judge later ruled Morant acted in self-defense. Four days earlier, Morant allegedly "threatened" the head of security at a Memphis mall, and a member of Morant's group allegedly shoved the security official in the head. ......Morant was also placed under the microscope after a January 2023 game in which an unidentified individual in the NBA star's vehicle was accused of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login at the Indiana Pacers' team bus. It happened after some members of Morant's entourage were involved in a confrontation with a group of people in the Pacers' traveling party.......Fox News' Scott Thompson and Chantz Martin contributed to this report.......Follow Fox News Digital's You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, and subscribe to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login....

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