Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant had yet one more second of questionable judgment throughout Thursday’s street sport in opposition to the Miami Warmth. Morant hit a three-pointer within the first quarter and promptly flashed a shotgun gesture.
Right here is the video.
That was Morant’s very first basket of the sport, so apparently he had that one prepared and ready.
The timing right here is clearly no coincidence. The 2-time All-Star Morant simply drew scrutiny from the NBA for doing a gun gesture in the course of the Grizzlies’ final sport (a 134-125 defeat to the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday). Morant and Warriors guard Buddy Hield traded the gestures with each other (video here), and the league even considered disciplinary action for the incident.
Finally, although, the NBA determined to solely difficulty warnings to Morant and Hield, holding that the gestures have been “not supposed to be violent in nature” however have been nonetheless “inappropriate.” Consequently, Morant felt free to do a gun gesture once more throughout Memphis’ very subsequent sport.
Morant, 25, attracts further scrutiny for these sorts of antics as a result of he has been suspended a number of instances now by the league for flashing actual weapons on social media. But it surely appears to be like like Morant nonetheless has not discovered a lot as he was already doing post-suspension gun celebrations as early as last season. At this level, he could also be making an attempt to problem the league to see simply how a lot he can get away with.
