[Charania] "The NBA is looking into Memphis' Ja Morant using finger gun motions toward the Golden State Warriors bench last night, sources tell me and @espn_macmahon."

[u/TrenAt14]

Shams Charania has posted the following:

"The NBA is looking into Memphis' Ja Morant using finger gun motions toward the Golden State Warriors bench last night, sources tell me and @espn_macmahon."

Link to the story: https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3lltwy6f43q2j

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The league's probe will also look into a gesture by Warriors guard Buddy Hield ahead of Morant, sources said. League officials will talk to involved parties as soon as Wednesday.

Link: https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3lltxoevmfs2w

[u/EtaiLife]

You're laughing. Ja pulled out a gun and almost shot Buddy and you're laughing

[u/mopooooo → u/EtaiLife]

They are also investigating Buddy for allegedly shooting his finger guns at Ja first.

If it turns out that Ja was acting in self defense, you have some apologies to give

[u/BabyBearBjorns → u/mopooooo]

Maybe if Ja stood his ground on the court, he wouldn't let Curry shoot 60% from 3.

[u/b0baBEAST → u/BabyBearBjorns]

Ja got a close up look at how to shoot last night that's for sure.

[u/Miserable_Site_850 → u/b0baBEAST]

SHOTS FIRED!

[u/No-Invite6398 → u/BabyBearBjorns]

He should go to Texas where they have the Stephon Castle doctrine.

[u/TheyNeedLoveToo → u/mopooooo]

Stand your court

[u/heyyo173 → u/mopooooo]

If you look at buddys body language and face he’s clearly doing it back to him saying “wtf is does this mean bro? Are you dumb?”

[u/kungfoop → u/mopooooo]

"ENOUGH!" - kerr

[u/SomeGuyClickingStuff → u/kungfoop]

“I didn’t see it” - Kerr

[u/jesseserious → u/mopooooo]

On the broadcast it looked like Buddy drew first

[u/sublliminali → u/jesseserious]

I need to see the zapruder film

[u/Lonerist2021 → u/sublliminali]

I saw the George Lucas remaster and it was definitely Ja first

[u/North_Korea_Nukess → u/mopooooo]

It was a shootout with fans all around!?!?!? Insanity! They could have air shot someone! It’s better to play the air guitar than play with air guns, I always say!

[u/Rhubarb-Nation → u/mopooooo]

I, for one, will always defend our right to point fingers

[u/acekingoffsuit → u/mopooooo]

Tennessee is a Stand Your Ground state so Ja's good.

[u/CitizenCue → u/mopooooo]

Ja(n) shot first.

[u/bibi_da_god → u/mopooooo]

"Call a finger ambulance... BUT NOT FOR ME"

[u/KobeLebronLuka → u/EtaiLife]

No one’s talking about how Ja pulled out dual glocks but Buddy pulled out the fuckin two hand CHOPPA, Ja was about to get blown away but backed down like a scaredy cat.

Personally, I woulda pulled out the bazooka

[u/Cursory_Analysis → u/KobeLebronLuka]

Buddy hit him with the Tony Montana

[u/2girls_1Fort → u/KobeLebronLuka]

The holy hand grenade

[u/MyDogOverYou → u/KobeLebronLuka]

Bust out the old nuke-in-a-van like "Do. We. Have. A. Problem?"

[u/Alekesam1975 → u/KobeLebronLuka]

Personally, I woulda pulled out the bazooka

Kevin Garnett liked that.

[u/BushyBrowz → u/EtaiLife]

You need to be a certified Spirit World Detective to use the spirit gun technique and Ja almost certainly does not have a license.

[u/happyegg1000 → u/EtaiLife]

lmao

[u/TerrenceNightingale → u/happyegg1000]

And you’re laughing

[u/RefrigeratorFirm6662 → u/TerrenceNightingale]

I cannot believe this all happened on live tv, and of course I missed it

[u/Disastrous-Pair-6754 → u/EtaiLife]

Hilarious that the NBA went from Gilbert Arenas bringing guns into the locker room to finger guns being seen as a suggestive threat. Lmao

[u/zer0sev7n → u/Disastrous-Pair-6754]

Hey let's not forget to give some credit where it's due to Crips member Javaris Crittenton

[u/The_Summer_Man → u/zer0sev7n]

The publicly funded, private prison got their guy

[u/nickdoy89 → u/[deleted]]

Never heard about the Jarrett Jack stories. What's the story here?

[u/Committee2000 → u/zer0sev7n]

Crabs are so stupid

[u/sublliminali → u/Disastrous-Pair-6754]

Reminder that Arenas got the suspension in part for doing finger guns on the court.

[u/JuliusCeejer → u/Disastrous-Pair-6754]

Are you serious? Gilbert's suspension was elevated after he did the finger gun gesture in the wake of the actual gun incident. He was going to have a much shorter suspension until he did the gesture during a team activity, then they sent him to the abyss

[u/Churro-Juggernaut → u/Disastrous-Pair-6754]

I think it’s a little more than that in Ja’s case.  

[u/Ancient-Village6479 → u/Churro-Juggernaut]

Not to mention, it was actually finger guns that REALLY got Gilbert in trouble. They were ready to let him come back and then he did finger guns during warmups and they were like oh hell no. There’s a hilarious picture of it if you search google images lol.

[u/shish-kebab → u/Disastrous-Pair-6754]

If Ja wasn't involved there wouldn't be a story. But Ja got too many gun incident including the one where his group used red dot (allegedly from guns) toward the Pacers crew.

[u/NA_Faker → u/Disastrous-Pair-6754]

To be fair Ja has a history

[u/MynameNEYMAR → u/Disastrous-Pair-6754]

It’s a little different given Ja’s history with glorifying of firearms off the court lmao

[u/Scary_Box8153 → u/MynameNEYMAR]

And people are acting like his crew didn't literally threaten Pacers staff with laser sights.

Which is not very legal or very cool

[u/NoughGat → u/EtaiLife]

I thought April Fools was yesterday..

[u/shaboobalaboopy510 → u/EtaiLife]

LMAO God bless this comment

[u/Sea-Degree4173 → u/EtaiLife]

Y’all acting like fingers can’t do damage. Remember when Jordan Poole fucking blew up Ja’s knee with his finger tips?

[u/Wrsj → u/EtaiLife]

That felt real to Curry

[u/BarbellsandBurritos]

He’s gotta switch it up. Maybe do the dice thing instead

[u/User_091920 → u/BarbellsandBurritos]

Should switch it up to blow darts.

It's a subtle gesture and if anyone calls him out on it he can say he's just warming up his hands. It'd low-key drive some people crazy.

[u/NightSpears → u/User_091920]

Yes this doesn’t look like any other motion ;)

[u/Mental_Hat7963 → u/User_091920]

Have any players previously done this? I love celebrations that mask themselves as regular actions like how Gary Payton II does the head scratch instead of the “on his head” to avoid techs. Drove Goga insane for sure.

[u/DayMan13 → u/BarbellsandBurritos]

He's doing the gun thing too much

[u/inezco → u/DayMan13]

That's kind of all he's got

[u/LUFC_shitpost]

I mean let’s be fr they wouldn’t do this if it was any other player. But, if I had been suspended twice previously for flashing a gun, I’d probably not finger taunt a fake gun

[u/afjecj → u/LUFC_shitpost]

Ja's lawyer gonna come out and say he was imitating a super soaker not a gun

[u/BigPPSmolPPAllPP → u/afjecj]

truly humble under god

[u/LLryo → u/BigPPSmolPPAllPP]

pushing positivity

[u/Bighead_1k → u/LLryo]

Overly positive pals

[u/hickster9999 → u/BigPPSmolPPAllPP]

Let a naysayer know

[u/PRIMETIME858 → u/BigPPSmolPPAllPP]

Never ignorant getting goals accomplished

[u/7thpixel → u/afjecj]

T-shirt gun

[u/mrtrollmaster → u/LUFC_shitpost]

I feel like Ja and his crew driving by the Pacers team bus and pointing a laser site at the players/staff didn’t get enough attention. I know gun culture is different in the US but holy shit they were aiming guns at his coworkers. WHAT. THE. FUCK.

[u/Dgwdum → u/mrtrollmaster]

Even in the US that's not normal, you'd be fired and maybe jailed in every state except Florida

[u/BrotherSeamus → u/Dgwdum]

Even in Florida that's not normal, you'd be fired and maybe jailed in every county except Duval

[u/Cheeseish → u/BrotherSeamus]

Even in Duval County that’s not normal, you’d be fired and maybe jailed in every municipality except Atlantic beach

[u/bojangles69420 → u/Cheeseish]

Even in Atlantic Beach that's not normal, you'd be fined and maybe jailed in every part of the beach except the sketchy area under the pier

[u/Thirdeyesays46and2 → u/BrotherSeamus]

Duuuu valll

[u/BiggestSkrilla → u/Dgwdum]

thats what blows my mind. they were pointer actual laser sites at an opposing team and that didnt get nearly as much attention,

[u/thesmellafteritrains → u/mrtrollmaster]

Hield was with you guys at that time too... If dude get's shot, all signs point to Ja

[u/Jagermeister4 → u/mrtrollmaster]

A lot of his antics did not get enough attention. Does the average NBA redditor know he tweeted to some user "its free to see how hollows feel?" NBA never even acknowledged this.

Morant keeps getting off light. He should not be pushing his luck even with stupid finger gun motions. There's little doubt he pointed a gun at coworkers. Somebody who did that is lucky to still be employed with the same coworkers, and definitely should not be joking around doing finger gun motions.

[u/TasteTheBizkit → u/Jagermeister4]

At this point he’s not even worth the hassle IMO. The league does not need Ja, at all.

[u/veeyo → u/Jagermeister4]

Or the fact that he got in a fight with an 8th grader and then pulled a gun out

[u/Scary_Box8153 → u/Jagermeister4]

Every Grizzly knows his past but they make excuses- they pretended they had enough but they were just as full of it as Ja apparently

[u/Krillin113 → u/mrtrollmaster]

Ja is a complete moron

[u/WholeGrain_Cocaine → u/mrtrollmaster]

It’s because they can’t prove it was a laser attached to a gun. We all ‘know’ it was but no way to prove it

[u/tyrannomachy → u/WholeGrain_Cocaine]

We can pretty safely assume the intent was for the Pacers staff/players to fear it was, at the very least.

[u/DirtyDanoTho → u/tyrannomachy]

imo if it’s anybody that isn’t an all-star and a marketable one, the league would just assume it was a gun and give an even bigger suspension

[u/Scary_Box8153 → u/mrtrollmaster]

They had plausible deniability so they did it exactly how his fake gangster persona would do it.

But the real victims are the Grizzlies, just like when he waved a gun while inebriated, which is always illegal.

All Grizzlies fans are still defending him

[u/iguacu → u/LUFC_shitpost]

Not to mention the allegation his "posse" pointed a laser sight at opposing team staff!

[u/WestleyThe → u/iguacu]

God i forgot about that… pointing a laser at the other teams bus is scary and stupid as hell

[u/tyrannomachy → u/WestleyThe]

Out of an SUV too, so they couldn't see if it was attached to a gun or not.

[u/tortugazz724 → u/iguacu]

While Buddy Hield was on the Pacers I think? Maybe some weird connection there?

[u/Fun-Explanation1 → u/tortugazz724]

Yea buddy was on that team with the laser

[u/rocpilehardasfuk → u/iguacu]

Ja needs to get rid of his "celebrity" dad first

[u/Grouchy_Ad896 → u/LUFC_shitpost]

This is true cause beef stew did it to the pacers bench this year and you never heard anything about it.

[u/WestleyThe → u/Grouchy_Ad896]

I mean people talked about it and how unhinged it was… but beef stew hadn’t been suspended for guns like Ja has

Players do this every game but you can’t be doing it when you are known as the gun guy

[u/RedstoneRay → u/WestleyThe]

If Beef Stew is going to kill you, he wouldn't use a gun. He would choke you out and watch the life drain from your eyes up close, like a real man.

[u/halfassedjackass → u/RedstoneRay]

That’s my enforcer/homicidal serial killer ❤️

[u/sits-when-pees → u/RedstoneRay]

Beef Stew only uses the gun to keep it fair.

[u/JMoon33 → u/LUFC_shitpost]

if I had been suspended twice previously for flashing a gun, I’d probably not finger taunt a fake gun

Because you're not an idiot.

[u/Dr_Wiggles_McBoogie → u/LUFC_shitpost]

Pattern of behavior just goes to show that he hasn’t learned anything and is still an immature guy who doesn’t represent the league the way Silver wants it represented. When you’re a superstar you’re going to be scrutinized more in every aspect. 

Fine him and let’s move on. I really don’t feel this is suspension worthy personally 🤷‍♂️ 

[u/NoLimitSoldier31 → u/LUFC_shitpost]

Wolves players, esp Ant do it every single 3. Maybe not at someone but surprised the league hasn’t cracked down yet.

[u/BarCue-D2 → u/NoLimitSoldier31]

I'm not sure they can fine Ant anymore, he's out of money at this point.

[u/Stratys]

Hello, police? Ja Morant is shooting finger guns at me!

[u/Skank_hunt42 → u/Stratys]

And Chris Paul is in the locker room.

[u/horse_renoir13 → u/Skank_hunt42]

POH-LICE PRESENCE

[u/DeadDay → u/horse_renoir13]

"911?! HELP ME, CHRIS PAULS COMING TO GET ME!"

[u/Fun_Brother_9333 → u/horse_renoir13]

LAPD was called

[u/nojitsu → u/Fun_Brother_9333]

GOAT call by Charles Barkley in that segment with Shaq, never seen them laugh so hard !

[u/Testadizzy95 → u/nojitsu]

Yeah for sure that’s the hardest I have ever seen Chuck laugh. He’s literally dying there lmao

[u/beary_neutral → u/Skank_hunt42]

"My name is Blake Griffin and I'm 6-10... Chris Paul is coming to beat me up. Save me!"

[u/ThinkSoftware → u/Stratys]

Adam Silver is beside himself. Driving around downtown Memphis begging (thru texts) Grizzlies staff for the last known whereabouts of Ja Morant's fingers

[u/HiNeighbor_ → u/Stratys]

Honest question, is the league supposed to just ignore this? If it was anyone else, sure, but Ja is literally a dude who has done some dumb ass things on social media with guns. Not exactly the image the league wants to portray.

IMO this isn't a "league being soft" type scenario, they want to protect their image. For as popular as he is, Ja needs to have way more common sense and self-awareness about shit like this.

[u/ShakethatYam → u/HiNeighbor_]

Also, not a hard rule to follow. Just don't do the one celebration that the NBA doesn't want you to do. Weird hill to die on.

[u/microtherion → u/ShakethatYam]

This happened after a Jimmy Butler free throw that put the Warriors up 7 with 20 seconds to go. What was there to „celebrate“ anyway?

[u/TrapAHolic_ttv → u/microtherion]

Thats what gets me about it. Yall are losing/lost… why are you taunting

[u/Kdog122025 → u/ShakethatYam]

He’s gonna get suspended for finger guns. The NBA would much rather him do the “I got big balls” celebration.

[u/Jack_Shitlord → u/HiNeighbor_]

Yeah I'm surprised by people thinking this is ridiculous. It would be one thing if he hadn't had multiple incidents involving flashing guns, including literally pointing a laser sight AT ANOTHER TEAM'S PLAYERS. Coming from him, it is justifiably seen as a threat—what is the league supposed to do, not give a shit?

[u/333jnm → u/HiNeighbor_]

It’s finger guns during a competitive basketball game. It seems really soft…but supposedly he did aim weapons at a team bus before so maybe it’s a correct response?

[u/AutisticFingerBang → u/333jnm]

It wouldn’t matter if it wasn’t from a dude that didn’t do it with real guns and was suspended for it and promised he learned his lesson. Look dude, when you fuck up in life you’re held to a different standard than people that have no fucked up in that way. It works the same in court, first offenders get off easy. Gets harder and harder to get off from there and easier and easier to get in trouble. He’s a fuckin dumbass.

[u/Less-Tax5637 → u/AutisticFingerBang]

Username may or may not check out, hard to gauge

[u/walterdog12]

This seems like one of those things where everyone is gonna make fun of the NBA cause of course, they're just fucking finger guns who tf cares, only to find out over the offseason there was some agreement between Ja and the NBA back when he was suspended that he'd avoid all potential "gun" related actions, which include finger guns.

[u/BerriesNCreme → u/walterdog12]

I can’t believe all of these fucking people like not getting it lol. Like the one person who can’t fucking be doing gun celebrations. First of all it’s literally a penalty in the NFL but if anyone can’t do a gun celebration from a perception standpoint is fucking Ja morant

[u/cabose12 → u/BerriesNCreme]

And what I also find funny is how people think "investigation" just means "did he do it 🤔"

If the only question you think has to be asked is whether he did it or not, this discussion is over your head

[u/D_Simmons → u/cabose12]

99% of r/nba just learned they're not qualified to discuss this

[u/BiggestSkrilla → u/cabose12]

the only thing they investigating is the extent of his punishment. LOLOL.

[u/CitizenCue → u/walterdog12]

Our culture has enough fucking guns in it. There are infinite ways to celebrate and trash talk, we can live without this one.

[u/loving-father-69]

He did it after hitting a 3 over Derrick White the other night too.

I swear if you scanned his head you'd find 1 ravioli.

[u/ExpressSpecial9033]

Ja "I'm not a point guard, I'm a shooting guard" Morant

[u/wubiwuster]

Ja will probably never be allowed to do broadcasting lol. “BANG, BANG.” What???

[u/Chiron17 → u/wubiwuster]

LOUD NOISES!

[u/bigraptorr → u/wubiwuster]

Where are the alt-right gun activists now? Why is the NRA not speaking up??

[u/Crafty_Gain5604]

This investigation should be very brief

[u/koj12144]

must suck for your talented franchise star to be such a dumbass lmao

[u/RanchBourgeois → u/koj12144]

There are worse things that could happen to your franchise star

[u/Proof-Umpire-7718 → u/RanchBourgeois]

Yeah he could drink sweet tea

[u/bipolarearthovershot → u/RanchBourgeois]

Like drose and his knees cries

[u/whtge8 → u/bipolarearthovershot]

I rather Bancheros knees explode than see him go to the Lakers in his prime.

[u/AznTri4d → u/whtge8]

Too late I'm photoshopping it rn.

[u/TarkovBirdman → u/AznTri4d]

Banchero for Rui and a protected first, who says no

[u/theduckhaslanded → u/TarkovBirdman]

Everyone on earth except Nico, apparently

[u/im_mel_pell → u/whtge8]

That's awfully considerate of you

[u/j_etti → u/RanchBourgeois]

sad horse noises

[u/nature_and_grace → u/RanchBourgeois]

checks flair

😂😂😂

[u/NotFabMelo → u/RanchBourgeois]

like dying a few days after they were drafted 😭

[u/RanchBourgeois → u/NotFabMelo]

Definitely objectively worse, but I wouldn’t call someone a franchise star if they haven’t played a game in the league

[u/cirrxs123 → u/RanchBourgeois]

exactly if Kawhi wanted to leave he should’ve told us nicely & we would’ve got a bigger package in a trade

[u/iiTryhard → u/koj12144]

No way bro, it’s much worse if your franchise star is boring and has no aura bro, I promise

[u/elkresurgence]

I just don't understand why this guy is so obsessed with this particular gesture that he has to continue to make it publicly fully knowing it will get him in trouble.

[u/Riot1990 → u/elkresurgence]

He did it against the Cs the other night too. He hit a shot, and pretended to pump and point a shotgun or something at a Cs defender. Just silly after all his previous controversies

[u/zeussays → u/elkresurgence]

Because he’s an entitled moron.

[u/marcopolo22]

Call me a pearl-clutcher, but I think it’s good for the NBA to deter the glorification/normalization of guns. Tons of gun deaths are the result of teens flippantly owning and mishandling guns. Just a while back here in Chicago, a girl died at a house party where they were hanging out and passing around a gun to look at.

[u/lopea182]

What’s there to look into? Just announce a fine and be done with it.

It’s not worth a suspension; just a gesture made in poor taste, given the context.

[u/justletmeregisteryou → u/lopea182]

Silver gonna call him into his office again and give him a talking-to

[u/alexanderthemedium_ → u/justletmeregisteryou]

“Be careful or you’re getting sent to the wizards”

[u/BrotherSeamus → u/alexanderthemedium_]

Would they have to rebrand back to the Bullets?

[u/TheMemeMachine3000 → u/BrotherSeamus]

He'd fit right into their gun culture. Maybe ask Arenas where he keeps his stash

[u/Oo__II__oO → u/alexanderthemedium_]

Jordan Poole and Ja Morant on the same team would be wild.

[u/magicMerlinV → u/alexanderthemedium_]

The Washington Bullets

[u/jimmyak → u/justletmeregisteryou]

A light paddling is in order

[u/w311sh1t → u/justletmeregisteryou]

Can’t believe how soft this era of commissioners is. Stern would’ve put a hit out on Ja for this before the game was even over.

[u/halfwaifhome → u/lopea182]

When Gilbert Arenas did this during a game, after the lockerroom showdown, it was the final straw for Stern to suspend him for 50 games.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story?id=4803816&src=desktop

"Some of his teammates laughed when Gilbert Arenas pointed his index fingers at them, as if they were guns. David Stern didn't.... Arenas was suspended indefinitely without pay by the NBA commissioner"

[u/wafflesareforever → u/halfwaifhome]

David Stern AF

[u/mags87 → u/wafflesareforever]

Silver will ask Ja and his dad what they feel is a fair punishment

[u/NightSleepStars → u/lopea182]

For anyone else, that should be the case but NBA is most definitely taking his history into account

[u/StrawhatPreacher → u/NightSleepStars]

As they should be, considering he's had several issues with the league office over guns. How stupid do you have to be to do finger guns on the court after all the previous drama? The dude must have room temp IQ with all the brain power being directed at basketball.

[u/j_etti → u/StrawhatPreacher]

History or no there’s nothing to “investigate” here lol. He did what he did, just hit him with his penalty and be done with it.

[u/StrawhatPreacher → u/j_etti]

Its probably a Players Association thing. They could appeal and argue they didn't do due dilligence or something stupid.

[u/TrunkBud → u/lopea182]

They have to wait and see if he posts an IG live video to conclude the investigation

[u/Vhemvhol → u/lopea182]

They are looking if the finger gun was loaded

[u/HokageEzio]

I'm gonna be controversial here.

A guy who was suspended for doing stupid stuff with guns after the league tried to let him slide probably shouldn't be doing fake gun gestures.

[u/Specific-Abalone-843 → u/HokageEzio]

I'm gonna be controversial here.

Hitler shouldn't have done what he has done.

[u/Numerous-Cicada3841 → u/Specific-Abalone-843]

This may actually be controversial with a particular party these days.

[u/Deep-Chip7905 → u/Specific-Abalone-843]

Honestly we need to take out Hitler at this point. He’s gone on long enough.

[u/No_Fish265 → u/HokageEzio]

So bold and so brave

[u/JustWinBabys]

If I were Ja, I would say it was paying homage to Val Kilmer in Tombstone

[u/Sharcbait]

Probably suspend them both until the end of the season. No don't look at my flair, I have no bias here I promise.

[u/80sfortheladies]

I don't know what to say, the kid's a fucking moron 👎🏿

[u/pRophecysama]

What’s fucked about this situation as well is Steve Kerrs dad was assassinated by a gun so he has to see and be asked questions about this dumb shit yet again

[u/No-Plan-8837]

Wizards legend Javaris Crittenton laughing in prison right now

[u/Brent_L]

Dude just constantly is making himself look bad

[u/Einchy]

Ja has to be the second dumbest motherfucker in the league, right behind Draymond Green. Two people who seem to never learn their lesson.

Now, obviously this is dumb and not worth and investigation by anyone but if you're Ja, you gotta learn to stop doing literally anything gun related. Like, come on bro.

[u/LexinWeezy]

This makes Ja look extremely stupid. How many chances you need to not act like a child. You wanna make generational money or keep acting stupid?

[u/Ok-Pianist5090]

Meanwhile the nba put out a press release that its being sponsored by fanduel and draftkings

[u/Tangentkoala]

Nba should just give him a fine as a reminder . Hey, please don't bring this shit up again.

Its too late in the season for a game suspension and wouldn't be fair.

But a monetary fine with a warning saying don't do that again should keep things in check. If not the Grizzlew fans are going to have a bad time come playoffs

[u/WembyOKCJokicReaves]

I love the NBA man

[u/joeO44]

“We’ve viewed the video and… yes he’s definitely doing finger guns.” Case closed

[u/KCollection18]

I was at the game last night with my girl. Everyone started ducking when the finger blasting started. I felt a tug on my arm and then a whimper...I knew right away she took a stray finger blast.

Why couldn't Ja Morant finger blasted me instead?

[u/redbluepurple50]

Fair or not

Ja has a history of being a wannabe gangster and Silver doesn’t like it. Situational awareness from Ja is at zero. repeat offenders are treated more harshly, that’s how it is in many aspects of life

[u/Sinnedyo]

God he's dumb

[u/ImS33]

To no ones surprise it turns out that acting like a dumb ass likely as consequences

[u/Xeris]

I don't understand what are they "Probing" for? There's video footage of him doing the thing...?

[u/WittyKittieKat]

This is so fucking dramatic Jesus Christ just fine him and move on. What are you "looking into"?

[u/VictorAkwaowo1 → u/WittyKittieKat]

You got the league “looking” into this shit, when literal domestic abusers like Miles Bridges and KPJ are just chilling in the league like come on now.

[u/AleroRatking → u/VictorAkwaowo1]

They made statues for Kobe

[u/FlashFan124 → u/AleroRatking]

Karl Malone was on the NBA 75th anniversary team

[u/coolmcbooty → u/WittyKittieKat]

It’s just them using typical corporate language. It’s not like they’re getting a specialized team together and pooling resources to deal with this. The people responsible for this in the NBA aren’t dropping everything they’re doing to address this, they’ll deal with it when they get to it. Just standard way of talking in a professional setting. It

[u/PabloSanchezBB → u/WittyKittieKat]

Read this thread. People are legitimately upset about the finger guns lol

[u/Armedinar]

Dumbest dude in the NBA

[u/Zeeron1 → u/Armedinar]

Ant says hi

[u/FlashFan124 → u/Zeeron1]

He’s also a known homophobe but folks let that one slide

[u/kyleb402]

I can understand how he would get absolutely zero benefit of the doubt with this kind of thing, but this just feels unnecessary.

But seriously though, how dumb do you have to be? Just stop with anything gun related.

[u/grammercali → u/kyleb402]

I feel like people are missing the context. He didn't hit a shot and then do finger guns at the Warriors bench. The Warriors hit a shot, Memphis called timeout, and then he did it. The game had been getting chippy before that. He hadn't hit a shot in a while. Given it clearly wasn't a celebration I'm not sure how it can be taken as anything other than a threat.

[u/dearth_karmic → u/kyleb402]

but this just feels unnecessary.

So do finger guns when you've been suspended over guns.

[u/peanut-britle-latte]

I'm sorry, I thought this was America.

[u/HiNeighbor_ → u/peanut-britle-latte]

You're right. It's weird they don't allow actual guns on the court.

[u/dearth_karmic → u/HiNeighbor_]

Just wait.

[u/VariableBooleans]

Silver should announce r/nba is leading the investigation so we can just give him a public execution and move the team to Vegas already. It’s the only sensible response.

[u/FlashFan124 → u/VariableBooleans]

Put the dude who said we were cooking Jaren’s block stats the year he won DPOY on the case lol

[u/mgoldie12]

There are multiple domestic abusers in the league.

[u/TortieMVH]

They cant sanction Buddy Heild, it was self defense.!

[u/dearth_karmic → u/TortieMVH]

Stand your ground law in Memphis.