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Morant has been suspended multiple times in the past for incidents involving actual guns.
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The NBA is investigating a gesture made by Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant that could be construed as mimicking shooting a gun, ESPN reported on Wednesday.
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Morant has twice been suspended by the league for showing a gun on social media.

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Morant has been suspended multiple times in the past for incidents involving actual guns. In 2023, he was suspended eight games after flashing a gun on Instagram at a Colorado nightclub. Then, in May of the same year, he was suspended 25 more games after again showing off a gun while in a car during another Instagram video.
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ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Wednesday that the NBA is looking into the incident. After the news broke, Morant took to X. “Ja this .. ja that ..,” the veteran guard posted, along with a laughing emoji.
NBA is investigating Ja Morant’s finger gun gesture toward Warriors
As the teams departed to their benches for the timeout, Ja Morant then raised his arms and made a gun-shooting gesture toward the Warriors bench (likely aiming for Buddy Hield) as he walked to the Memphis bench. Hield proceeded to walk out onto the court and raised his arms back at Morant in response. -via San Francisco Chronicle / April 2, 2025
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