Ja Morant doesn't learn: the little guns are back

The NBA is investigating a gesture by Memphis Grizzlies player, Ja Morant, who used his hands and arms to mimic shooting a firearm towards the Golden State Warriors' bench in the final moments of Tuesday night's game, sources told ESPN.

The league will also review a prior gesture made by Golden State Warriors' guard, Buddy Hield, before Morant's "finger guns" signal. NBA officials will conduct an investigation and interview the involved parties starting Wednesday, the sources said.

The incident occurred during a timeout with 20.1 seconds remaining in Memphis' 134-125 home loss to Golden State. As he walked towards the Grizzlies' bench, Morant formed imaginary guns with the fingers of both hands and pointed towards the Warriors' bench with his left arm fully extended. The referees assessed technical fouls on Morant and Hield.

Morant, a 25-year-old two-time All-Star, has been suspended twice by the NBA for prior incidents related to firearms on social media. The first case was in March 2023 when he displayed a weapon on an Instagram live while partying at a nightclub outside Denver after a loss to the Nuggets. The NBA imposed an indefinite suspension that was eventually reduced to eight games.

In May 2023, Morant again exhibited a weapon in another live stream on a friend's account, leading the league to suspend him for the first 25 games of the 2023-24 season for conduct detrimental to the NBA.

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