Ja Morant’s love of finger weapons acquired him a stiff $75K high quality from NBA commissioner Adam Silver over the weekend. Morant flashed his finger weapons celebration final week throughout a sport towards the Golden State Warriors, obtained a warning from the league, after which did it once more two nights later towards the Miami Warmth. Morant had beforehand been suspended for the primary 25 video games of the 2023-24 season for posting precise weapons on social media channels.
Morant needed to get inventive together with his celebrations within the wake of his newest punishment, and he got here up with one thing hilarious. Weapons are out. Hand grenades are in. Morant pulled out of his grenade celebration because the Grizzlies have been blasting the tanking Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday evening. That is artwork.
Ja Morant hit a grenade celebration celebration after scoring a 3-pointer.
The Grizzlies commentator is clueless about what the celebration is all about. pic.twitter.com/SzPYPW4a0p— MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) April 9, 2025
Right here’s one other take a look at Morant throwing the grenade.
There’s a part of me that looks like there’s an excessive amount of warfare imagery in sports activities. There’s one other a part of me that looks like responding to a gun celebration high quality with a grenade celebration is good.
Somebody on Twitter prompt Morant ought to use the grenade celebration two days in the past. What did he know?
The Grizzlies have been in a tailspin on the finish of this season that has already price head coach Taylor Jenkins his job. There’s nothing like a sport towards the Hornets to get the vibes again on observe.
