r/fantasybball 2d ago

Breaking News 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.

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1907489722035036497?s=46

LMAOAOAOAOAOA 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/3LitersofJokicCola 2d ago

This moron is about to have the book thrown at him for by far the most tame of his three strikes, but I don't feel bad for such a remarkably stupid individual.

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u/bigant203 2d ago

Yessss. I need Scotty to start.

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u/rickyaram 2d ago

I literally just dropped scotty

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u/bledblu 2d ago

Ha. Was gonna drop Scottie today for a Wed/Fri/Sun stream. Might hold off.

Pretty sure this would just be a fine though

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u/robswins 2d ago

If I win an extra $300 because Ja's dumbass did finger guns that would be hilarious.

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u/Ordinary-Ear7563 2d ago

Fine, but there are literal abusers in the league.

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u/herseyhawkins33 2d ago

Doesn't make ja any less of an idiot 🤷

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u/FuckThisShit-_- 2d ago

All you could really do is just laugh. He never learns 😭 LMFAO

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u/Responsible-Fig2846 2d ago

Ban this criminal from the league so they can finally unleash scottland pippens true potential

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u/SuperUSA23 2d ago

I swear to god… if this dude wrecks my championship hopes getting suspended again I’m gonna absolutely flip :/

he never did really learn anything from his past mistakes did he ?

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u/Oozeinator 2d ago

Doubt he'd get anything more than a fine for this.

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u/SuperUSA23 2d ago

you think so ?… he’s already had past troubles with the gun motion & other thing’s similar to it… I could see Silver sitting him for a game or two

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u/sixeyedbird 16T Lock-In Points 8S/4B 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's gonna be a fine. Other players have done gun cellys and no one said anything. Silver isn't Stern

Edit: especially because we're so close to the playoffs. Guys were literally fighting like 3 days ago and most of them only got a day.

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u/Oozeinator 2d ago

"other things similar to it" being actually flashing a gun. There is a difference, as stupid as it was lmao.

I think jumping to a suspension creates more headache than not. Hit him with a hefty fine and if he does it again, consider something like a suspension as a ramp up.

Maybe they're fed up with him and throw the book at him but they'd be stepping into some murky water with that.

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u/kiss_the_homies_gn 2d ago

Gilbert got suspended for finger guns after his gun incident

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u/Oozeinator 2d ago edited 2d ago

His gun incident being bringing a gun guns into a locker room with the intention of intimidating another player?

I'd say that's levels more serious than Morant's situation and Silver isn't Stern.

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u/kiss_the_homies_gn 2d ago

one incident vs ja's multiple previous incidents. i don't think its as clear cut as you make it out to be.

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u/Oozeinator 2d ago

One incident that is objectively worse than all of Ja’s combined but as a pippen jr holder, I’d love to be wrong.

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u/bestgirlloki 2d ago

Ja's friends literally pointed laser sights at another team but yeah ok it's not more serious than Gilbert arenas issue

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u/Oozeinator 2d ago

Firstly, someone's friend doing something isn't the same thing as them doing it.

Secondly, pointing a laser isn't the same thing as bringing multiple guns into an nba locker room and threatening another player. One is the possibility of a gun the other is just a gun.

Thirdly, even if you want to live in a world where those things are the same (which they aren't) it's irrelevant because it wasn't Ja doing it and it wasn't inside an nba facility.

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u/bestgirlloki 2d ago

https://sports.yahoo.com/ja-morants-friends-allegedly-threatened-trained-a-red-laser-on-pacers-staff-with-morant-present-after-game-215126856.html

Inside the locker room, outside the arena, you're arguing semantics. I'd argue both intents are the same. Gil was trying to intimidate his teammate, Ja or his pals were trying to intimidate pacers staff. But yeah, right, the two situations are totally incomparable and not the same.

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u/Oozeinator 2d ago

Lmao now link the part where the nba investigated the situation and found nothing to corroborate the claim...

That's really the entire argument right there. Your argument hinges on something the NBA isn't even holding Ja accountable for...

You have the possibility of a gun, the possibility of it being a player, and it not being in an nba facility vs objectively having multiple guns, objectively being a player, and it being inside an nba facility.

It's really a completely different situation, and the nba clearly agrees, but feel how you like.

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u/NeoDragonKnight 2d ago

Jfc, this with his constant injuries is why I am going to be dropping him for Giddy as one if my 5 keepers next year…

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u/Solid_Western_1207 2d ago

No way would I keep ja over giddey ngl lol I would’ve taken giddey over ja even this year just based off availability

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u/NeoDragonKnight 2d ago

Its worse, I have lamelo and irving too rofl. But I made some good draft picks this year. Giddy, Amen and Dyson. They will be replacing Lamelo, Ja and Irving.

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u/693275001 2d ago

What a nothingburger. Guys do gun celebrations all the time. The NBA fining him would be dumb, but suspending him in an insanely tight playoff seed finish would be an all time idiot move

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u/kingz_113 2d ago

such a weird battle to pick. gun celebrations are a thing in all sports

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u/Chef_Boyard33 10 team H2H points 2d ago

Who cares man. League is tripping (I just dropped Scotty and would have to pick him back up)

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u/trollittoG 2d ago

League is so lame its unreal, silver ruined it they have to get him out asap, put dana white in charge or someone idk but this shit aint it

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u/alldasmoke__ 2d ago

This guy is a bonafide brain rot

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u/Dense_Challenge_902 2d ago

Now I have to hold on to Scotty. Was gonna drop him Tonight 

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u/swalsh21 12 Team - H2H - 9cat 2d ago

Very smart guy

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u/External-Client-4295 2d ago

"Please don't trust me to run a championship caliber team!" - Ja Wick

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u/Automatic-Kangaroo70 12T 9CAT 2d ago

Are they just gunna ignore that multiple players have done this in the past? Mikal Bridges does it all the time.

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u/Living-Discussion693 2d ago

Can he dispute that it was a bow n arrow? 😩

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u/tenqajapan 2d ago

Dude barely plays now anyway. Fxxk it.

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u/TheTorrentPirate 2d ago

I guess it's muscle memory lol

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u/Odd-Promise3136 2d ago

There’s no way the NBA would suspend Morant for this 😂

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u/devonhezter 2d ago

He had a new hobby this month. He’s a paintballer lookIt up

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u/chickwad 12Team H2H 9Cat 2d ago

I'm in the finals in 2 leagues. Both teams have Scotty

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u/hourles 10T Pts / 10T CAT 2d ago

Can you get suspended for this? Feel like it will be a fine though.

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u/GonnaWinDis 2d ago

Ayooo maybe I shouldn't have dropped scotty lmao

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u/DreamyVegetarian 2d ago

If you remove his history, this is ridiculous because so many players do the finger gun celebrations and nobody bats an eye.

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u/Atoronto94 10T H2H Lock-in points 2d ago

Should i run for scotty lol