Gilbert Arenas defends Ja Morant’s continued gun gestures

On his show “Gil’s Arena,” Arenas would defend Morant saying that there are other players in the league that do certain type of gestures that could make the league look bad.

“If they ask you that stupid a– question, so what was…It was a Super Soaker 3000. What was the f—ing point of calling me about this s—t man? We just gesturing around here,” Arenas said. “Same thing with the throat, or same thing with (Isaiah) Stewart doing this (pointing finger) s—t. I’m just going to be honest with you. I’d be afraid of Stewart doing this s—t right here (pointing finger) vs. Ja doing this (gun gesture). We know what this means when we get in the back motherf—er I’m taking off, nah I don’t want those problems right.”

Grizzlies’ Ja Morant fined for gun gesture celebration against Heat

During the win in Miami, the Grizzlies guard would make gun gestures twice according to the NBA which led to the $75,000 fine as said in the league’s statement. On top of Morant having prior issues involving guns and just being warned about the celebration in the game prior, the association led to the decision to fine the 25-year-old.

“Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has been fined $75,000 for twice making an inappropriate gesture on the playing court, it was announced today by Joe Dumars, Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations,” the NBA wrote in its statement. “Morant was previously warned by the league office that this gesture could be interpreted in a negative light. The gestures were made by Morant during the Grizzlies’ 110-108 victory over the Miami Heat on April 3 at Kaseya Center.”

Morant would be cited as doing the gesture twice, with the first happening with under eight minutes left in the first quarter when the star hit a three-point shot.

At any rate, Memphis is 45-32 which puts them sixth in the Western Conference as the team’s next matchup will be against the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night.