The NBA introduced on Friday that Celtics ahead Jaylen Brown has been fined $25,000 for an inappropriate gesture he made throughout Boston’s 130-120 win in opposition to the Pistons on Wednesday.
The gesture in query occurred with 12 seconds left within the first quarter of that recreation. Brown drove to the rim and elevated over Detroit massive man Isaiah Stewart who tried to dam the shot. Brown gained the battle and completed a dunk over Stewart. After hanging on the rim for a second and sending followers inside TD Backyard to their ft with the posterizing dunk, Brown took his thumb and slid it throughout his neck towards Stewart, a throat-slashing gesture.
Here is the dunk:
…and this is the gesture Brown made following the dunk:
After the sport, by which Brown completed with 28 factors, 9 assists and 6 rebounds, he mentioned he knew he would hear from the league workplace concerning the gesture.
“Simply caught up within the second, I suppose,” Brown mentioned of the gesture. “Massive play. I feel that the NBA and the [Player’s Association] are delicate concerning the gestures and issues like that. So, you bought to be aware of that.”
The league is fast to tremendous gamers for gestures they deem inappropriate. We have seen gamers like LeBron James and Fred VanVleet get fined for doing a celebration extensively credited to Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell. We have additionally seen Joel Embiid get hit with a tremendous for doing a celebration popularized by skilled wrestler Triple H. Dwyane Wade has been fined up to now for doing the very same celebration as Brown, so this end result is not shocking.
