Where Ja Morant's 25-game suspension lands in NBA history - ESPN

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant wassuspended for 25 games of the 2023-24 season without pay for conduct detrimental to the league after the NBA's investigation into a second video of Morant, 23, holding a gun that circulated on social media May 13.

The video appeared during an Instagram Live session on the account of Morant's friend Davonte Pack, with the All-Star flashing a handgun in a car while rapping along with a song. The video was later deleted.

The NBA suspended Morant for eight games following a similar incident in March, when he was seen on Instagram Live holding up a handgun while intoxicated at a Denver-area club.

Morant enrolled in a Florida counseling facility — to learn how to manage stress better, he later said — before traveling to New York City to meet with Silver at the commissioner's office 11 days after the March incident.

Following news of Morant's 25-game suspension Friday, what are the other most notable non-drug-related suspensions?

Does the «Malice at the Palace» ring a bell? How about Gilbert Arenas' infamous gun altercation with a teammate in the Washington Wizards' locker room?

Here are the lengthiest suspensions handed down in the NBA and where Morant's 25 games stacks up on the list.

Sandiford-Artest was one of nine players suspended for their roles in the «Malice at the Palace,» a massive brawl that took place during a game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons in Detroit on Nov. 19, 2004. The controversial former star was suspended for the remainder of the 2004-05 season — which ended up being 86 games (73 in the regular season, 13 in the playoffs) for his role in the fight.

It remains the longest suspension in NBA history.

After initially receiving a 10-game suspension for