Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has been suspended for eight games without pay by the NBA after a video showed him holding a gun in a Colorado nightclub.
The All-Star, 23, was in an intoxicated state and his conduct was “detrimental to the league”, the NBA said.
Morant apologised following the live Instagram broadcast on 4 March.
Morant has missed five games while the NBA investigated the incident and, as the suspension is backdated,he can return against the Dallas Mavericks on 21 March.