Overview
- Memphis issued a one-game suspension for "conduct detrimental to the team," announcing Morant will sit Sunday in Toronto.
- ESPN reported the discipline followed an in-locker-room exchange where Iisalo challenged Morant’s leadership and effort.
- Morant repeatedly told reporters to "go ask the coaching staff" and said, "According to them, probably don’t play me, honestly."
- He will forfeit about $272,042, calculated as 1/145th of his $39.4 million 2025-26 salary, according to cap analysts.
- The incident came after a 117-112 loss to the Lakers in which Morant scored eight points on 3-for-14 shooting during a visibly disengaged night for the star guard.