Marcus Morris Hit With Monster Fine as NBA Levies Suspensions for Knicks-Grizzlies Fight
By Adam Weinrib
The NBA doled out suspensions to both sides over the late-game extracurriculars between Memphis and New York on Wednesday night.
But looking at their fines, it's clear where the league's priorities lie.
On a night made even stranger by Marcus Morris' misogynistic postgame comments referring to Jae Crowder as feminine, the Knicks' aggressor was fined $35,000, $10,000 more than Crowder, who was far more prominently involved in the fracas.
From New York/Memphis: Knicks' Elfrid Payton and Memphis' Jaren Jackson Jr. and Marko Guduric each suspended one game. Marcus Morris fined $35,000; Jae Crowder fined $25,000.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 31, 2020
Elfrid Payton, the Knick who initially went after Crowder with under a minute remaining, received a one-game suspension.
Morris extended the drama to the postgame media scrum, of course, calling Crowder's histrionics "female tendencies," continuing a troubling hyper-masculine trend of associating weakness and things they don't like with the female sex.
Nuggets fans hoping Denver trades for Marcus Morris need to watch this clip.
— Ryan Blackburn (@NBABlackburn) January 30, 2020
Female tendencies? Are you kidding me?
Bad culture guys are a no go. pic.twitter.com/tKbFreFzvn
The Knicks head to Memphis to take on the Grizz on April 1, and hopefully there won't be any additional fools in the building -- Morris will be on a contender, at that point, if New York's front office has any sense.