While he had everything to become the new darling of the public and one of the headliners of the new generation in the NBA, Ja more Today prefers to maintain an image of “villain”, and that night, despite a warning from the NBA, he came out his “firearm” celebration against the Heat.
A provocation which was obviously not to the taste of the league, which inflicted it a fine of $ 75,000.
The NBA justifies this fine by the rehearsal twice of the gesture in the same week, and the fact that it did not take into account the first warning. After his “Game Winner” against Miami, the leader All-Star warned that he was no longer trying to please, and that he accepted the whistles and put on this role of “villain”.
“I got used to it. I have generally become the villain for two years. Each little thing, every time someone can say something negative about me, it will come out. Yes, I don't care now. ”
The question is whether this fine will slow it down, or on the contrary motivate it to continue …
| Ja more | Percentage | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | Lf | Off | Def | Early | PD | Fte | Int | COP | Ct | Pts |
| 2019-20 | 20 | 67 | 31 | 47.7 | 33.5 | 77.6 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 7.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 17.8 |
| 2020-21 | 21 | 63 | 33 | 44.9 | 30.3 | 72.8 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 19.1 |
| 2021-22 ☆ | 22 | 57 | 33 | 49.3 | 34.4 | 76.1 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 27.4 |
| 2022-23 ☆ | 23 | 61 | 32 | 46.6 | 30.7 | 74.8 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 26.2 |
| 2023-24 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 47.1 | 27.5 | 81.3 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 25.1 |
| 2024-25 | 25 | 43 | 30 | 44.9 | 29.1 | 83.4 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 7.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 22.3 |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = minutes; Shots = successful shots / tempted shots; 3pts = 3-point / 3-point attempted; LF = Successful free throws / tempted free throws; Off = offensive rebound; Def = defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; PD = assists; FTE: Personal faults; Int = interceptions; BP = lost bullets; CT: against; Pts = points.
