The NBA was forced to take drastic action against one of their own employees after remarks surfaced regarding Charlie Kirk. The employee has been suspended two weeks without pay, according to reports.
The news surfaced just before the start of the 2025-25 season. Here are the full details.
A NBA employee is suspended after posting a disrespectful comment about Charlie Kirk (Breaking)
According to reports, an NBA employee was disciplined for something they said about Charlie Kirk’s assassination ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season starting this Tuesday:
Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. The alleged shooter, Tyler Robinson, was charged with a handful of offenses, including aggravated murder. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump posthumously awarded Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
“Today, we’re here to honor and remember a fearless warrior for liberty, a beloved leader who galvanized the next generation like nobody have ever seen before, and an American patriot of the deepest conviction, the finest quality and the highest caliber, the late, great Charlie Kirk,” Trump said. “Five weeks ago, our nation was robbed of this extraordinary champion.”
Not everyone held Kirk in such high regard. According to OutKick’s Amber Harding, an NBA employee was so critical of the conservative influencer that they received a two-week suspension.
“The NBA has suspended a project employee for two weeks without pay after determining he violated league policy by posting social media posts celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk,” Harding wrote. “The decision comes nine days after OutKick first contacted the league on Oct. 6 and more than 24 hours after the publication of our original report detailing those comments.”
After Kirk was killed in September, this NBA project employee posted a few harsh comments on Instagram.
“Did absolutely nothing healthy for the world except spew dangerous rhetoric. The hypocrites being loudest in the room…nothing new,” the employee wrote. “There is no legacy… he was a terrible person. No sympathy for someone who doesn’t believe in empathy.”
There might be some people who believe this penalty isn’t harsh enough.
At the end of the day, the NBA felt it was appropriate to discipline this employee for just two weeks.
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