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The NBA suspended an employee without pay for two weeks after he appeared to celebrate the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
In an email to Fox News Digital on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the association confirmed that the employee “violated numerous NBA policies.”
According to Otkekwhich first reported the incident, called the former employee Kirk a “horrible person” and an “a**hole” in an Instagram Story.
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Charlie Kirk speaks on stage during the Turning Point USA Young Leadership Summit at Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center on June 14, 2025, in Grapevine, Texas. (Sam Huddy for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
In a post shared by the employee asking about Kirk’s “legacy,” the employee wrote that he had no legacy.
“They have done absolutely nothing healthy for the world except give a dangerous speech…there is no legacy,” the post read.
“Oh, I also forgot to include ‘thoughts and prayers’. LMAO,” another post read.
The NBA told OutKick on Oct. 6 that it was “looking into” the matter but did not provide a further update until announcing the suspension on Wednesday, after multiple requests for comment from Fox News Digital and OutKick.
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA speaks during the Turning Point Action Conference, July 15, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Lynn Sladky/AP Photo)
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It is unclear when the suspension was issued or what policies were violated. The NBA did not respond to an email from Fox News Digital about these details.
Kirk, who would have turned 32 on Tuesday, was assassinated at Utah Valley University during a student debate. He was shot while being asked about gun violence.
President Donald Trump awarded Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by Kirk’s widow, Erika.
US President Donald Trump posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he presents the medal to his wife Erica Kirk (L) during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 14, 2025, in Washington, DC (Kevin Deitch/Getty Images)
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Kirk’s Turning Point USA announced earlier this month that it would host its own Super Bowl halftime show in San Francisco, shortly after the NFL announced that Bad Bunny would perform at Levi’s Stadium.
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