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The NBA has suspended an employee without pay for two weeks after he showed up to celebrate the killing of Charlie Kirk.
In an email to Pakinomist Digital on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the association confirmed that the employee “violated multiple NBA policies.”
According to OutKick, which first reported the incident, the former employee called Kirk a “terrible person” and a “s—hole” in an Instagram story.
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Charlie Kirk speaks on stage during the Turning Point USA Young Women’s Leadership Summit at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center on June 14, 2025 in Grapevine, Texas. (Sam Hodde for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
In a post the staffer shared asking what Kirk’s “legacy” was, the staffer wrote that he didn’t have one.
“Did absolutely nothing healthy for the world except spew dangerous rhetoric… There is no legacy,” the post read.
“Oh, I forgot to include ‘thoughts and prayers’ too. LMAO,” read another post.
The NBA told OutKick on Oct. 6 that it was “looking into” the matter, but did not provide another update before announcing the suspension Wednesday, following multiple requests for comment from Pakinomist Digital and OutKick.
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA speaks during the Turning Point Action Conference on July 15, 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
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It is unclear when the suspension was handed down or what policies were violated. The NBA did not respond to an email from Pakinomist Digital about those details.
Kirk, who would have turned 32 on Tuesday, was murdered at Utah Valley University while debating college students. He was shot while being questioned about gun violence.
President Donald Trump awarded Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by Kirk’s widow, Erika.
United States 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 Erika Kirk (L) during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 14, 2025 in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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.
