Portland Path Blazers star Jusuf Nurkić reportedly confronted a fan at an NBA sport over an alleged trash-talking comment in regards to the participant's mom.

In a tweet on Tuesday, Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports activities reported that the fan attending a sport between the Path Blazers and the Indiana Pacers at Indianapolis' Gainbridge Fieldhouse allegedly advised Nurkić "your mother is trash" and that the star's "grandma's a b**tch."

Haynes was citing nameless NBA sources in his report, which have but to be confirmed by the league.

The report by Haynes comes shortly after the NBA introduced that it was fining Nurkic for the altercation with the fan.

"Portland Path Blazers middle Jusuf Nurkić has been fined $40,000 for confronting a fan courtside and grabbing the fan's cellphone and throwing it into the spectator stands, it was introduced at the moment by Byron Spruell, President, League Operations," the NBA stated in a press launch on Tuesday.

Earlier this week, Nurkić was seen on movies shared on social media interacting with the fan at courtside earlier than the beginning of Sunday's sport.

Within the footage, Nurkić is seen strolling as much as the fan who was videotaping the court docket. Nurkic then walks as much as the fan and grabs the cellphone out of the latter's hand. The Path Blazers star middle throws the cellphone into the stands.

It's not the primary time an NBA participant has engaged with a fan at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. In November, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was seen notifying NBA officers to 2 followers seated courtside at a sport. The 2 followers have been finally escorted out of their seats. Based on Shams Charania of The Athletic, the spectators have been ejected for violating the league's code of conduct.

After the sport, James held again from explaining particular particulars of what the followers stated to him.

"There is a distinction between cheering on your property devoted, booing opponents, not wanting your opponents to achieve success, and there is then moments the place it goes exterior the road with obscene gestures and phrases," he stated throughout a post-game interview. "That should not be tolerated in our sport from no person."

Earlier this month, Brooklyn Nets star ahead Kevin Durant confronted the same nice for utilizing "obscene language" in direction of a fan throughout a sport between the Nets and the Dallas Mavericks.

"The incident happened with 9.4 seconds remaining within the second quarter of the Nets' 113-111 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on March 16 at Barclays Middle [in Brooklyn, New York]," the NBA stated in a press release, asserting that Durant was fined $25,000.

Movies posted on social media confirmed a fan telling Durant, "you bought to take this sport over," to which he responded by saying, "You bought to close the f*** up and sit down."

Newsweek reached out to the NBA for remark however didn't obtain a response in time for publication.

Jusuf Nurkic
Portland Path Blazers star Jusuf Nurkić was fined on Tuesday for confronting a fan and throwing his cellphone into the stands. Above, Nurkić is seen throughout a sport in opposition to the Denver Nuggets at Moda Middle on February 27, 2022 in Portland, Oregon.Abbie Parr/Getty