Overview
- Televised video from the FedEx Arena game on Monday shows Stewart cursing at members of the New Orleans Pelicans bench after the final buzzer in a 135-134 overtime loss and being restrained by Memphis staff.
- Stewart told reporters that Pelicans players talked trash while they led, quieted when the Grizzlies rallied, then resumed jawing after the win, and he said he would not let anyone disrespect Memphis.
- Accounts and video angles identified Pelicans forwards Trendon Watford and Derik Queen as among those exchanging words with Stewart during the postgame exchange.
- Stewart played 28 minutes off the bench in the game and posted 14 points, five rebounds and two blocks in his first season with the Grizzlies after an offseason trade from Detroit.
- As of the latest reports there have been no announced fines, suspensions or formal league discipline and the incident is being framed in light of Stewart’s known history of on-court confrontations.