The NBA has fined Philadelphia centre Joel Embiid $50,000 USD ($76,380 AUD) for making what the league determined to be a lewd gesture during a game against Boston on Saturday (AEDT).

The fine was announced on Monday by James Jones, the league’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations.

Embiid scored while getting fouled with seven minutes and eight seconds remaining in the first quarter against the Celtics, then made a chopping gesture toward his groin.

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Joel Embiid celebrates after a basket.  AP

Embiid has now been fined at least four times in the past for making the gesture – $75,000 ($114,547 AUD) in December 2024 (a game in which he made multiple gestures), $35,000 ($53,455 AUD) in October 2023 and $25,000 ($38,182 AUD) in January 2023.

Embiid then took to X on Monday morning, reposting the NBA’s statement and criticising a supposed double standard.

“Ya’ll better start fining the refs for doing the ‘lewd’, ‘blocking foul’ gesture since I’m not allowed to do it,” he wrote.

Embiid then posted a GIF that showed a referee calling a blocking foul and tagged the NBA.

Philadelphia lost Saturday’s game, 109-108.

The 76ers play the Brooklyn Nets today and are currently second in the Eastern Conference.