[McMenamin] Chris Finch on Rudy Gobert being fined $75,000 in the same series Jamal Murray was fined $100,00 for his actions in Game 2:
“I’d like to see the itemized receipt. Because if it’s $75,000 for the money gesture then it must be $10,000 for the towel and $15,000 for the heating pad?”
by MarvelsGrantMan136
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He brings up a good fucking point.
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Let Finch cook.
Finch is not a bird brain
No point in saying this because it’s pretty fucking obvious the league knows Murray should’ve been suspended, but just because the league knows its own rules doesn’t mean they’ll follow them. They didn’t want another sweep in a playoffs that has already seen a ton of short series, so they intentionally and artificially extended this one by letting a blatantly suspension worthy infraction slide with little to no punishment.
The league is entertainment first, competition second, never forget this.
Jamal Murray probably deserved harsher punishment (though 100k is the max fine allowed.)
But Gobert is a repeat offender, with this specific offense, so the fine is higher than it would be for a first offense.
Damn what a quote
Bro needs it for his expense report.
$75,000 – upsetting the sports betting investors
There, now its itemized
Such a terrible precedent the league set by not suspending Murray.
But of course, precedent also doesn’t really seem to matter to them sometimes, so I guess they probably aren’t worried.
Murray should’ve been suspended for throwing multiple items onto the court. The towel was blocked by an officials leg, but the heating pad was thrown when there were like 7 bodies by the basket fighting for a rebound. KAT came within an inch from landing on it, which would’ve likely caused a major injury. Utterly despicable behavior that a 100k fine still doesn’t do justice for.
Just saying what we were all thinking lol. I’m pretty neutral on both teams and I think that it’s very likely that Murray would have been suspended for a game if the series score was 2-0 instead of 0-2 at that point. I know Gobert has a history but when you compare the two offenses the fine amount still does not correlate.
NBA trying hard af to ignore people calling them out for this lmao
I mean yeah refs are soft as shit they’re absolutely terrified of that $ hand
they make this shit up as they go along lmao
there is no rulebook for this shit and if there was, they never followed that shit to begin with.
let them know coach Finch
Crazy Murray didn’t get suspended a single game. For throwing stuff at the refs from the bench
Finch saying what we all want to fucking know.
The NBA is just basketballs version of the WWE at this point
Top tier banter from Finch
Did Chris Finch just become my favorite coach
“Itemized receipt” is crazy 🤣
Murray 100% should’ve been suspended for a game.
Murray got a discount for being a first offender. Gobert is a repeat offender.
Especially with how the series is playing out. Dude should have been suspended for a game but Silver didn’t want his MVP getting swept.
I get that it’s easy to say this from my couch, but fines need to be *a lot* more money.
I get the $5k for a first-offense ref ribbing, or $50k for repeated whining.
But, like, if someone is throwing stuff at a ref? Or Draymond or Embiid are playing? Those types of things should be *forfeited game checks*, not a $25k,50k,100k fine. Draymond should be getting $1m fine every time he cries like a bitch at this point.
I.e., Writing tickets for traffic violations works on those who *normally follow the rules*, but some people don’t get that they live amongst other humans, so they need to go to jail for a while. Unless you live in Seattle or Portland, you can’t assault people repeatedly and just be let off with a warning.
Player unions are too strong in American sports (mostly referring to NBA and NFL here). If you fucking assault someone in a game, let alone out on the street, that should be it, but Pussy Silver insists a relatively tiny fine, “therapy” and a week-long vacation are punishment enough.
God I hate Adam Silver. I was just starting to come around to really enjoying the NBA when he got promoted and started pussifying everything.
League has no integrity
Anyone else think these fines are just pulled out of thin air?