[NBA PR] The NBA announced today that the Dallas Mavericks organization has been fined $750,000 for conduct detrimental to the league in an elimination game against the Chicago Bulls on April 7.
The following was released by the NBA. pic.twitter.com/t92m7uPKR1
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) April 14, 2023
by dragon8811
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slap on the wrist lmao
Full statement:
The Mavericks violated the league’s player resting policy and demonstrated through actions and public statements the organization’s desire to lose the game in order to improve the chances of keeping its first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. The league did not find that the players who participated in the game were not playing to win.
“The Dallas Mavericks’ decision to restrict key players from fully participating in an elimination game last Friday against Chicago undermined the integrity of our sport,” said Joe Dumars,
NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. “The Mavericks’ actions failed our fans and our league.”
wow that’s weak
Didn’t lose any picks, that’s a W
Oh no
750k is nothing, they don’t give a fuck. Great job Adam!
Oh no, how will Cuban ever recover from this?
THAT’S NOT EVEN CUBAN’S BUDGET FOR 1 SHARK TANK EPISODE
I think they forgot a 0
Mavs fans in shambles, losing $750k instead of being forced to fire Kidd’s bum ass
That won’t stop anyone else from doing the same.
What does Adam Silver actually do?
Mavs got fined for things that teams were already doing lmao love it
Slap on the wrist for now. But I’m already drafting the next NBA Conspiracy where the league fixes the lottery so the Mavs get jumped in the lottery and lose their pick to NY.
Blazers, Jazz, Spurs, Pacers, Wizards, Magic should all be fined too then
Can we even consider this a slap on the wrist? This is like a poke on the wrist not even a hard poke either.
They couldn‘t force us to fire Kidd?
This should be remembered as the Jason Kidd fine. Can’t go tanking mode and admit it blatantly.Sam Hinkie you paid for all of their sins, amen.
Absolute BS. Blazers and Jazz were doing this for months. Thunder did this for a couple of years and now they’re getting praised for this strategy working
Only a $750,000 fine undermines the integrity of the sport more
Adam Silver gotta go
Not condoning what the mavs did at all but I think it’s complete BS that they got singled out when portland literally shut down their starters & the spurs have been egregiously resting players for no reason all season etc. There are way more teams who committed more blatant tactics of tanking but yet only one team gets punished.
They were never going to take draft picks for doing something 10 other teams obviously do
What the NBA can‘t announce in public is that the chances for the 11th seed to jump into the top 4 now has been increased to 99.9%
Man I hate Adam Silver so much
The NBA is COOKED
Are they refunding people who watched the games live?
So Cuban bought a higher pick? He willingly takes that fine every time. Not a deterrent.
Lol remember when this sub thought the Mavs would lose their 1st. 😂 Another L for nephs 🤡
i feel like knicks fans were the only ones who seriously thought the league would remove the protections from that pick..cuban did this same shit in 2018 and he got fined and we ended up drafting two all star caliber talents
I don’t get it. Why are people acting like the Mavs created tanking? Blazers and Jazz still had a chance at the playoffs before they started sitting their main guys, with close to MULTIPLE digit games left.
People gotta stop acting like we’re league leaders or some shit in this stuff.
Pocket change for Cuban
Mavs would’ve voluntarily cut that check up front if you told them this was the cost. Hell, they would’ve added a 30% tip.
Not saying it was right, but fining the mavs when other teams within reach of the play in sat stars for longer periods is complete bullshit.
Silver is a pussy. Simple as.
everyone acting like 750k is nothing for Cuban when the man was too cheap to give Brunson 1/4 of what he is worth
750k??? Holy fucking shit! Is that the largest fine this year?
These fines are so fucking pointless to billionaire owners.
If the NBA wanted something to hurt, the fine should also -750k to the Mavs salary cap. And the difference paid to charity.
Tanking penalty shouldn’t be a fine, it should be losing a draft pick.
Wow. NBA continues its efforts to make the regular season into a complete farce. Minimum 65 games. No punishment for actively losing games. No incentive to put your best product on the floor.
Without knowing it the NBA has actually taken a step backwards. Watch for players to play less games, or check in for 4 seconds like Mikal Bridges, or more aggressive load management or trying to affect seedlings to get more favourable matchups and/or lottery odds.
This was a chance to actually crack down and send a message, the only message sent is that the NBA thinks the regular season is a joke.
I mean…is it?
The game got watched without much difference in ratings, ticket sales for it matched season averages…so is it really detrimental to the league?
I get you had to do something (and this is a slap on the wrist) but there’s nothing else they could have categorized it as?
so they essentially paid $750,000 to keep the number 10 pick. that sounds like a reasonable precedent to set
Oh for a second I thought we’d actually get a meaningful punishment