Rather a lot went on within the NBA this previous weekend. In fact, there have been a number of festivities going down in Inglewood, CA on the seventy fifth All-Star Weekend.
As beforehand talked about, Friday was the day the Level God Chris Paul formally introduced his retirement after 21 seasons within the NBA.
After which there was the incident involving the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers being fined for sitting key gamers.
The Jazz had been fined $500,000 for sitting Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson, Jr. throughout video games on February seventh and ninth.
The Indiana Pacers had been additionally fined $100,000 for opting to take a seat Pascal Siakam and two extra starters on February third.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said,
“Overt conduct like this that prioritizes draft place over successful undermines the inspiration of NBA competitors and we are going to reply accordingly to any additional actions that compromise the integrity of our video games.”
Apparently, the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder had been working behind the scenes to deal with the tanking considerations.
OKC owns the Jazz’s decide offered it falls exterior the highest eight.
Jones stated by way of an interview on KSL Sports activities Zone,
“It’s Oklahoma Metropolis going via again channels to attempt to put strain on the Jazz to play the season out to ensure that them to get the decide. That’s what it’s.”
Tanking has been and continues to be a priority for the league every season. With the addition of decide conveyance into the combo, sitting out key gamers and even the phantasm of tanking can contain multiple franchise.
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