The NBA fined the Atlanta Hawks $100,000 on Tuesday after an investigation decided that guard Trae Younger may have performed in an NBA Cup sport towards the Boston Celtics on Nov. 12.
The Hawks listed Younger on their harm report that night time as out due to tendinitis in his proper Achilles. Atlanta wound up successful the sport anyway, 117-116.
The difficulty, the NBA stated, was that the Hawks had been in violation of the league’s participant participation coverage — which focuses totally on what the league defines as star gamers, a gaggle that Younger would qualify for since he was an All-Star choice final season. By league rule, “except a crew demonstrates an permitted cause for a star participant to not take part in a sport,” it will need to have the star gamers “for all nationwide tv and NBA In-Season Event video games.”
“Following an investigation, together with evaluate by an impartial doctor, the NBA decided that the Hawks held Younger out of a sport that he may have performed in beneath the medical customary within the coverage,” the league stated. “The group’s conduct violated the coverage, which is meant to advertise participation within the NBA’s common season.”
That sport towards the Celtics is the one one Younger has missed this season.
Additionally Tuesday, the NBA fined Sacramento coach Mike Brown $35,000 “for aggressively pursuing a sport official throughout stay play.”
Brown rushed towards referee Scott Twardoski halfway by way of the second quarter of Sunday’s sport towards the Brooklyn Nets after being angered by a non-call. The Kings misplaced the sport 108-103.
