Overnight, Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball were fined for obscene behavior on the court: now, they will have to pay a total of 135 thousand dollars to the NBA offices, as decided by executive vice president Joe Dumars.
the ‘first’ 100 thousand will have to be transferred from Ball’s account to that of the league due to a homophobic expression uttered during the post-match interview following the victory of his Charlotte Hornets against the Milwaukee Bucks – moreover live on television and broadcast to inside the arena while he was still on the pitch -. To date, excluding the three-game suspension that cost Joel Embiid over a million dollars, this is the heaviest fine of this start to the season.
Edwards and Doc Rivers were also fined
Edwards, however, gave a middle finger to the Kings fans, on the occasion of the overtime success of his Minnesota Timberwolves, and will have to pay 35 thousand dollars.
To complete the trio of fines, Doc Rivers, who will have to pay 25 thousand dollars to the league for criticizing the referees after the whistle against Giannis Antetokounmpo, which allowed the Hornets to take the lead again with 7.3 seconds left, thanks to two free throws from LaMelo Ball.
