Mavericks fined $750,000 by NBA for sitting players

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The NBA find the Dallas Mavericks $750,000 Friday, saying the team engaged in quote conduct detrimental to the league and quote by sitting out most of its key players against the Chicago Bulls on April 7th despite still having a chance to reach the postseason. The league's investigation said Dallas violated the league's policy on resting players and had a desire to lose the game to the bulls quote in order to improve the chances of keeping its first round pick in the 2023 NBA draft. Dallas sat stark Kyrie Irving for the entire game against the bulls while Luka Dončić played about one quarter. I'm geffen coolbaugh.

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