'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, the head of basketball operations/executive vice president for the NBA.
The Mavericks blew an 11-point fourth-quarter lead, lost and were eliminated from postseason consideration. Luka Doncic played about one quarter, presumably getting minutes because the Mavericks had scheduled a tribute to Doncic's home country, Slovenia. The league's investigation, which took less than a week, said Dallas violated the league's policy on resting players and had a desire to lose that game to the Bulls 'in order to improve the chances of keeping its first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.'ĭallas sat Kyrie Irving for the entire game against the Bulls. The NBA fined the Dallas Mavericks $750,000 on Friday, saying the team engaged in 'conduct detrimental to the league' by sitting out most of its key players against the Chicago Bulls on April 7 despite still having a chance to reach the postseason. Your Friday Morning Headlines, April 14th, 2023 02:32
