DALLAS
(AP) — The NBA fined outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban
$600,000 on Wednesday for comments about tanking during a podcast with
Hall of Famer Julius Erving.
Commissioner
Adam Silver said the fine was for "public statements detrimental to the
NBA." The league said the podcast with Erving was posted Sunday, the
day the All-Star game was played in Los Angeles.
Cuban
said during the 30-minute interview that he met recently with some of
his players and told them "losing is our best option." Cuban was trying
to illustrate to Erving how he believes he is a transparent owner.
"I'm
probably not supposed to say this, but I just had dinner with a bunch
of our guys the other night," Cuban said. "And here we are. We weren't
competing for the playoffs. I was like, 'Look, losing is our best
option.'
Source: Yahoo News
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