Wolves fined for resting Russell

[kekgeek]

That is hilarious! How many other teams have done this. I mean Kawhi doesn't play back to backs

[khans2k5 [enjin:6608728]]

This is the dumbest league fine I've seen and yet somehow we managed to load manage in a way that gets you fined while everyone else has figured out. Who's really the incompetent one in this scenario?

[Monster]

It's dumb. Should we care about resting players? Yes IMO. Does $25,000 make much difference? No. $25,000 isn't nothing but yeah it's not much and it probably goes to charity anyways. I wonder if there is a spot to find the fines for every team in the league.

Edit: I found a more dumb fine and it relates to resting Leonard.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/clippers/2019/11/07/clippers-fined-doc-rivers-statements-kawhi-leonard-resting/2524750001/

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

IDK....it's kinda dumb they don't fine more teams for this, but it's also totally deserved.

[KiwiMatt]

Typical NBA. One rule for some, but not others.

[TAFKASP]

Ping Pong balls can be expensive!

[Monster]

Ping Pong balls can be expensive!

You could buy a lot of table tennis balls for $25,000. My cat would loose all of them in about 32 minutes. Wait...ping pong balls and KAT?!? Rosas is a genius!!!

[AbeVigodaLive]

It's amusing.

And still really sad that the Wolves rested him in the first place.

"As a new player in our program, we chose to rest D'Angelo in order to learn his body better and to optimize his health during a difficult stretch of games and travel."

Russell had played in one game in the previous 9 days... he'll have played 4 games in 17 days at the end of this "grueling" stretch.

Fuck off Timberwolves. That's an embarrassing statement.




[Note: Like most... I dig Johnny Athletic (Jon Kadfdafla vadsf asmsky) but I couldn't even get through his article on the topic at The Athletic. There is a 99.9998% chance he was asked by Wolves brass to act as their shill on this one. Not his best work.]

[WildWolf2813]

Wolves deserve the fine simply for not making up a better excuse for not playing him.

If a team chooses to not play any player, that's their business though (general statement)