League fines Cuban $200,00005:26 PM CDT on Wednesday, May 10, 2006By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning NewsMark Cuban has been fined $200,000 by the NBA for separate incidents, including comments about officiating made on his blog.The Mavericks owner was docked $100,000 for coming onto the court late in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals against San Antonio at the AT&T Center.Another $100,000 fine was assessed for the blog item, in which he criticized the league for using too many referees in the playoffs rather than just picking the 12 most experienced refs in the league and going with them exclusively.[Click image for a larger version] BRAD LOPER / DMNBRAD LOPER / DMNMark Cuban (left) shouts at a referee during the Mavericks' loss in Game 1.It's not the first time Cuban has been fined for something he wrote on his blog. He said he was fined last year for writing about games starting on election day."Just another day in the NBA," Cuban said Tuesday. "Change never comes cheap." In the blog on officials, Cuban said: "Giving less qualified officials and opportunity to officiate playoff games as a reward is a nice "attaboy," but it risks the quality of our product," he said on blogmaverick.com. "It makes absolutely no sense to do it the way it is currently done. If the league wants the best officiating in every game, only use the best officials. Anything less cheats us all."An NBA representative confirmed the fines Wednesday afternoon.E-mail esefko@dallasnews.com[url="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/basketball/mavs/stories/051106dnspomavscuban.1b58395b.html"]http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...n.1b58395b.html[/url]
The one for him coming onto the court is understandable. But its very stupid he got fined for what he wrote on his blog. I dont see how internet should have an effect on the NBA. I doubt it even hurt anyones feelings, I find this dumb. O'well
Lolz, one time he compared the refs to Dairy Queen workers, so he was forced to work in Dairy Queen by the NBA .
bullsh**, anyone can talk sh*t about the refs away from them, it was on his f*cking blog. ill say it right here.F*ck THE REFS.but im not gonna get fined for 200,000, am i?
