Shawn Marion basically got fined by the NBA a little over $1,000 for every free throw Kevin Durant shot on Thursday night.
Marion’s $25,000 fine for saying that it’s hard to beat anybody “when you play five on eight” seemed a bit excessive. Especially to Mark Cuban, who knows a thing or two about fines.
“Yeah, I thought that was ridiculous by the NBA to fine him like that,” Cuban said before the Mavericks’ game against Orlando tonight (5 p.m. tip). “And I let them know. You hear guys making comments like that every so often and I don’t recall that they’re always fined for that kind of statement. And Shawn’s not somebody who gets fined all the time. He usually lets me do it for him. So I was surprised.”
Cuban added that Marion definitely didn’t get his money’s worth. “But nobody ever does,” he said.
Marion has elected not to comment on the fine. But it’s possible his agent will file with the league to have it rescinded.
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