Shams: Spurs Fined $25K for Violating League’s Player Resting Policy

[BatManu20]

Lol. NBA backloads games so our schedule is packed and then they do this when we rest a guy or two. Meanwhile Al Horford is sipping on Piña Coladas in Mexico for the remainder of the season and KD is playing 1 in every 15 games in Brooklyn.


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[Uriel]

:rolleyes

[Dejounte]

8 games in 11 days. The NBA set up this fucked up schedule and when the Spurs want some players to rest, they get fined for it. That's fucked.

[Darius Bieber]

How did they violate the testing policy? They gave plenty of notice on the injury report early in the day... And it’s not like this caused low viewership.... Spurs only had ONE nationally televised game ALL year! And that was because it was changed from another game.

[Dejounte]

https://twitter.com/Andyunleaded/status/1383820333539467268?s=19

No fines for Utah?

[mo7888]

Rest players to get a 20+ point win....

[talkspurs]

Tor also was fined a few days ago for resting players.

[LeBowen]

NBA got it backwards.

They should fine the Spurs $25k for tanking every time Patty, Rudy and Demar get the most minutes. :lmao

[Dex]

https://twitter.com/Andyunleaded/status/1383820333539467268?s=19

No fines for Utah?

"I know it was a back to back"

So was ours, after a day of travel.

[timvp]

Makes sense. Resting DeRozan and Mills at the same time is bad for the competitive balance of the NBA.

[Degoat]

WTF!? Lmao everyone is resting guys this year

[mo7888]

In a year when ratings are in the toilet the league decides to punish the Spurs for adding some excitement for their fans....makes sense....

[SpursDynasty85]

Was it because he did not inform the NBA in a timely manner?

[Dejounte]

People still think them lottery balls will swing in favor of the Spurs?

This could be the league's "fuck you" message to Pop for speaking out against NBA owners.

[Degoat]

Was it because he did not inform the NBA in a timely manner?

I imagine that is probably the case tbh, stupid contending teams should be punished not the spurs lol

[OldMan88]

$25k is chump change for fines in the NBA.

[Dejounte]

https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1383831705199382534?s=19

Hmm, I wonder what changed between March 21 and now?

[R. DeMurre]

Fining an NBA team $25k is about the equivalent of fining a jaywalker a nickel.

[MultiTroll]

Some pissed off gamblers that were counting on Pop n Patty, DD etc to lead to another L?

[Sugus]

People still think them lottery balls will swing in favor of the Spurs?

This could be the league's "fuck you" message to Pop for speaking out against NBA owners.


Fining an NBA team $25k is about the equivalent of fining a jaywalker a nickel.

These go hand-in-hand, and yes, I absolutely believe the ping pong balls will/would swing in the Spurs' favor come lottery time (though depending on Pop's stupid antics, we might just get too low a lottery pick for the outcome to be realistically affected; we ain't winning the lottery if we only have like a 2% chance of moving up). This is straight up posturing by the league, meaningless to the Spurs' bottomline. I absolutely believe (without an ounce of evidence, mind you) that there's more to this story behind the scenes. We shall see...

[Mal]

Spurs have 10 games in 14 days or so, and are fined for resting players ? Dafuq

[MultiTroll]

Was it because he did not inform the NBA in a timely manner?
When was NBA and then betting public informed is the 64K question.

[exstatic]

Someone pointed out that Al Horford is in Jamaica on perma rest, and why isn’t that a finable offense.

[Degoat]

I wonder if the suns Owner Robert Sarver reported the spurs or something lol idk if y’all remember but a couple years back Pop rested the starters vs the suns and the suns owner announced during the game that fans were going to get refunded because that wasnt the game they paid to see lmao

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Fans should be able to fine the Spurs every time Patty runs up the court and fires up a rushed three pointer 6 seconds into the shot clock. Patty “tunnel vision” Mills.

[heyheymymy]

You have a right to use your roster at your discretion, if it's a player in a spurs jersey it's eligible for mins.

Fuck Stern and Silver for this bronze level bullshit. Just like back in 12 with that Heat game, last night was exciting basketball played by eligible players so what's the big deal?

We almost won that heat game and did win last night. The heat game was exciting objectively and last night was great for spurs fans and only the fault of the suns for being objectively boring for non spurs fans.

Where's Chris Paul's fine for being soft baby shit last night?

[RC_Drunkford]

The NBA knows we are winning when we’re resting DeRozan and Mills. They don’t want us in the playoffs

[spurraider21]

I wonder if the suns Owner Robert Sarver reported the spurs or something lol idk if y’all remember but a couple years back Pop rested the starters vs the suns and the suns owner announced during the game that fans were going to get refunded because that wasnt the game they paid to see lmao
pop said the only thing surprising about sarver's antics is that he wasnt wearing a chicken suit while making the announcement :lmao

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Fans should be able to fine the Spurs every time Patty runs up the court and fires up a rushed three pointer 6 seconds into the shot clock. Patty “tunnel vision” Mills.

Not the Spurs, but Pop for playing him and Patty doing it.

[Dejounte]

The NBA knows we are winning when we’re resting DeRozan and Mills. They don’t want us in the playoffs

Is there a hidden policy where it states teams must play their highest paid players or else they will face a fine? Tbh, there's a lot about the league we don't know.

[SpursDynasty85]

CIA Pops tbh. Was a statement game and planned all along by Pop.

[Dex]

You have a right to use your roster at your discretion, if it's a player in a spurs jersey it's eligible for mins.

Fuck Stern and Silver for this bronze level bullshit. Just like back in 12 with that Heat game, last night was exciting basketball played by eligible players so what's the big deal?

We almost won that heat game and did win last night. The heat game was exciting objectively and last night was great for spurs fans and only the fault of the suns for being objectively boring for non spurs fans.

Where's Chris Paul's fine for being soft baby shit last night?

100% this. Spurs played 12 of their 15 eligible players. And the Spurs won running away, so what the hell is the problem?

Do they really think that they hurt a lot of feelings because DeMar (ESPN's 82nd best player in the league, didn't even deserve an All-Star spot) didn't play? Or were they really lining up to see Patty Mills or Jakob Poeltl?

Meanwhile, teams like the Clippers, Sixers, and Nets are resting guys like it's naptime at a daycare center, and the NBA doesn't make a peep.

Honestly, Adam Silver can go shove that $25K up his ass.

[bbarry]

Apparently you can rest players in home games only, without penalty. Which explains why Utah wasn't fined since they played @ LA.

[TD 21]

:lmao At the Spurs incurring the same fine as the Raptors, who have shamelessly tanked for weeks, not even pretending to care about the play-in or stay consistent with their messaging on supposed injuries.

[mo7888]

Apparently you can rest players in home games only, without penalty. Which explains why Utah wasn't fined since they played @ LA.

It does?

[ducks]

8 games in 11 days. The NBA set up this fucked up schedule and when the Spurs want some players to rest, they get fined for it. That's fucked.

They have to please China

[The Truth #6]

All these rules during the pandemic are basically retarded. This fine. The blackouts. Probably still going by rules from the ABA merger for all I know.

[ace3g]

Was it because he did not inform the NBA in a timely manner?

I think because they only listed as rest and not because specific injury.



D. DeRozan (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan)SF
DNP-REST


J. Poeltl (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134908/jakob-poeltl)C
DNP-REST


P. Mills (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4004/patty-mills)PG
DNP-REST


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[ace3g]

On a more serious note, basically this is the league's reaction when Spurs win by 25+


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsWekFk3W0A

[timtonymanu]

Adam silver should be fined the way he let the NBA become a joke of a league. Lol aids looking faggot

[KobesAchilles]

Adam Silver is running a joke of an NBA. Let’s his star players do whatever they want. Nobody respects him as a commissioner. Players canceled a game in last years playoffs without even consulting him. What a joke

[BatManu20]

Adam Silver is a joke. Giant penis-looking MFer isn’t half the Commissioner David Stern was.

[TD 21]

Adam Silver is running a joke of an NBA. Let’s his star players do whatever they want. Nobody respects him as a commissioner. Players canceled a game in last years playoffs without even consulting him. What a joke

:lmao At thinking old white men hold any power here and being frustrated by their lack of it.

[KobesAchilles]

:lmao At thinking old white men hold any power here and being frustrated by their lack of it.
I’m more frustrated at him picking and choosing like a little bitch. Does nothing to other teams and then fines us. Who gives a shit if he’s white or old. He’s a shitty commissioner who doesn’t know what the fuck he is doing.

[heyheymymy]

Great point about how DDR was ESPN'S 82nd best player this year.

League is basically issuing the fine because it felt the spurs held back on entertainment value yet ESPN who is responsible for all the narrative injected entertainment elements to the current version of our game says DDR is barely even in the top 100 most entertaining players to watch.

So which is it? Is DDR barely a top 100 player or is his absence so detrimental to the entertainment value of your product that you're willing to fine over it?

What a shit show and I think Silver is doing too much.

[Dejounte]

https://i.ibb.co/0q0v6Hr/Who-Killed-Hannibal2.jpg

The only meme I can think of for this shit show.

[timtonymanu]

:lmao At thinking old white men hold any power here and being frustrated by their lack of it.

Aren’t you the one always bitching about “Scumbag” and what he did to us? Leaving because Pop was the one in charge and not him. And now that kind of entitlement is all over the league. No one cares about the old white man being in power, only that Silver picks and chooses what’s fine and what’s not. He’s a big reason to blame for the state of what the league is now.

[SpurPadre]

Yet the king of Load Management in LA gets to take off games whenever he wants and no one does shit to him.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

$25K

:pop: bryn get my checkbook ..... bryn? ................. bryn?

[TD 21]

Aren’t you the one always bitching about “Scumbag” and what he did to us? Leaving because Pop was the one in charge and not him. And now that kind of entitlement is all over the league. No one cares about the old white man being in power, only that Silver picks and chooses what’s fine and what’s not. He’s a big reason to blame for the state of what the league is now.

Except I've never once criticized him for leaving. My contention has always been with how he left and specifically what it did to his value and by extension this franchise.

Even if subconsciously, many care. People are so used to that being the way of things that when it's not it seems off to them.

[ace3g]

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Hardwood Paroxysm @HPbasketball
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[ace3g]

Loophole would be, don't list players as out but still don't play them, when asked why... "we didn't play them due to match ups"

[exstatic]

Loophole would be, don't list players as out but still don't play them, when asked why... "we didn't play them due to match ups"

Loophole would be mysterious calf injury that lasts two days.

[DAF86]

This is such a bullshit rule. What if Pop just sit DeMar, Patty and Jak on the bench and just never subbed them in? What if he just says "I gave all of them DNP's coach's decision, tactical decision". Who the fuck is Silver to tell a coach who should or shouldn't play?

Also what if DeRozan just says "I have a headache". How do you disprove that shit? This is just such a retarded rule without a single leg to stand on.

[R. DeMurre]

This is one of those rules that's so easy to get around, and it seems to me that rather than potentially incurring fines or lectures from the league, it would just make more sense to invoke a generic issue as the reason for sitting someone. Instead of saying "rest" or "load management," say something like "Player X experienced tightness in his lower back during practice" or "Player Z had abdominal pain after eating a room service meal, and we're concerned he might have food poisoning." This is, after all, the same league that says players who flop will be fined, and then goes entire seasons without issuing a single flopping fine, even though the rest of us get a good laugh watching youtube videos with literally dozens & dozens of clear and obvious flops.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Next time pop wants to rest players he should just start those players. Immediately foul and pull those guys. Would be a real FU to that idiot silver

[YoungbuckMurray]

This is such a bullshit rule. What if Pop just sit DeMar, Patty and Jak on the bench and just never subbed them in? What if he just says "I gave all of them DNP's coach's decision, tactical decision". Who the fuck is Silver to tell a coach who should or shouldn't play?

Also what if DeRozan just says "I have a headache". How do you disprove that shit? This is just such a retarded rule without a single leg to stand on.

exactly. It’s just dumb all the way around

[Dex]

I feel like Pop and the Spurs know the rules about resting well enough to circumvent them if needed.

The more I think about it, I feel like this was an intentional slight to the schedule makers and the fine was fully expected. Like others have said...they could have easily made up bullshit reasons instead of just listing it as "rest"

[Dex]

Next time pop wants to rest players he should just start those players. Immediately foul and pull those guys. Would be a real FU to that idiot silver

That would mess with the averages of players....essentially a game played with no stats to show for it. I wouldn't blame them for not being on board with that plan.

[ace3g]

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Tom Orsborn Tom_orsborn
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Pop said he wasn't surprised NBA fined Spurs $25K for resting DeRozan, Poeltl & Mills vs. Suns. He also indicated he had no regrets, saying, "we needed to rest them, so we rested them... we know best what our players need, but I understand the league's point of view.”

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I feel like Pop and the Spurs know the rules about resting well enough to circumvent them if needed.

The more I think about it, I feel like this was an intentional slight to the schedule makers and the fine was fully expected. Like others have said...they could have easily made up bullshit reasons instead of just listing it as "rest"

My thoughts exactly. Pop's unhappy with the league for the compressed schedule. Last year they didn't make teams even up the games played before determining the bubble invites. Why not just do that this year and base seeding on winning percentage? Same situation...games canceled due to Covid.

[tbdog]

My thoughts exactly. Pop's unhappy with the league for the compressed schedule. Last year they didn't make teams even up the games played before determining the bubble invites. Why not just do that this year and base seeding on winning percentage? Same situation...games canceled due to Covid.

What's worse is the Spurs missed out on the play in game because they played 1 less game than Portland and Memphis.

[ace3g]

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[GAustex]

Little blond girl stepping in the middle of that

[Dejounte]

https://wwwcache.wralsportsfan.com/asset/basketball/nba/2021/04/19/19635810/60808caf85ef2-media_3f36e2bb70094b97b2d2df25b4e588e2-DMID1-5qlr6al6t-2000x1125.jpg

Accidental renaissance

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Little blond girl stepping in the middle of that

pff as if a 6’3 220 pound dude could do anything to stop those giants