Sources say he is also being denied dessert after tonight’s dinner

Flagrant 2 after the fact with no game time missed is so redundant

No chance the NBA and Amazon were letting the hornets vs magic with no Lamelo happen

I feel like that’s nothing?

.09% of his salary, or the equivalent of a \(40 fine for someone making the median per capita US income of \)44k. Message sent!

So basically they agree he did something wrong and deserved punishment hence the fine, but decided that doing something reckless that led to a player missing the whole game only warranted $35,000 of a fine?

Genuinely, why wouldn’t other players start doing this? That risk vs reward is insane

Also objectively hilarious that it’s only $10,000 more expensive to take an opposing player out for a game than it is to say a bad word in a post game interview

What a joke

Every team should go after the opponents best player, there is no real punishment for it and it creates such a massive advantage. The NBA is demonstrating that its okay

how much money has lamelo lost due to swearing in interviews lmao

Holy slap on the wrist. I’m sure he learned his lesson!

Injuring a teams best player in a do or die game = $10,000 more than saying a bad word lol

No way you guys expected him to be suspended right before a elimination game

Trash decision from Silver, who would’ve thought

Every single day, Adam Silver finds a new low, a new way to disgrace himself, the league, and the sport of basketball. 35k. God

give Mia TWO SHOTS and POSSESSION, cowards

That’s fair 

Lmao..

Lmfao even

I’ll take the downvotes: We knew a suspension wasn’t coming. Most of this sub hates LaMelo at every turn. We all know what it is, been that way for years now. Let’s be honest.

P.S. You’re doing great, and nobody is as good at being YOU as YOU are. Take care, dear reader. I mean that sincerely.

So Bam’s ass is worth precisely $10,000 than more than a fuck. Good to know

edit to fix unimaginably confusing typo

Actually worse than nothing

Considering the precedent from similar acts, I’m not shocked. I just hope Bam is healthy

This is the correct ruling. Anyone asking for suspension when the clear precedence is this never leads to suspension was ignoring all history and just doing it out of emotion.

silver says lamelo pinky promised that he won’t ever do it again

I feel like this is almost more insulting than not doing anything lol

Can this even be considered a slap on the wrist?

Shameful, cowardly, embarrassing… like fining an average joe 45 cents.

But what else should I expect from Adam Silver’s NBA?

Obviously they werent gonna suspend him and jeopardize views

Adam silvers a coward

That will show him!

Adam Silver is spineless bitch

Should be 10x that

Good to know you can intentionally injure your opponent’s star player and get away with it.

NBA fans softer than players.

They got lucky the flagrant didn’t happen during the game.

Is everybody insane now or what

Before taxes, if you spread his salary out across 48 minutes of the 83 games played so far, that $60,000 is equivalent to not paying him for about 7 minutes

I’d say that worth taking out your opponents best player for the most important game of the year.

No suspension because it’s being blown up to way more than what it was.

So cursing during an interview is about 70% as bad as intentionally trying to trip and injure somebody. Got it NBA.

Adam Silver is bitch made

I know you cant do this because of gameflow blah blah blah, but had they called it a flagrant snd everything else happens exactly the same way, Miami likely wins as they get shots and the ball… seems like an insanely light penalty for such an impactful play.

This is why I can’t stand the nba.

You showed him

Not even a slap on the wrist.

Reckless driving on and off court

But this fine is a joke. If they found it as a dirty play suspend him.

TIL that saying the word fuck is 70% as bad as trying to injury the face of a franchise in an elimination game

Thatll show him

genuinely optimal to send your bench player after their star and injure them, why would you not?

$60k to take out the opposing teams best player with no suspension? Teams should start putting goons on their roster.

So nothing

Dude literally injured a player and the NBA slapped him on the wrist with a feather. Adam Silvers NBA everyone.

Comments in this thread are insane, if you hadn’t seen the video you would think Lamelo grabbed Bam by the throat and powerbombed him into the floor.

There was no way the league was gonna suspend him during a win or go home play-in game

Wow, that’ll teach him. Maybe put a sad face sticker on his car for his driving too.

SMFH

So, someone breaks the rules, hurts their community, and the punishment is a fine. In other words, just like real life with no consequences if you earn past a certain amount.

Dray got suspended for a tap in the nuts yet Lamelo actually injures somebody and gets away with it. Fuck Adam Silver that spineless Voldemort looking mother fucker

So just 10K extra for intentionally injuring a fellow player over swearing.

The NBA man lol

He should be fined 5+ games, not money.

So for a non-basketball action, that easily can cause extended games missed for the victim (and literally changed the outcome of the game in this instance), the call is…. A couple of FT’s difference, possession and some money?

So basically any team has got the green light to have any player flop on all O-rebounds and start snatching ankles on the opponents best player in a play-off series?

I know the NBA is often deeply unserious about their product besides making money, but this is super dumb.

So they can review after a change of possession…..

With that kind of penalty, it was definitely worth for him since they won that game just barely.

lu dort just got his license to kill

And he has to think about what he’s done…

They were never going to suspend him, which sucks.

What a joke

Oh so they can go back and call it

TIL cursing post-game is 5/7ths as bad as injuring another team’s (best) player.

Fudge me sideways. That’s hecking crazy

60k to secure a playin win. ezpz

Lavar Ball wiped LaMelo’s ass as a baby with the money in that fine

Everyone should hurt the other team’s best player so theyre out of the game from now on. Just pay the fine and move on

This is someone’s yearly salary 😭

There was no shot they were suspending him for what is effectively a one-game playoff.

this was the obvious decision. UD and Dirk agreed this wasn’t an ejection in real time and not a suspension after the fact either. & Heat fans better never complain lest they forgot how Wade did Rondo & got nothing for it.

/sigh…. If we haaaaaave to 😢

Here Lamelo, show us your wrist slap slap

League is a joke

What a joke

Hornets had too good of a game for the NBA to let them go out like that lol

This money means nothing to any party involved, fines really should go back to the city these teams play in

I mean Adam silver is a bitch so you knew they weren’t gonna do shit.

Should be suspended for the next game as well if you ask me.

I seriously don’t understand why fines aren’t more when players are making millions and millions of dollars a year, hell fine them half a million or some shit

He needs to be suspended that was a dirty dirty play that likely changed the outcome of the game. Also grow up Lamelo -my dad says I’m the best; My dad says this my dad says that. He is not even in the top 20 players .

What a shock they did absolutely nothing. Adam Silver has no balls

Adam Silver really wanting that Detroit vs Charlotte first round series

Oh wow wonder if he can afford to pay that off…

Waiting to see the clip of draymond one upping him in their game

They were never gonna suspend him but this is still soft af

A dirty is just a pay-to-win move now. Worth every penny for the Hornets.

Confirmed just injure the star player for a one and done game because they won’t suspend you and fine you Pennies on the dollar

So intentionally injuring your opponent’s best player is WAY worth taking the “punishment” lol

Oh whoops—just more than most people’s yearly wages…

Such a cop out. Dirtiest play in the nba for the last few years and he just gets off

Adam Silver has about as much integrity as Donald Trump.

What’s the point of a flagrant after the game? Is the only consequence that it carries this fine? So dumb