Marcus Smart fined $35K for questioning the integrity of game officials.

Luke Kennard fined $25K for directing inappropriate language toward game officials.

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/insidenbanews.bsky.social/post/3mkjhwpwplc2n

Refs miss calls every night, swallow whistles in the fourth, and decide games on ticky tack fouls. Players aren’t allowed to mention any of it without losing $35K. At some point the league has to admit the product on the floor is the problem, not the guys complaining about it.

JAMES WILLIAMS

DirtyDraymond | Warriors

148 | 10 hours ago

Pathetic

If you really want to send a message send Scott Foster out there to officiate the next game

DudeIAm-blank- | Slovenia

30 | 10 hours ago

And Tony brothers. Hell bring Ed Malloy as well!

Luka77GOATic | Serbia

9 | 10 hours ago

JT Orr is the ref I bane as a Luka fan.

itsahmemario | Knicks

9 | 10 hours ago

Talk about a super team. Both teams would be in the penalty with both reviews failed by end of the 1st qtr

DudeIAm-blank- | Slovenia

5 | 10 hours ago

And someone’s gonna get tossed from the game

Raido95 | Rockets

5 | 8 hours ago

During warmup

Odd-Song5052

1 | an hour ago

And it would be Rui

averageATLien

3 | 5 hours ago

D’OH ED MALLOY!!!

CtrlAltDelightfull | Minneapolis Lakers

124 | 10 hours ago

Luke was shouting “you fucking suck” multiple times at James Williams and it was 100% deserved. That man is terrible at his job

Blackmalico32 | Bucks

13 | 10 hours ago

Has Luke ever been fined??

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

-43 | 3 hours ago

Are you seriously asking if the dude famous for whining at refs has ever been fined?

KingLeBr0n23 | Lakers

20 | 2 hours ago

Luke Kennard is known for this?

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

-13 | 2 hours ago

lmao misread that as Luka

NobodyAnyways | Supersonics

1 | 6 minutes ago

Dude’s not watching game box scores, not even mentioning the game itself

SleepyArmadillo

2 | an hour ago

He wrote Luke, not Luka. Kennard got fined.

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

-1 | an hour ago

Yeah I missed that

toastythewiser | 76ers

4 | 3 hours ago

While I agree that kind of verbal abuse can’t be ignored in a professional setting.

CutLonzosHair2017 | LAL

87 | 10 hours ago

for questioning the integrity of game officials.

I think we should all start using names. James Williams.

Luka77GOATic | Serbia

43 | 10 hours ago

Ayton gets a Flagrant 2 in the third for bracing himself into Sengun, then Thiero gets tossed in the final minute of garbage time for a shoving match nobody needed to escalate. Respect to Ime and Sengun for saying that it wasn’t worth a flagrant 2.

RyouBestGirl | Japan

27 | 10 hours ago

Soft bitches

Silver should stop sucking up to refs

Luka77GOATic | Serbia

18 | 10 hours ago

JAMES WILLIAMS

FormerChimp

15 | 9 hours ago

It’s funny how the refs don’t have to account for anything. The league has officially made them some kind of omnipotent force that can do no wrong, it’s wild

yeyiyeyiyo | Pacers

1 | an hour ago

Someone’s gotta do draftkings billing.

Lyranx

12 | 10 hours ago

I need more of this til officials have no choice but to officiate better

GauthZuOGZ | Mavericks

-2 | 5 hours ago

Ah yes that will work for sure

-ungodlyhour-

10 | 8 hours ago

And Lu Dort who deserved every fine imaginable still tries to injure players. Paid 0$.

Xray_Mind | Suns

2 | 44 minutes ago

Ya, dude must of went to the Draymond and Grayson Allen camp for players who want to injure other players. Constantly poking his feet under guys who are midair to try and injure them, then immediately cries to the refs.

shortyman920 | Lakers

10 | 10 hours ago

Fined for having the same reaction as anyone with common sense and eyes.

1Tru3Princ3

6 | 10 hours ago

I wish a superstar would be brave enough to suddenly retire and lose millions and claim the reason as poor officiating. Imagine if someone like Booker said f this integrity over money, and keep Silver and these refs in check. I know, ideal, might not even be enough for Silver and these refs. But hopefully can create some scandal.

GauthZuOGZ | Mavericks

-2 | 5 hours ago

God you guys are so hopeless lmao

It isnt that bad thar a player would ever ever do this

1Tru3Princ3

-3 | 5 hours ago

It’s not that bad for a group of people, it feels heavy on other groups of people. Why judge those that experience things differently from you?

GauthZuOGZ | Mavericks

1 | 5 hours ago

Because they have the emotional maturity of 12 year olds

1Tru3Princ3

0 | 5 hours ago

Learning to co exist with different people w different experiences and beliefs falls under high emotional intelligence. People expressing how they feel about things are far from a tantrum.

GauthZuOGZ | Mavericks

-4 | 5 hours ago

Lmao

1Tru3Princ3

0 | 3 hours ago

Youre gonna judge others to be hopeless and say “emotional maturity of a 12yo” and end w/ “lmao”? Quite an extensive vocabulary. What else to expect in trying to have a decent adult conversation online. Hopeless generation.

tikitikirumrum

6 | 10 hours ago

Can refs get fined?

Young_KingKush

6 | 2 hours ago

I can not recall any time that I have heard of a ref actually having consequences for bad officiating, seems like they just get to do whatever they want

mifadhil | Pacers

5 | 10 hours ago

love the kennard villain arc

EuroLegend23

4 | 9 hours ago

These fines are dumb. If you or I are shitty at our jobs, we hear about it. Why can’t the refs?

GauthZuOGZ | Mavericks

6 | 5 hours ago

If your coworker screams “you fucking suck” at you repeatedly there’s a good chance they get fired

matt__builds | Knicks

6 | 3 hours ago

Gonna try it in my standup this morning. Will let you know how it goes.

toastythewiser | 76ers

1 | 3 hours ago

Where I work that would legit start a fight too. We call each other out and tease each other but that’s some straight up abuse.

OnlyLittleFly | Slovenia

0 | 3 hours ago

Thats not a coworker tho, more like client. And in that case you either change the contractor or admit you indeed suck

GauthZuOGZ | Mavericks

5 | 3 hours ago

Hm yeah no. Refs dont work for the players. Terrible analogy

Mikez1234

4 | 9 hours ago

We always see fines here and there for questioning refs ,but never seen a ref get any punishment at all

TheBigEasy11 | Lakers

3 | 8 hours ago

A way to enforce ref competency needs to be in the next collective bargaining agreement.

CantaloupeCamper | Timberwolves

3 | 3 hours ago

NBA where the rules are made up and don’t matter … but if you say that…

NightSprings665

4 | 3 hours ago

The NBA having sponsor and partnership agreements with sports betting platforms isn’t sus at all.

Aggrokid

2 | 9 hours ago

James Williams looking extra shady right now

thickofitenjoyer | Magic

1 | 10 hours ago

This is pathetic but im not surprised

paulie_pinenuts | Supersonics

1 | 10 hours ago

Dog doo league management

DueNeighborhood895 | Lakers

1 | 9 hours ago

James Williams is making Scott Foster normal. Even Rockets were calling him out yesterday and they won the game

wilonwheels

1 | 3 hours ago

NBA heard Luka was paying the fine for his rook and said, lets triple it!

BedroomFootballScout

1 | an hour ago

Dictatorship

nbaistheworst

1 | 19 minutes ago

Williams is just incompetent - the longer term refs are the ones that are corrupt

Stebsy1234 | Lakers

0 | 9 hours ago

It’s actually pathetic that players get fined for “questioning the integrity of officials”. Are they higher beings that us mere mortals cannot comprehend?

davemoedee | Celtics

0 | 4 hours ago

Marcus Smart with all his flopping criticizing ref integrity? That is laughable.

sorendiz | HOU

1 | 14 minutes ago

Marcus Smart questioning the integrity of the refs is hilarious

Those guys fed you for years dawg

icebucket22

-22 | 10 hours ago

Says the team with the second most favorable whistle..

eezeepeezeebreezee

4 | 7 hours ago

That’s just so dumb. clearly you have a problem with officiating as well then if you think certain teams are getting more favorable whistles. Wouldn’t it better for everyone if officiating were improved? I know as a fan of basketball that would be lovely.

Why would they not be allowed to complain when the refs are trash?

Marcus Smart fined \(35K for questioning the integrity of game officials. Luke Kennard fined \)25K for directing inappropriate language toward game officials.