Timberwolves’ Rudy Gobert Fined $100,000 For Directing ‘Money Sign’ Gesture Toward Referee

NEW YORK: The NBA fined Minnesota heart Rudy Gobert $100,000 on Sunday, two days after he implied that referee Scott Foster was not calling video games pretty and additional suggesting that playing is having a detrimental influence on the result of video games.

The high-quality is the utmost that the NBA might give beneath phrases of the collective bargaining settlement that went into place final 12 months, matching the $100,000 high-quality given to then-Philadelphia guard James Harden for his public commerce demand final fall.

Gobert was known as for a technical foul within the closing seconds of regulation Friday night time within the Timberwolves’ 113-104 additional time loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers when he rubbed his fingers collectively a number of occasions, the so-called cash signal that he directed towards Foster.

“I’ll bite the bullet again,” Gobert stated after that recreation. “I’ll be the bad guy. I’ll take the fine, but I think it’s hurting our game. I know the betting and all that is becoming bigger and bigger, but it shouldn’t feel that way.”

The NBA stated it discovered that Gobert directed “an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture toward a game official, and publicly (criticized) the officiating.” In asserting the high-quality, NBA government vice chairman for basketball operations Joe Dumars stated it “takes into account Gobert’s past instances of conduct detrimental to the NBA with regard to publicly criticizing the officiating.”

It is the fourth time Gobert has been fined for public criticism of officers. He is making $41 million this season.

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