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From now on, Los Angeles Lakers president Magic Johnson should just pretend NBA players who aren’t on his team don’t exist. Johnson and Rob Pelinka, the Lakers’ general manager, were at the center of a tampering controversy related to Paul George over the summer—one for which the team was assessed a record fine, due to [...]

The Pistons nearly stole game 1 versus the Cavs in Cleveland, but the Cavs eventually pulled away late. If you ask Stan Van Gundy, the Cavs were able to win the game thanks in part to the refs. During an in-game interview, on national TV, Van Gundy implied the refs were not calling anything on [...]

April 22, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors I think we all know that when Ron Artest changed his name to Metta World Peace, the day would come where we had to publish a headline with “World Peace” coupled with a violent word like “Elbowing” or “Punching”. Well that day is here, as Metta was ejected [...]

January 5, 2011 – Allen Moll Maybe Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy is finally realizing that his man in the middle, Dwight Howard, is coming dangerously close to receiving a one game suspension for his alarmingly ascending total of technical fouls committed? Or maybe, just maybe, the NBA’s biggest drama queen when it comes [...]

January 3, 2011 – THD Rumor Patrol The NBA released the following statement this weekend about the fine of Paul Pierce for throwing ‘an object’ into the stands. But notice they didn’t mention what the object was…. Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics has been fined $15,000 for throwing an object into the stands, it [...]

December 30, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap A couple days ago we told you about the NBA fining the Celtics’ Shaquille O’Neal $35K for his comments about the officiating following the C’s loss to the Orlando Magic on Christmas Day. Well I guess Shaq hadn’t gotten the memo about the fine before Comcast Sportsnet had a [...]

December 28, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Shaquille O’Neal has been one of the most difficult players to officiate his entire career due to his sheer size and power. He is so much bigger than anyone else on the court they seemingly bounce off him making it hard for refs to determine who is being [...]

November 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol I know Stephen Jackson is no angel, and I understand the in’s and out’s of the new rules regarding arguing with refs but all that said, does this fine seem a little excessive to anyone else? Stephen Jackson of the Charlotte Bobcats has been fined $50,000 for verbal [...]

October 13, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol It’s one thing after another with Gilbert Arenas. It’s been so long since this cat played hoops with any sort of regularity in the league, that he may as well just retire and give the Wiz some financial relief…. For someone looking to get back into the good [...]

October 12, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol It’s unfortunate that Fernandez will have to pay for comments his agent made, but players have to realize even their representation is a reflection of their position on matters… Trail Blazers swingman Rudy Fernandez has been fined $50,000 by the NBA for comments his European agent made last [...]