They were fighting for a spot in the play in tournament with 2 games left and they sat their whole damn roster (Luka played a quarter). You don't see why the league would have an issue with that?

Know Your Enemy said:

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They were fighting for a spot in the play in tournament with 2 games left and they sat their whole damn roster (Luka played a quarter). You don't see why the league would have an issue with that?

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No, because literally 9/10 of the NBA did the same thing and there were no other punishments.

Before the Bulls tipoff, the only path to the 10 seed required:

• Mavs beat the Bulls & Spurs (Mavs havent won consecutive games since Feb. 10)
• OKC lose to the Grizzlies.

The first part was entirely within their control. The second part was not.

The Mavs knew that winning even 1 game would knock them out of the bottom 10 records and put them at a 90% of losing their pick. Additionally, they knew that the Grizzlies had nothing to play for. They were locked into the #2 seed and were likely to sit every single starter (they did), at which point OKC would be the likely victor (they won).

With that knowledge, even if the Mavs won out, they would still miss the play in but now they would be without a pick. I'm sorry but the pearl clutching is insane. The Mavs absolutely should be made fun of, but not for what they did on game 81 of the regular season. They should be made fun of for the 80 games before that.

And the *tsk tsk*-ing from fans of the Pistons, Blazers, Spurs, Rockets, Jazz etc for the Mavs doing EXACTLY what those franchises have been doing all season for 2 games, is insane to me. The only tangible difference is that the Mavs said the quiet part out loud. Which is all the NBA cares about.

They should be fined more just bc they were dumb enough to say the quiet part out loud. Cuban should take the fine out of kidd's paycheck. Once I heard his interview I figured the fine would be more than $750k.

Just add it to the list of dumb things kidd has done this year.