NBA fines Toronto Raptors’ Fred VanVleet $30K for swear-filled rant
The HinduToronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet began his profanity-filled tirade on Wednesday by saying, “I’ll take a fine, I don’t really care.” The NBA obliged a day later, handing him a $30,000 fine for “public criticism of the officiating.” That description is a euphemism for what VanVleet said following the Raptors’ 108-100 road defeat to the Los Angeles Clippers. “I thought Ben Taylor was terrible tonight,” VanVleet said, speaking calmly. It’s been like that a couple games in a row.. You come out tonight competing pretty hard, in the third quarter, I get a tech, changes the whole dynamic of the game, changes the whole flow of the game. “Most of the refs are trying hard, I like a lot of refs, they’re trying hard, they’re pretty fair, they communicate well, and then you got the other ones who just want to be.
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