NBA fines Warriors owner Lacob $50,000 for Simmons comments
Posted September 22, 2021 7:00 am
NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA fined Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob $50,000 for violating the league's anti-tampering rule with comments he made about Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons.
Lacob said the Warriors had no interest in the disgruntled Sixers guard.
'œIn some ways, it doesn't really fit what we're doing,'ť Lacob said this week. 'œHe makes a lot of money. And, can he finish games? I don't know.
'œHe's very talented. The problem is: We have Draymond (Green). Draymond and him are very similar in the sense that neither one really shoots and they do a lot of the playmaking. That's one issue. The salary structure is another.'ť
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