NBA brass went easy on Bulls’ Noah
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah got a slap on the wrist with a $15,000 fine and no suspension for his profanity-laced tirade at three NBA officials and not exiting the court in a timely fashion in Monday night’s loss to the Sacramento Kings.
Noah got lucky, and new NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s first fine edict seems to declare open season on the officials with its leniency.
Look $15,000 is pocket change to NBA players, and even though Noah was right about the officials missing the call, he wasn’t fined appropriately for his actions.
If you are an official, you can’t be happy with that punishment.
Noah is a great player who busts his rear every night, but I think he was out of line this time.
It will be interesting to see what happens to the next player who pulls the same antics, and interesting to see how soon it will occur.
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