Tim Bontemps: The NBA announced Rudy Gobert has been fined $100,000 for his actions towards, and comments about, the officials during and after Friday’s loss to Cleveland.
Source: Twitter @TimBontemps
Source: Twitter @TimBontemps
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
NBA fines Rudy Gobert $100,000 for comments insinuating sports betting influences referees
nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba-f… – 3:09 PM
NBA fines Rudy Gobert $100,000 for comments insinuating sports betting influences referees
nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba-f… – 3:09 PM
Joe Vardon @joevardon
Rudy Gobert said NBA refs were influenced by sports betting…for charity!!! … (He was fined $100K, the largest fine issued to a non-suspended-player this season, and all fines go to charity) @TheAthleticNBA theathletic.com/5330436/2024/0… – 2:59 PM
Rudy Gobert said NBA refs were influenced by sports betting…for charity!!! … (He was fined $100K, the largest fine issued to a non-suspended-player this season, and all fines go to charity) @TheAthleticNBA theathletic.com/5330436/2024/0… – 2:59 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
NBA fines Rudy Gobert for comments insinuating sports betting influences referees
nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba-f… – 2:43 PM
NBA fines Rudy Gobert for comments insinuating sports betting influences referees
nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba-f… – 2:43 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Point: The NBA hit Rudy Gobert with the biggest fine it could deliver, $100,000 for the “money sign” toward Scott Foster.
Counterpoint: Rudy Gobert makes $100,000 for every 9 minutes and 36 seconds of a Timberwolves game this season.
(Excluding taxes. But you see the point.) – 2:32 PM
Point: The NBA hit Rudy Gobert with the biggest fine it could deliver, $100,000 for the “money sign” toward Scott Foster.
Counterpoint: Rudy Gobert makes $100,000 for every 9 minutes and 36 seconds of a Timberwolves game this season.
(Excluding taxes. But you see the point.) – 2:32 PM
Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh
🚨 NBA just fined Rudy Gobert $100,000.
“The fine takes into account Gobert’s past instances of conduct detrimental to the NBA with regard to publicly criticizing the officiating.”
Here’s what I wrote minutes after the Gobert 🤌🤌 gesture: tomthefinder.com/p/the-growing-… pic.twitter.com/Gl2bvFXf82 – 2:28 PM
🚨 NBA just fined Rudy Gobert $100,000.
“The fine takes into account Gobert’s past instances of conduct detrimental to the NBA with regard to publicly criticizing the officiating.”
Here’s what I wrote minutes after the Gobert 🤌🤌 gesture: tomthefinder.com/p/the-growing-… pic.twitter.com/Gl2bvFXf82 – 2:28 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
NBA comes down relatively hard and hits Rudy Gobert with $100,000 fine “for directing an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture toward a game official, and publicly criticizing the officiating.”
Gobert implied sports betting influences NBA referees. – 2:16 PM
NBA comes down relatively hard and hits Rudy Gobert with $100,000 fine “for directing an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture toward a game official, and publicly criticizing the officiating.”
Gobert implied sports betting influences NBA referees. – 2:16 PM
Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
The NBA has assessed a $100,000 fine to Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert for “directing an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture toward a game official and publicly criticizing the officiating.”
More NBA from me: marcstein.Substack.com pic.twitter.com/ooXvGIHmSn – 2:07 PM
The NBA has assessed a $100,000 fine to Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert for “directing an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture toward a game official and publicly criticizing the officiating.”
More NBA from me: marcstein.Substack.com pic.twitter.com/ooXvGIHmSn – 2:07 PM
Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert fined $100,000 for his gesture toward official and publicly criticizing officiating Friday night in Cleveland pic.twitter.com/oNmtBCMZiw – 2:06 PM
Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert fined $100,000 for his gesture toward official and publicly criticizing officiating Friday night in Cleveland pic.twitter.com/oNmtBCMZiw – 2:06 PM
Chris Mannix @SIChrisMannix
Wow. Rudy Gobert fined $100,000 for his comments on officiating. League notes fine takes into account past criticism of referees. pic.twitter.com/9zN3ji7PQz – 2:05 PM
Wow. Rudy Gobert fined $100,000 for his comments on officiating. League notes fine takes into account past criticism of referees. pic.twitter.com/9zN3ji7PQz – 2:05 PM
Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA
NBA fines Rudy Gobert $100,000 for recent comments: pic.twitter.com/IypfhXpFPn – 2:03 PM
NBA fines Rudy Gobert $100,000 for recent comments: pic.twitter.com/IypfhXpFPn – 2:03 PM
Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
The NBA announced Rudy Gobert has been fined $100,000 for his actions towards, and comments about, the officials during and after Friday’s loss to Cleveland. – 2:02 PM
The NBA announced Rudy Gobert has been fined $100,000 for his actions towards, and comments about, the officials during and after Friday’s loss to Cleveland. – 2:02 PM
Ian Begley @IanBegley
Rudy Gobert has been fined $100,000 for directing an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture toward a game official, and publicly criticizing the officiating, NBA says. – 2:01 PM
Rudy Gobert has been fined $100,000 for directing an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture toward a game official, and publicly criticizing the officiating, NBA says. – 2:01 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Most dunks this season:
209 — Giannis
202 — Gobert
[gap]
158 — AD
138 — Gordon pic.twitter.com/kTxIUFSQw3 – 9:48 AM
Most dunks this season:
209 — Giannis
202 — Gobert
[gap]
158 — AD
138 — Gordon pic.twitter.com/kTxIUFSQw3 – 9:48 AM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Rudy Gobert thinks that Sports Betting is influencing NBA referees sportando.basketball/en/rudy-gobert… – 2:30 PM
Rudy Gobert thinks that Sports Betting is influencing NBA referees sportando.basketball/en/rudy-gobert… – 2:30 PM
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Rudy Gobert moved up from No. 61 to No. 60 in the rebounding all-time list after passing Jason Kidd -via HoopsHype / March 9, 2024
Dane Moore: Full Rudy Gobert comments on the officiating tonight in Cleveland… What happened with the 6th foul and the technical afterward? “It’s not just one call. Everybody makes mistakes, but when it’s throughout the whole game and it’s over and over and over that things are weirdly officiated. And obviously that’s my sixth foul. Yeah, of course it’s frustrating. Then obviously my reaction — which I think is the truth I truly believe — and even if it is the truth, I think it wasn’t the time for me to react that way. I should have not done that. Cost my team the game. And obviously, they can’t wait to give me a tech. So yeah, that was a bad, that was an immature reaction from me.” -via Twitter @DaneMooreNBA / March 9, 2024
Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert suggested sports betting is influencing how NBA referees are officiating games after one of them assessed him a technical with 27.8 seconds left in regulation of an eventual overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. Gobert was whistled for his sixth and disqualifying foul with Minnesota up by one point, and he responded by flashing the money sign with both hands — like he was Johnny Manziel in the end zone. Referee Natalie Sago saw him do it and slapped him with a technical, sending Cleveland’s Darius Garland to the line for a foul shot that tied the game at 97. -via The Athletic / March 9, 2024