According to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been fined a remarkable $600,000 by the NBA for his comments regarding competitive basketball on Dr. J’s podcast earlier this week.
It seems the NBA took umbrage with these comments specifically:
Here we are, not competing for the playoffs and I said, ‘Look, losing is our best option.’
Cuban responded to the news today, also speaking with Charania:
On NBA's fine for his "tanking" comments to Julius Erving, Cuban tells me: "Dr.