Normally, a $6,000 fine isn’t much to an NBA player but for former Duke standout Dahntay Jones, it was nearly two-thirds of his prorated salary for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season.
Jones, a 14-year NBA veteran, picked up a pair of technical fouls at the end of the Cavaliers’ 116-105 win over the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
In the NBA playoffs, a technical foul comes with a $3,000 fine. With 18.7 seconds left in Monday’s game, Jones dunked and then received his first technical foul for taunting Toronto’s Jakob Poeltl. Then he got a second technical for jawing with Toronto’s Norman Powell.