BIRMINGHAM (CBSMiami/AP) — Angry postgame comments aren’t uncommon in sports, and neither are the corresponding fines.
The Miami Heat have fined Dion Waiters an undisclosed amount for his expletive-laden comments about playing time earlier this week.
Waiters made the comments to reporters from two South Florida newspapers after Miami’s lopsided loss in Milwaukee on Tuesday night. The Heat were off Wednesday and announced the fine Thursday.
“We fined him and we addressed it as a team,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
Waiters has played in five games this season, all as a reserve. He missed just over a full year while recovering from surgery to repair a long-problematic ankle, and has repeatedly said that being patient throughout the process is a challenge for him.