The NBA has fined the Dallas Mavericks $750,000, saying the team engaged in “conduct detrimental to the league” by sitting out most of its key players against the Chicago Bulls on April 7 despite still having a chance to reach the postseason.
Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison speaks during an availability with reporters at the team's NBA basketball practice facility in Dallas, Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
The league's investigation, which took less than a week, said Dallas violated the league's policy on resting players and had a desire to lose that game to the Bulls “in order to improve the chances of keeping its first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.” The Mavericks blew an 11-point fourth-quarter lead, lost and were eliminated from postseason consideration.
Losing that game and missing the play-in tournament could help ensure that Dallas has a top-10 draft pick this summer — and with it, potentially a chance of winning the lottery and getting the opportunity to select French phenom Victor Wembanyama.
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