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Charlotte Bobcats guard Stephen Jackson became the latest target of the NBA’s crackdown on behavior when he was fined $50,000 on Saturday for verbally abusing the referees after a loss to Detroit a night earlier.
A defiant Jackson called the punishment undeserved and is considering an appeal.
“Everybody should be shocked — $50,000?” Jackson said. “If you all saw what happened, $50,000, that’s a lot of money. But welcome to the life of Stephen Jackson.”
Jackson was hit with a technical foul by referee Steve Javie late in the third quarter Friday, complaining he was fouled on a made basket. The fine was for his actions after the Pistons finished off a 97-90 victory.
“After the game, he made inappropriate comments towards the game officials,” NBA spokesman Tim Frank said, declining to give further details.
Jackson, though, said officials were reading his lips.
“I walked off the court upset about the outcome of the game,” Jackson said. “I guess they had a camera following me all the way to the tunnel and I wasn’t even in sight of the referees and read my lips. I guess I can’t talk to myself. I got fined for talking to myself.”
這樣都罰錢??:iiiii:
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