birdAug 22, 2023

[Pompey] It’s official. The NBA has fined James Harden $100,000 for public comments.

https://lemm.ee/post/5075120

[Pompey] It’s official. The NBA has fined James Harden $100,000 for public comments. - lemm.ee

The NBA announced today that Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden has been fined $100,000 by the NBA for public comments on August 14 and 17 indicating that he would not perform the services called for under his player contract unless traded to another team. The league’s investigation, which included an interview of Harden, confirmed that these comments referenced Harden’s belief that the 76ers would not accommodate his request to be traded.

Show threadstreetfestival
$100K is a huge amount of money for me. For Harden, not so much. Compared to the PG-13 crap players are routinely fined tens of thousands of dollars for, $100K seems surprisingly little for how unprecedented Harden’s comments were - although I’m not sure of what technical grounds the league has for fining him. If they wanted to hit him with a harsher penalty, they’d suspend him, but they can’t do that without Harden’s team (6ers, I presume) taking a massive collateral hit
Aug 22, 2023 at 9:51pmWeb
Show threadutm_sourceAug 22, 2023
Usually the amount of fines the league can collect is defined in the CBA.
Show threadstreetfestivalAug 23, 2023
That makes sense. A quick internet search suggests that the $100K handed to Harden is indeed 100% of the max fine per the CBA
Show threadutm_sourceAug 23, 2023
It would make more sense to scale with the player’s salary, but which owner is really going to negotiate super hard for something like that?
Show threadstreetfestivalAug 23, 2023
Actually, I think the owners would be all for something like that - they’d probably be able to exercise more control over superstars. It’s players who I don’t think would want that. Some make lots of money, others aspire to. Currently, rookies get their tech fines paid off by the team or vet players, I’m pretty sure, or at least I’m pretty sure that’s how they do it on the Raptors
Show threadutm_sourceAug 23, 2023
Yeah the owners would want it, but to negotiate power like that you gotta give something up. I just think it’s such a rare occurrence that you’d want to fine a guy more than $100k that it’s not a big priority.
Show threadacosmichippoAug 23, 2023
or at least scale with the salary cap.
Show threadacosmichippoAug 23, 2023
pretty sure we’re in the new CBA rules now. but i don’t think fines have changed.
Show threadstreetfestivalAug 23, 2023
There was a mutual option this year that both sides picked up. The CBA, started in 2017, expires at the end of this NBA year
Show threadacosmichippoAug 24, 2023

the new cba started July 1.

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Show threadstreetfestivalAug 24, 2023
Thanks! I don’t have twitter so can’t use your link, but I did another search and you are indeed correct. Thanks for the correction!
Show threadbirdAug 23, 2023
Yeah this is also one of the bigger fines I’ve seen coming from the league to a player. Biggest I’ve seen is Stoudamire getting fined $250k after he got arrested for the third time for marijuana possession.
Show threadutm_sourceAug 23, 2023
He must be so annoyed that it’s legal now lol