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    NBA slaps $25K fine on Wolves for resting 'healthy' D'Angelo Russell

    NBA fines Timberwolves for violating player resting policy
    Feb 28, 2020
    PHOTO: ap

    NEW YORK — The NBA fined the Minnesota Timberwolves $25,000 on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) for violating the player resting policy with point guard D'Angelo Russell.

    Russell was held out Sunday at Denver for a planned rest. Though Russell did not play for Minnesota on Feb. 8 because of a quadriceps injury, two days after he was acquired in a trade, the NBA deemed Russell a healthy player under the policy that was designed in part to minimize star player absences from nationally televised games.

    The Timberwolves issued a statement of acceptance of the punishment that also spelled out their case for an exception to the rule.

    "While we respect the league's guidelines and standards, we are a player-centric organization that's focused on learning and optimizing our players' bodies," the team said. "As a new player in our program, we chose to rest D'Angelo in order to learn his body better and to optimize his health during a difficult stretch of games and travel."

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