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Warriors owner fined $50K for tampering after comments on Ben Simmons

NBA fines Warriors owner Lacob $50,000 for Simmons comments
Sep 23, 2021
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NEW YORK — The NBA fined Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob $50,000 (around P2.5 million) for violating the league's anti-tampering rule with comments he made about Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons.

Lacob said the Warriors had no interest in the disgruntled Sixers guard.

"In some ways, it doesn't really fit what we're doing," Lacob said this week. "He makes a lot of money. And, can he finish games? I don't know.

"He's very talented. The problem is: We have Draymond (Green). Draymond and him are very similar in the sense that neither one really shoots and they do a lot of the playmaking. That's one issue. The salary structure is another."

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