NBA fines Nets owner $35K for critical tweet
The NBA has fined Brooklyn Nets majority owner Joseph Tsai for his tweet supporting general manager Sean Marks and criticizing the officiating in his team's Game 4 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
"Joe Tsai has been fined $35,000 for making public statements detrimental to the NBA," the league said in a statement Monday, adding that Tsai's tweet, below, "criticized the integrity of officiating."
My partners and I have spoken and the entire Nets ownership group support our GM Sean Marks for protesting the wrong calls and missed calls. NBA rules are rules and we respect that, but our players and fans expect things to be fair.
— Joe Tsai (@joetsai1999) April 22, 2019
Tsai posted the message Sunday after the league suspended Marks one game and fined him $25,000 for entering the officials' locker room after Game 4 on Saturday.
The co-founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Tsai has an estimated net worth of $9 billion.
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