NBA fines Warriors owner Joe Lacob for comments made about Ben Simmons

Jonathan Concool
Sept 23 2021

Warriors owner Joe Lacob has been fined $50,000 for violating anti-tampering rule regarding comments on 76ers’ Ben Simmons.

Source: Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter)

ANALYSIS: These are the comments Lacob made when asked about the Warriors potentially trying to trade for Ben Simmons:

“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.”

The full statement from the NBA can be seen below.