Raptors’ Fred VanVleet Fined $30K for Feedback About Officials After Loss vs Clippers
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Toronto Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet knew he faced a threat of being fined when he voiced his frustration about officiating in the NBA, and that came to fruition on Thursday.
Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium reported that the league has fined VanVleet $30,000 for his feedback after Wednesday night time’s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
VanVleet scored 13 capabilities in Toronto’s 108-100 loss, which used to be its 2nd straight and dropped its memoir to 32-35. The Raptors were called for 23 fouls when put next with aesthetic 18 on the Clippers, and VanVleet bought his eighth technical cross of the yr.
“I score not thoughts, I will establish a gorgeous, I score not primarily care,” VanVleet talked about Wednesday. “I realizing Ben Taylor used to be f–king shocking tonight. I contain that on most nights, you realize out of the three [officials], there might be one or two that aesthetic f–okay the game up. Or not it has been adore that a pair of video games in a row. [Losing on Monday at] Denver used to be stressful, clearly. You reach out tonight, competing aesthetic exhausting, and I get a bulls–t tech that adjustments the total dynamic of the game, changed the total race of the game.”
In Toronto’s loss to the Denver Nuggets earlier this week, forward Scottie Barnes used to be called for a technical cross with 28 seconds left in a one-point recreation. The Raptors went on to lose 118-113.
Toronto received off to a dull delivery this season, nonetheless the team is for the time being ninth in the Japanese Conference because the postseason approaches.
The Raptors will gape to leap encourage when they discuss over with the Los Angeles Lakers (32-34) on Friday.
