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Old Tue Jun 20, 2006, 02:11pm
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$250K- just announced.
Doesn't that put him at almost $1.5 million in fines to the NBA?

Maybe the money doesn't mean as much to him, but even I would learn after the first coupla' hundred thou.
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Old Tue Jun 20, 2006, 02:34pm
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Doesn't that put him at almost $1.5 million in fines to the NBA?

Maybe the money doesn't mean as much to him, but even I would learn after the first coupla' hundred thou.
Just shy of $1.5 mil, I think. Season ain't over yet though....if they lose another close game, watch out again. He's creeping up on Charles Barkley, I think, for the record. Of course Charles was hit mainly for throwing people through bar windows and spitting on fans. I remember reading in one of Barkley's books once that he gave up caring about fines when he found out that they were tax deductible.

Cuban supposedly matches each fine he receives with a charitable donation also- so you're looking at 3 mil or so to date.
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Old Tue Jun 20, 2006, 02:40pm
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Cuban supposedly matches each fine he receives with a charitable donation also- so you're looking at 3 mil or so to date.
Oh! He matches the fines with a donation to charity! Why didn't you say so!

I guess that must add some class to his classlessness. Yoohoo..Mr. Grammar Guy...
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Old Tue Jun 20, 2006, 03:09pm
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Oh! He matches the fines with a donation to charity! Why didn't you say so!

I guess that must add some class to his classlessness. Yoohoo..Mr. Grammar Guy...
All NBA fines go toward charities already from what I understand.

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Old Tue Jun 20, 2006, 03:24pm
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All NBA fines go toward charities already from what I understand.

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Well, now that you mention it, I think I knew that. It makes sense; this way there's no chance an owner or player can claim the league is imposing the fine because they're a little short on cash this week.

Can you imagine the must-see TV if Dallas does happen to come back and win the series, and David Stern and Mark Cuban are standing next to each other on the podium for the trophy presentation?
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Old Tue Jun 20, 2006, 03:30pm
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Anyone notice that Bennett Salvatore tried to direct the players back onto the floor initially after De Rosa blew the whistle for the timeout? He was trying to save the Mavs the TO for AFTER the 2nd FT....De Rosa and Salvatore huddled and De Rosa was adamant about granting the TO - so Salvatore relented.

Then as the Mavs were complaining, the crew huddled at the FT line and De Rosa was apparently trying to explain what happened to Joey Crawford who seemed to being saying (based on his mannerisms) - "hey! they called for a TO and you granted it - it's over - 1 shot left" and then proceeded to talk about the remaining 1.9 secs.

I'd like to say that I would have rescinded TO and granted after the 2nd FT, but until you "walk a mile in another man's shoes...." you can never fully say what you would have done. I will certainly "file that one away" in my mind so that if I'm ever in that situation, I will be ready.

I guess this is a perfect example of the "rule book" official vs the "game management" official...

BTW, the officials DID NOT cause the Mavs to lose the game! There were any number of opportunities that the Mavs did not capitalize on...including the last shot of the game.
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Old Tue Jun 20, 2006, 03:34pm
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Anyone notice that Bennett Salvatore tried to direct the players back onto the floor initially after De Rosa blew the whistle for the timeout? He was trying to save the Mavs the TO for AFTER the 2nd FT....De Rosa and Salvatore huddled and De Rosa was adamant about granting the TO - so Salvatore relented.
Jeff, how do you know all that for certain? Were you talking to Salvatore?
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Old Tue Jun 27, 2006, 01:19pm
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Jeff, how do you know all that for certain? Were you talking to Salvatore?
Did you watch the game? If you did, you can clearly see De Rosa and Salvatore confer. It also was pretty obvious when Salvatore was using both arms to wave all 10 players back onto the court while shaking his head (in the classic "NO" mannerism - side to side). After De Rosa talked to him Salvatore relented.............

It doesn't take a genius to understand what was occurring.
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Old Tue Jun 20, 2006, 06:02pm
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Anyone notice that Bennett Salvatore tried to direct the players back onto the floor initially after De Rosa blew the whistle for the timeout? He was trying to save the Mavs the TO for AFTER the 2nd FT....De Rosa and Salvatore huddled and De Rosa was adamant about granting the TO - so Salvatore relented.
That's because Salvatore did not know that Howard had requested the TO and that DeRosa had granted it.
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Old Wed Jun 21, 2006, 06:38am
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He does not do this, regardless of what he claims. When he first announced he would do this, his office was flooded with people looking for very useful donations. He decided that there were just too many scams out there with their hands out. Instead of checking out which ones were legit, he just blew the whole thing off as if it never happened. He is just a publicity seeking prick.
LOL! PWL, you're alright in my book!
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Old Tue Jun 20, 2006, 03:04pm
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Doesn't that put him at almost $1.5 million in fines to the NBA?

Maybe the money doesn't mean as much to him, but even I would learn after the first coupla' hundred thou.
The last two alone amount to $450,000.
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