The NBA has fined Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey $50K for a violation of the league’s anti-tampering rules, according to a press release.
As the league explained in its announcement, the fine is a response to a December 20 Twitter post about James Harden that Morey has since deleted.
As captured by Bleacher Report, Morey tweeted last Sunday about the one-year anniversary of Harden breaking the Rockets‘ franchise record for total assists. He shared an “On This Day” memory of a post from December 20, 2019 celebrating the achievement before removing it several minutes later.
Morey told the NBA that the tweet was an inadvertent post from an automated app, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link). However, he’ll still be responsible for paying a $50K fine, a strong signal that the league isn’t letting anything slide when it comes to its efforts to crack down on tampering.
The fact that the Sixers are reportedly one of Harden’s preferred trade destinations likely played a part in the NBA’s decision.
Can someone tell Morey to stop using Twitter already?
My thoughts exactly. No one on Twitter seems to want to hear from and old white guy anymore anyway.
how criminal!
Number one fan of Harden, Mr. Morey. That action damage the mental health of any team, you re in Philly, please.
That’s it? So another team’s employee can’t post a memory or an accomplishment from his previous team? Is it just because Harden is on the block or is this a real thing for every executive? Seems kind of stupid to me to get fined over a post based off of a memory he was actually part of.
Morey’s obsession with Harden is comical. He is still trying to live off the glory of 1 good trade soon to be 9 years ago. Hey Daryl, you did nothing to capitalize on the window of that good trade.
This seems like a huge overreaction by the league. People should certainly be allowed to remember things that did in fact happen.
And it wasn’t even new content, it was just him reposting something that was not tampering the first time it was posted.
Meh…seems like the league is making an example of this to deter other teams not located in LA from even appearing to tamper.
Magic got fined the exact same amount for saying Giannis was gonna bring a title to the Bucks. Lakers also got the second largest ever tampering fine in regards to Paul George, ten times more than this.
But hey, keep acting like the victim.
Fining a huge market team like LA is a slap on the wrist compared to losing a draft pick for a small market team. The league does not exercise equitable punishment in enforcing tampering. LA (and all teams really) have money coming out their gills. Losing a draft pick is an actual punishment. Making an exec pay a fine out of his own wallet is laughable.
Fining a huge market team like LA is a slap on the wrist compared to losing a draft pick for a small market team. The league does not exercise equitable punishment in enforcing tampering. LA (and all teams really) have money coming out their gills. Losing a draft pick is an actual punishment. Making an exec pay a fine out of his own wallet is laughable.
“Keep acting like the victim” is a classic line from someone who benefits from a power dynamic.
wow wow interesting
Wonder if the Chinese have burned all of their Sixers merch yet?
lol i will have done da same if i were them. nah i think they hardly got any 76ers merch cuz da only nba superstars they idolize are yao ming and kobe bryant and maybe lin. prob in taiwan they have knicks merch cuz of da linsanity era.
Morey is overrated. He was diva managed by Harden. And made more enemies than Western conference finals with Rockets. Sixers don’t need Harden. They need a shooter like Bogdanovic. You see how Curry fits.
I’m a Sixer fan and I will say this. It is laughable the double standard in punishment for big market teams with tampering vs small marker. Are you the GM of the Sixers or Lakers? It’s a fine. Are you the Bucks? Cancel the trade and take a draft pick.
Lol you’re comparing a tweet about an assist record to a team having impermissible contact with an agent, after being told that the NBA was going to be extra strict when enforcing that rule. Laughable
Just like the Lakers had contact with Rich Paul for months and months prior to the AD trade. Don’t pretend like the LA teams didn’t benefit from how lax Silver was until this past offseason.
Are you honestly trying to say that Philadelphia is a small market?
lmao keep idolizing morey which ever team he goes to work for…..not like hes gunna lead ur team to a ring.
Somewhere, deep in the heart of LA; Lebron, AD & Rich Paul are having a good laugh over these tampering fines.
All that talk from Morey and he won’t back it up…
ikr
isnt morey da dude who decided not to draft jeremy lin at 15 cuz of bias for some reason leading him to bounce from one team to another and eventually leading to him out of da league and also ruined da nba-china relationship with a dumb political statement