The NBA has announced (via Twitter) that, after a league office review, it has retroactively fined Wizards guard Jordan Poole $2,000 for flopping during Washington’s Saturday night blowout loss to New York.
After missing a layup, Poole theatrically fell to the floor in an effort to convince the officials he took an elbow from Knicks big man Karl-Anthony Towns (video link).
Poole had a solid showing otherwise in the 122-103 defeat. He scored 25 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the field, including 3-of-9 shooting from the three-point line. He also made all four of his free throw looks. The 6’4″ pro dished out three dimes and pulled down three boards.
Through 60 games for the Wizards this year, Poole is averaging a career-high 20.5 points per game with a shooting line of .424/.372/.878. He’s also chipping in 4.6 APG, 3.2 RPG, and 1.4 SPG.
The 25-year-old is in the second season of a four-year, $123MM rookie contract extension he inked while still with Golden State. Should Poole manage to stay healthy through the end of the regular season, his performance this season should help improve his value going forward, though it’s unclear if Washington would attempt to move him this offseason.
In the Eastern Conference, the 15-55 Wizards are the only team that’s already been eliminated from the 2024/25 postseason thus far. With a loss tonight to the slumping Heat, however, the 18-52 Hornets would join them.
Meanwhile, the win for New York improved the club’s record to 44-26 on the year, keeping the Knicks three games ahead of the 41-29 Pacers for the East’s No. 3 seed.
Why does the league even bother to do this?
Considering the huge amount of flops they ignore, and the tiny dollar amount of the fine, they certainly aren’t actually addressing the problem!
Scarlet letter
lol. fining a guy who makes over $30m a year $2k. is it even worth the paperwork?
He probably could deduct it for taxes lom
It’s roughly the same proportion of his salary as a cup of coffee is of mine
Scarlett Letter is exactly it, but that may fall on deaf (dense?) ears here.
The NBA should also fine Lebron when in a clear daylight in their latest game vs the Celtics he flopped as Jayson Tatum went for a layup, Lebron flopped big time by feinting he was hit at 1st few minutes of the 4th quarter. Is it because Lebron is a superstar and Poole is not? There should be fair treatment. NBA disciplining players,coaches and management is sometimes mind boggling. It is not fun to know that.
This is not even a slap on the wrist lol
Silver needed some quick cash
So, LeBaby owes what? Three or Four mil?
Oh I must have dropped my lunch money
Lebron owes the league 50 billion if they’re going to start fining flopping.
SGA probably owes 50 million from this season alone.
I’d say give him $2k for actually trying to play defense.