Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks has been fined $25,000 for public statements detrimental to the NBA.
The statements, which concerned a trade request, were made by Robinson’s agent, Aaron Goodwin, on Dec. 19.
Marc Berman of the New York Post reports (via blog):
The Players’ Association is planning to appeal the fine since the remarks were not made by the player himself. In fact, the next day Robinson said he “wanted to stay.”
Goodwin said 10 days ago Robinson’s benching was “personal” and “not basketball-related” and said the Knicks coach had “disrespected” Robinson for making a comparison that he would play “Satan” if it would help him win.
I’m really not sure why Robinson should be fined for this.
