OAKLAND, Calif. — NBA commissioner Adam Silver called the one-year ban and $500,000 fine for a Golden State part-owner « appropriate. » Mark Stevens was…
OAKLAND, Calif. — NBA commissioner Adam Silver called the one-year ban and $500,000 fine for a Golden State part-owner « appropriate. »
Mark Stevens was at the center of a play in which he shoved Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry and uttered profanities at him during the fourth quarter of Toronto’s Game 3 victory on Wednesday.
« There’s not some rulebook I can look to here for what precisely to do, » Silver told a small group of reporters Thursday afternoon at an NBA Cares event where a youth community center was refurbished. « I try to balance all the different factors here, and once again, I think this was a fair outcome and I will say we did take into account how contrite Mr. Stevens was. »
Silver said the league and the Warriors began investigating the incident « immediately after it happened at the game. »
Stevens addressed the incident in a statement Thursday night.
