NBA fines Mavericks’ Jason Kidd for profanity, criticism of referees

Jason Kidd shall be paying for his phrases.

The NBA fined the Dallas Mavericks head coach $35,000 for profanity and criticism of officiating throughout a post-game press convention, it introduced on Monday.

Kidd went off in entrance of media on Saturday after his workforce’s fourth straight loss as he fielded questions over his use of No. 1 decide Cooper Flagg as a degree guard.

“Criticism? That is your opinion,” Kidd mentioned. “You guys write that bull—-. I’ve performed this. I’ve performed the sport.

“I performed it at a really excessive degree. I do know what the f— I am doing. I do not give a f— what you guys write since you guys have by no means performed the sport. I construct gamers, so I do know what the f— I am doing. To take criticism, it solely makes me higher. As a result of if I wasn’t doing it proper, you guys would not be poking holes in what I’ve performed.”

Kidd additionally known as out officers for what he considered as a missed foul on Flagg within the closing minute when a basket may have tied the sport within the eventual 111-107 defeat to the Houston Rockets.

“I noticed a foul,” Kidd mentioned. “(Officers) Sean (Wright), Simone (Jelks) and Jason (Goldenberg) had been terrible tonight. The referees had been unacceptable. It’s a foul, and he must be on the free-throw line. Now, does he make each? That’s as much as the participant, however the referees didn’t do their job. They had been horrible.”