Jamal Murray seems to be getting off with only a slap on the wrist.
Shams Charania of The Athletic reported Tuesday that the NBA has determined to tremendous the Denver Nuggets star guard Murray a “substantial” quantity over his throwing incidents through the Nuggets’ Sport 2 defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday. Murray will finally not be suspended for his actions, nonetheless.
Charania later revealed that the quantity of Murray’s tremendous — $100,000.
Murray misplaced his cool through the Nuggets’ blowout loss to the Wolves at house in Sport 2. Within the midst of a wretched 3-for-18 capturing efficiency, a pissed off Murray threw a warmth pack from the bench space onto the ground throughout dwell play, making contact with a number of gamers (see the video right here). A viral clip later confirmed that Murray additionally threw a towel from the bench within the route of a referee who had his again turned on the time.
Whereas $100,000 is certainly a big tremendous, it most likely gained’t sting very a lot as Murray is making $33.8 million this season. A suspension, which can have been justified underneath the circumstances, would have damage way more for Murray, whose Nuggets at the moment are down 0-2 within the collection because it shifts over to Minnesota. Denver ought to contemplate itself very fortunate and can now look to bounce again with Murray within the lineup for Friday’s Sport 3.
