‘$390,000’ worth fines are REAL reason for absence of beef in NBA today, claims Gilbert Arenas

The NBA might introduce a fine for yelling on court.

The NBA has put many restrictions on any player’s unsportsmanlike behavior. These restrictions come with heavy fines that the league imposes on players and teams.

Back in the day, when the NBA was still in its initial phase and not recognized worldwide, there weren’t many fines, as things would resolve on-court. Gilbert Arenas pointed out the same on the league’s low tolerance causing lesser beefs in the NBA.

However, as the generation progresses, the league has stopped tolerating any sort of disobedience. These include stare-downs, trash-talking, minor scuffles, and other forms of altercation.

The NBA puts a large fine if certain regulations are not followed, and though every NBA player is paid well, no one would want to risk thousands of dollars for talking trash in front of the referee. Gilbert Arenas elaborated more on the same in his podcast with Shannon Sharpe.

This beef that everyone is taking from way back in the day. That don't exist. Punches don't cost $25 no more. That elbow LeBron gave young fella, $390,000, that elbow cost him. I don't hate nobody for that price. For $25? I could sock somebody or two.

Said Arenas

Arenas briefly explained how expensive it is to even fight during a game. NBA players are paid handsomely, making millions of dollars.

Though a lot of that money is deducted for players’ agents, state tax, jock tax, etc. To lose more money for something that was caused by anger doesn’t make much sense for anyone in the league.

Gilbert Arenas has a point about today’s fines

Recently, PJ Tucker was fined $75,000 for publicly demanding a trade. While there have been players in the past who demanded a trade from their teams, calling for the same while in an interview does cost a lot. The Brooklyn Nets, on the other hand, were fined $100,000 for resting four of their players. This was part of the NBA’s player participation policy, which could fine teams up to $1 million.

Another great example is Draymond Green, who’s been fined a total of $2.2 million in his career so far. The majority of which went into forfeiture after Green grabbed Rudy Gobert‘s neck, costing him over $769,000.

With such strict rules regarding fines, keeping the rules of the league during games is the only wise option for the players. Rivalries do exist today, but not as aggressive as they used to be back in the day. One wrong move can cost the franchise or the player a heavy sum of money. But it is to be wondered whether the league will bring out more of these fines in the future.