NBA announces that Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been fined $600,000 for public statements detrimental to the NBA. Cuban’s comments, which concerned his perspective on the team’s competitive success this season, were made during a podcast that posted on Feb. 18.— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) February 21, 2018
Translated: It cost him over a half million for saying it was in the team's best interest to tank the rest of the season.