The NBA league office has slapped the Los Angeles Lakers with another hefty tampering fine on Tuesday for comments made by president of basketball operations Magic Johnson on rising star Giannis Antetokounmpo in an interview with ESPN’s Nick Friedell in late January.
Here is the full quote from Johnson from the ESPN interview:
“Oh yeah,” Johnson told ESPN recently. “With his ball-handling skills and his passing ability. He plays above the rim I never could do that. But in his understanding of the game, his basketball IQ, his creativity of shots for his teammates.