Paul George Fined for Criticizing Officials: Latest Details and Comments

December 19th, 2015 by Tim Daniels Leave a reply »

Indiana Pacers forward Paul George reportedly received a $35,000 fine from the NBA on Saturday for "public criticism of officiating and using profanity on television."

Adi Joseph of Sporting News provided word of the punishment. Mike Mazzeo of ESPN.com passed along comments George made during an appearance on Fox Sports Indiana following a 104-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night.

"The stripes (were) terrible," George said. "We (had to) go out and just play. The way this game was going and how they (were) calling it, we had to play. ... It's frustrating, but hopefully the league does a better job of looking at s--t like this."

Nate Taylor of the Indianapolis Star noted George continued to voice his frustration over the officiating after the television interview, too.

"It's frustrating when the guys I'm matched up with have less fouls than I do and they're not attacking as much as I'm attacking," George said "It's very frustrating and it's been going on for a long time."

The 25-year-old two-time All-Star was previously fined $10,000 back in October for publi ...

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