NBA official announcement! The first ticket of the new season is born! The trouble with rockets begins!
On October 13, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced today that Houston Rockets guard Dillon Brooks was fined $25,000 by the league for hitting the groin area of Pacers center Theis during the game. At this point, the league's first fine in the 2023-24 season was officially born, and it was won by the Rockets' 86 million Mr. Dillon Brooks!
In the Houston Rockets' preseason opener against the Indiana Pacers the day before yesterday, at 7:27 in the first quarter, Dillon Brooks tried to evade Theis's offensive cover during a defensive march when he hit his opponent's crotch with his left hand. Although Dillon's thing has a certain concealment, it was still captured by the referee on duty, and then the referee, after carefully reviewing the replay, decisively blew Dillon Brooks for a second-degree malicious foul and directly expelled him from the field. In the end, Dillon's Rockets debut time was frozen in 4 minutes and 33 seconds, no shooting in the game, only 1 assist and 2 fouls, so his debut report card was a pale 0 points, 0 boards, 1 assist, 0 blocks and 0 blocks.
The league has always been untolerant of malicious fouls, and the punishment is also very large! Just because you encourage players to defend aggressively doesn't mean you can use illegal defensive moves to disrupt your opponent's offense! Therefore, Dillon Brooks was fined $25,000 by the league, he deserved it, who let him do such a unsportsmanlike move against Theis during the game!
This offseason's free agency, Dillon Brooks, who was ruthlessly abandoned by his old club Memphis Grizzlies, finally got a super lucrative contract offer from the Houston Rockets! In the end, the two parties successfully completed the signing of a four-year contract worth 86 million! Dillon became a Rockets player and officially began a new chapter in his career! Unexpectedly, he received the league's first fine after only playing one preseason game, which is not a good thing for the Rockets and Dillon himself!
Judging from the 25,000 fines issued by the league to Dillon Brooks, the side reflects the harshness of the referee's blowing penalty in the new season, that is, zero tolerance for Dillon's similar defensive actions! At the same time, this can be said to be a warning to the defensive villain Dillon Brooks. That is, you should not use such actions on the court, otherwise you will be caught and punished!
Although the $25,000 fine is insignificant for Mr. 86 million Mr. Dillon Brooks, it is really just the beginning of trouble for his new owner, the Rockets! Before the regular season officially started, the troublesome body carried by new signing Dillon Brooks himself has already appeared, and as the schedule progresses, it will be repaid!
Perhaps, what the Rockets spent 86 million to sign back this summer is not a talent who can help the team win, but a troublemaker! What do you think about this?