The NBA fined the Brooklyn Nets $100,000 on Thursday, marking the first time a team was sanctioned for violating the league’s player participation policy that went into effect this season.
The Nets held out four rotation players—starters Spencer Dinwiddie, Nic Claxton, and Cam Johnson, along with key reserve Dorian Finney-Smith—in what became a 144–122 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Dec. 27. Three of the players Brooklyn started that night logged 12 minutes or less.
