Fred VanVleet has been fined $30,000 for public criticism of the officiating.
VanVleet made his comments to the media following the Raptors’ 108-100 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Mar. 8 at Crypto.com Arena.
After being asked about the calls in the recent games, VanVleet initial said it’s on the Raptors then paused before responding, “I don’t mind, I’ll take a fine, I don’t really care.”
VanVleet then stayed calm and poised, but didn’t hold back with his thoughts.
“I thought Ben Taylor was f—–g terrible tonight,” VanVleet said. “I think that most nights, you know out of the three [referees] there’s one or two that just f–k the game up. It’s been like that a couple of games in a row. Denver was tough, obviously.”
