Roy Hibbert fined $75,000 for postgame comments

[bfrombleacher]

Found this on ESPN's comment board

I don't think there is a double standard, though, since Hibbert's interview was much more headlined (an ECF pre-game 7 interview vs. some random interview that I don't think was even done by the NBA), however, always nice to take jabs at Stern.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ZBf7faLqU&feature=youtube_gdata_player%A0NBA

[Ogaju]

It's in line with the $100k Kobe got fined for using a gay slur.  That was directed at a ref, but it was also meant to be private.  Hibbert's was a joke, but it was said very publicly.

With the NBA's PR at stake, $75k makes sense.

Kobe's action was worse, and actually more public than Hibbert's comment.

[bfrombleacher]

It's in line with the $100k Kobe got fined for using a gay slur.  That was directed at a ref, but it was also meant to be private.  Hibbert's was a joke, but it was said very publicly.

With the NBA's PR at stake, $75k makes sense.

Kobe's action was worse, and actually more public than Hibbert's comment.

Kobe used a derogatory term against gays in a hateful way so, yes, Kobe's action was worse.

[Roy H.]

It's in line with the $100k Kobe got fined for using a gay slur.  That was directed at a ref, but it was also meant to be private.  Hibbert's was a joke, but it was said very publicly.

With the NBA's PR at stake, $75k makes sense.

Kobe's action was worse, and actually more public than Hibbert's comment.

How was it more public?  The PR storm was probably worse, but if I'm remembering this correctly, Kobe was yelling at a ref from the bench.  He didn't necessarily know the cameras were on him, whereas Hibbert of course did.

[Ogaju]

Kobe yelled a slur to the ref when the action was directed at him. Publication does not depend on camera shot. He yelled it people heard it and it would have been reported.

Hibbert was doing an interview and he mumbled something that many would not even understand if he had not apologized.

Just like the LeBron video in this thread you can barely hear what this players are saying when they say that phrase.

[Roy H.]

Kobe yelled a slur to the ref when the action was directed at him. Publication does not depend on camera shot. He yelled it people heard it and it would have been reported.

Hibbert was doing an interview and he mumbled something that many would not even understand if he had not apologized.

Just like the LeBron video in this thread you can barely hear what this players are saying when they say that phrase.

I don't know.  I see what Kobe did as the equivalent of a "hot mic".  Hibbert's was a statement given to the media.

The content of Kobe's statement was worse, and it was directed at a ref, which makes it more serious from where the NBA stands.  In terms of the public nature, though, I think that statements that weren't meant for public conception should be treated differently.