Fines for Effort

The Knicks got rocked by the Celtics the other night... a loss by over 50 points. The reason why most of their losses are blow-outs are because the Knicks don't give any effort once they're losing. They take the 4th quarter, and sometimes the entire 2nd half off. I think the NBA should hand out fines for lack of effort. They have this in Tennis. Nikolay Davydenko was fined $2,000 for not trying. Obviously, it should be a steeper fine for NBA players.

This brings back memories of last year's "Big Mac" game with the Bulls when the Knicks weren't trying at all in the 2nd half and were getting mad at the Bulls for playing hard for every minute. This is the NBA. The fans pay big money to watch 2 teams give it 100%.

"By now most have you saw or read about our recent game against the Knicks where they accused us of running up the score. Truthfully, they were the first team I heard all year complain about the score. Last time I checked basketball was a competitive game, and if you have a chance to blow somebody out, you blow them out. I really don’t have any sympathy for whatever they were talking about."
-Ben Gordon (4/17/2007)

That was BG after the "Big Mac" game.