The NBA fined top Philadelphia 76ers executive Daryl Morey $50,000 on Monday for a recent violation of the league’s anti-tampering rule.
“Morey was fined for an anniversary tweet on a past James Harden accomplishment with [the] Rockets that popped up on his Twitter feed,” ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted. “He deleted it several minutes later.” According to Wojnarowski, citing sources, Morey told the league that it was an inadvertent post from an automated app.
The 76ers are believed to be among the potential trade suitors for Harden, who asked the Rockets to be traded during the recent offseason. Now president of basketball operations with the Sixers, Morey was Harden’s GM with the Rockets over the past eight seasons in Houston.
Morey’s tweet was sent on Dec. 20, just prior to the start of the 2020-21 regular season. That also happened to be when trade rumors involving the NBA’s three-time defending scoring champion were near their peak. A perennial All-Star and MVP finalist, Harden is under contract with the Rockets for at least two more seasons.
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Former #Rockets GM, now Sixers Pres. Of basketball ops. Daryl Morey fined $50k for violating league’s anti-tampering rule (social media post about James Harden). pic.twitter.com/lOf4XAGbNB
— Adam Wexler (@AdamJWexler) December 28, 2020
#Sixers president Daryl Morey was fined $50,000 for violating the #NBA anti-tampering rule. The fine is in response to a since deleted tweet about James Harden on Dec. 20. Here’s the tweet: pic.twitter.com/32ZqzuRjPj
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) December 28, 2020
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