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Thunder under the NBA examination after he had set the entire start five against Trail Blazer according to the report

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The NBA has opened an investigation whether the Oklahoma City Thunder violated or not during a 107-89 victory against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 7 or not.

During the game in question, the thunder against the lottery-bound blazers set their entire start and key reserve Cason Wallace. Here was the injury report for the game:

All except for Holmgren played on March 5th in the team's game, a victory over the Memphis Grizzlies and all six in the next game of the team, a victory against the Denver Nuggets on March 9.

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Before the 2023-24 season, the league used a new PPP that aimed to combat load management and ensure that stars were more often available, especially for national television games. Here were the most important mandates:

  • No more than a star player from a game. (For the purposes of the restrictions, a “star player” is in the last three seasons than someone who was an all-star or all-NBA selection.
  • Make star players available for television games and tournament games nationwide in the season.
  • Imagine the number of “rest” remote with a game that a star player corresponds to in home games compared to street games, with a recommendation that a player looks more common at home.
  • Failure “shutdown” in the long term if a star stops participating in games or only appears in a significantly reduced role that could influence the integrity of the game.
  • Let healthy players rest for a game and visible for the fans.

The Thunder have two “star players” under these criteria: Gilgeous-Alexander and Williams, who was named his first all-star game this season. Both sat against the Blazer, and Gilgeous-Alexander was officially listed as a day off. So the league is likely to check whether Williams had a legitimate problem with his wrist.

At the beginning of this month, the Utah jazz was finished with a fine of 100,000 US dollars due to violation of the Liga PPP because of its treatment of Lauri Markkanen, who had missed numerous games for “injury management” with a lower problem. Immediately after the fine, Markkanen was in the line -up for the team's next game.

If the league considers the thunder to be broken, you will also receive a fine of $ 100,000, which is the punishment for the first violation.