Lebron James might be the most ridiculed and microscoped NBA star and any small little thing can be magnified.
Well, the NBA has fined James for an incident with a water bottle that kicked during the Cavs win against Minnesota.
We get more from the San Francisco Examiner:
LeBron James has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for kicking a water bottle during Cleveland's victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.It's lucky for Lebron that no one was injured from his temper tantrum and I expect an apology from the Lebron camp anytime soon.
The announcement was made Thursday by Stu Jackson, the league's executive vice president of basketball operations.
The NBA says James kicked a water bottle with 12.4 seconds left in the first quarter of the Cavaliers' 109-95 win Wednesday night. Last year's league MVP, James was rested for the entire fourth quarter as Cleveland protected a big lead. He finished with 12 points, 11 assists and six rebounds in 31 minutes.
Let's be honest, we've all gotten mad on the basketball court and this is the only time in recent memory that we've seen Lebron lose his cool. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.
Oh well, maybe it was a nod to VitaminWater being better than Gatorade.