Only a $17,000 fine for Vernon Maxwell who fought Charles Barkley and a television technician!

Jeet Pukhrambam | 20/07/2022
Only $17,000 for Vernon Maxwell who fought Charles Barkley and a television technician

$17,000, that is the price the aggravators in the Western Conference had to pay, Vernon Maxwell who fought Charles Barkley was one. 

The 90s were a tough time. Players punching each other left and right, and plays that would simply get physical, there was no end to the violence.

The NBA in the late 80s and 90s was a spectacle for TV viewers, more than basketball, people were seeing violent altercations erupt between players.

So much so that the Eastern Conference was called the black and blue conference. Players had managed to rack up a mammoth $287,000 in fines.

The west paled in comparison. They had only managed to rack up $17,000 courtesy of one Vernon Maxwell, who threw a hissy fit at a tv technician.

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Vernon Maxwell gets penalized for fighting Charles Barkley and getting ejected, and fades a fine for punching a tv technician!

The reason for the calamitous fight? Charles pushed Hakeem Olajuwon after he made a play. Vernon was so heated he pushed Charles back and caused an altercation.

While heading to the locker room, things got so bad that Vernon ended up almost punching a tv technician. The technician had a choice of words for Vernon and the Rockets player couldn’t resist himself.

At the time, the NBA did not have fines for such instances. But for the misconduct in court, he was charged $17,000!

Perhaps if Vernon had just controlled his anger a little bit, he could have avoided the fine altogether. As for the TV technician, he was lucky not to tangle with him. While he may have been a tad bit annoyed that the NBA didn’t do anything about it.

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Jeet Pukhrambam

Jeet Pukhrambam is The SportsRush's Lead Editor for Basketball. After freelancing for five years as an independent writer, Jeet created thousands of blog posts and articles. He now covers intriguing news reports and throwback stories on all things NBA. His interest in NBA started with the ascendancy of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the 2016-17 season. Since then, Jeet has managed to coalesce his knowledge of the game and his writing to create pieces that are reflective of the current state of the league. Now, he ensures that The SportsRush produces the highest quality of writing. In his free time, he enjoys playing football, cooking, traveling, and dancing to techno. Jeet takes pride in his critical thinking, music playlists, and his love for spaghetti.

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