The Toronto Raptors played back-to-back road games in Atlanta and Philadelphia over the weekend, winning a crucial NBA Cup game on Friday and losing to the 76ers on Saturday. Yet, one of the biggest narratives
to come from the weekend was an incident involving Brandon Ingram. Now, the NBA has announced Ingram will be fined $25,000 for his actions.
After being issued the team’s second delay-of-game warning in Philadelphia on Saturday night, Ingram was caught on camera slamming a water bottle on the ground on the bench. It bounced off the court, coming up to hit a towel boy and spraying whatever was in the bottle all over that staff member, Scottie Barnes (who had been sitting in front of Ingram on the floor stretching), and making a mess. The video then continues to show members of the bench and staff cleaning up the mess while Ingram sits there watching.
Obviously, a moment of frustration for Ingram, who looked like he got shaken up in the previous play and needed a second to walk off a sore leg, leading to the penalty for delaying the game. Still, not the right way to react, and then seemingly show no remorse after hitting someone with the bottle and not helping to clean up. It’s been the talk of the weekend and Monday, with people giving their opinions on the incident.
The NBA has also weighed in, issuing Ingram a $25,000 fine for the incident:
The Toronto Raptors have yet to put out any sort of reaction or statement about the incident, but maybe the public announcement of the fine will cause them to. The team is in Brooklyn at the moment and will play the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday at 7:30 pm. You have to assume Darko Rajakovic will be asked about it in availability before then.
