Brooklyn Nets Hit with $100,000 Fine in First Violation of NBA's New Player Participation Policy

The NBA's new policy, aimed at ensuring star players' participation in games, sees its first enforcement as the Nets are penalized for sitting multiple healthy players during a game.

The NBA has fined the Brooklyn Nets $100,000 for violating the league's new Player Participation Policy, marking the first time a team has been penalized under the new rule.
The Nets were fined for sitting four rotation players - Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, Cam Johnson, and Nic Claxton - during a game against the Milwaukee Bucks on December 27, 2023.
The new policy, approved by the NBA Board of Governors before the start of the season, requires teams to justify resting any of their best players and prohibits multiple healthy star players from sitting out at the same time.
The policy aims to ensure that every team has a fan-favorite player on the court for every game and that star players are available for all nationally televised and In-Season Tournament games.
Under the policy, players must also play in at least 65 of the league’s 82 regular season games to be eligible for awards like MVP or the All-NBA teams.