NBA Fines Mavericks $750K For Benching Stars to Improve Draft Position

The NBA fined the Dallas Mavericks $750,000 for resting several key players in their game against the Chicago Bulls, violating the league's policy on resting players.
The Mavericks sat out their players to try and miss the play-in tournament and keep their first-round draft pick, which they owe to the Knicks.
The NBA found that the Mavericks broke league rules and showed they wanted to lose to get a better draft pick.
The Mavericks need a top 10 pick to keep their first-round selection, otherwise it goes to New York as part of a past trade.
The light punishment hurts the Knicks, who were hoping to get a high first-round pick from Dallas this year.