NEW YORK: The NBA fined New Orleans Pelicans executive David Griffin $50,000 on Sunday (Monday in Manila) for publicly criticizing officiating over how star Zion Williamson is handled and making comments the league considered detrimental.

The decision came two days after Griffin, the Pelicans’ executive vice president of basketball operations, spoke out strongly about his concerns on the amount of contact NBA referees allow Williamson to endure.

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