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Blazers get fine, suspensions from NBA for tampering with their own player

Apr 1, 2026 @ 8:29pm

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The Portland Trail Blazers got their guy in last year’s NBA Draft but are now being punished for it. The NBA announced on Wednesday that they are fining the Blazers a sum of $100,000 and suspending their assistant general managers Sergi Oliva and Mike Schmitz for two weeks each without pay. In their official release, … The post Blazers get fine, suspensions from NBA for tampering with their own player appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.

Blazers fined $100,000, suspend two front-office executives for Yang Hansen tampering

Apr 1, 2026 @ 7:36pm

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The NBA has fined the Portland Trail Blazers $100,000, and Assistant General Managers Sergi Oliva and Mike Schmitz have each been suspended two weeks without pay for violating league rules governing contact with draft-ineligible players in 2023, the league announced on Wednesday evening. This violation, which occurred in December 2023, is in connection with the […] The post Blazers fined $100,000, suspend two front-office executives for Yang Hansen tampering appeared first on ClutchPoints.