Steve Kerr knew Jonathan Kuminga invited trouble after his reaction to a no-foul call against the Portland Trail Blazers. “You can’t do that. They are going to eject you if you do that,”. It was the first time in the 23-year-old’s career that he had been ejected. It’s rare to see Kuminga’s emotions get the better of him, especially when it was only a preseason game. And it might be the last after the NBA’s decision.

Despite JK having no history of being aggressive, he was fined $35,000 by the NBA, according to Chris Haynes. The league explained the punishment was for “making inappropriate contact with and continuing to pursue a game official,” . And Kuminga was indeed guilty of that. The game itself was physical, and the explosive forward felt the whistle didn’t favor him.

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