The NBA is reviewing the Nets’ decision to field a thin roster against the Bucks on Wednesday, The Post has learned.
The league is determining whether it rises to the level of a finable offense.
In a case of load management that offended many of their fans and appeared to vex their star player, Mikal Bridges, the Nets opted to sit four players against visiting Milwaukee, then compounded matters by pulling three more early in the 144-122 defeat.
Nic Claxton, Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Cam Johnson all sat out entirely. Then the Nets doubled down, pulling Bridges, Cam Thomas, and Royce O’Neale all after the first quarter.
That Bucks tilt was Brooklyn’s fifth game in seven days, and they proceeded to embark on a four-game, six-night road trip.
“I’ve got to think short-term and long-term and make executive decisions for the betterment of the group,” Vaughn said at the time. “It’s unfortunate tonight that they just got to the point where we’re putting them in harm’s way by putting them out there tonight.”
“I’ve got to think short-term and long-term and make executive decisions for the betterment of the group,” Vaughn said at the time. “It’s unfortunate tonight that they just got to the point where we’re putting them in harm’s way by putting them out there tonight.”
With it being the only home date in a six-game span, it left many paying customers in Barclays Center vexed. And they weren’t the only ones, with Bridges admitting he wasn’t a fan of the decision.
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