re: NBA Tampering

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Is it even enforced?

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NBA fined Magic Johnson $50k for violating the league’s tampering rules for saying this:

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"Oh yeah," Johnson told ESPN when asked whether he saw parallels between Antetokounmpo's play and his. "With his ball-handling skills and his passing ability. He plays above the rim; I never could do that. But in his understanding of the game, his basketball IQ, his creativity of shots for his teammates ... that's where we [have the] same thing. Can bring it down, make a pass, make a play.

"I'm just happy he's starting in the All-Star Game because he deserves that. And he's going to be like an MVP, a champion. This dude, he's going to put Milwaukee on the map. And I think he's going to bring them a championship one day."

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The Bucks were so outraged by this “tampering” that they sent out an Instagram post highlighting and praising Magic's comments immediately after