{"id":10582,"date":"2021-11-29T15:08:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/?p=10582"},"modified":"2024-01-19T04:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T04:59:00","slug":"lebron-james-fined-15000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/lebron-james-fined-15000\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James got fined $15,000 after copying former player&#8217;s &#8216;obscene&#8217; celebration dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James was fined $15,000 after poorly copying Sam Cassell&#8217;s classic &#8216;Big Balls Dance&#8217; during the Lakers victory over the Pacers in Indiana. It&#8217;s like he copied the dance, but did it wrong. (smdh)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has been fined $15,000 for making an obscene gesture on the playing court and warned for using profane language during media availability in response to league imposed discipline, it was announced today by Byron Spruell, President, League Operations,&#8221; the NBA announced.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LeBron with the big balls celebration after the big three \ud83d\ude00\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OG0Eu0sjrJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>After he received a suspension for his altercation with the Detroit Pistons&#8217; Isaiah Stewart, James was also issued a warning about using profane language. James called the one-game suspension &#8220;bull****&#8221; during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>That incident happened during Sunday&#8217;s game when James elbowed Stewart above the eye when they were both anticipating a rebound off a free-throw. Stewart was bleeding near the eyebrow, after which he shoved James shortly before the court was flooded with teammates and staff, stopping Stewart from going after James like a madman.<\/p>\n<p>Both players were suspended without pay, but Stewart received a two-day suspension.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The History of the &quot;Big Balls Dance&quot;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JiiFUt7iglw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James was fined $15,000 after poorly copying Sam Cassell&#8217;s classic &#8216;Big Balls Dance&#8217; during the Lakers victory over the Pacers in Indiana. It&#8217;s like he copied the dance, but did it wrong. (smdh) &#8220;Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has been fined $15,000 for making an obscene gesture on the playing court and warned&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LeBron James got fined $15,000 after copying former player&#039;s &#039;obscene&#039; celebration dance - Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/lebron-james-fined-15000\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LeBron James got fined $15,000 after copying former player&#039;s &#039;obscene&#039; celebration dance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LeBron James was fined $15,000 after poorly copying Sam Cassell&#8217;s classic &#8216;Big Balls Dance&#8217; during the Lakers victory over the Pacers in Indiana. 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