NBA responds to Rick Carlisle's comments
Statement issued to Fieldhouse Files from a league spokesman.
Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle addressed the team’s $100,000 fine during his regular morning radio segment on 107.5 The Fan in Indianapolis on Tuesday.
He disagreed the fine, expressed disappointment with how it was handled, and described the interview process.
Here’s the response from a league spokesman to Fieldhouse Files:
“Coach Carlisle’s description of the process that went into the decision to fine the Indiana Pacers is inaccurate. An independent physician led the medical review. In addition, the Pacers’ General Manager and the team’s Senior Vice President, Sports Medicine and Performance were interviewed as part of the process. The Pacers confirmed that it had provided all of the information requested by the league and the team reported that an interview with Coach Carlisle or a team physician wasn’t necessary.”
Carlisle called the whole thing ridiculous,
The Pacers are back in action Tuesday night, at home against the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Rick Carlisle disagrees with $100K fine, shocked by NBA evaluation process
Good afternoon and welcome back to Fieldhouse Files. The Pacers are back in town for a four-game homestand, which began on Sunday, after not having a game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse since Feb. 3.
I am sorry,how do you fine a team without an actual physical examination and say a player was not injured. From Rick’s comments it was a lawyer and not a physician doing the interview, even then how does a doctor make an assessment of this kind without physically seeing the person and not even talking to the player!