Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers was fined $10,000 for making public statements detrimental to the NBA after expressing his desire to be traded. Artest made the comments in an interview and concerned the forward's request to be traded to another team. Last season, Artest was at the centre of one of the ugliest incidents in NBA history when members of the Pacers and Detroit Pistons engaged in a brawl that spilled over into the stands. For his part in the melee, Artest was suspended 75 games.

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