The NBA suspended Nets heart Nic Claxton one sport with out pay for accruing his sixth Flagrant Foul level of the 2024-25 common season. He’ll serve his suspension on Wednesday when Brooklyn hosts the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder at Barclays Middle.
In Brooklyn’s 107-99 street loss to the Washington Wizards on Monday, Claxton was assessed a Flagrant Foul 1 after pushing Justin Champagnie within the again with 9:24 left within the fourth quarter, which triggered his suspension. He was ejected and fined $25,000 in December for throwing the ball into the stands in a 101-94 defeat of the Toronto Raptors.
“I just had a mental lapse, and I just launched the ball in the crowd. And I can’t let my emotions get to that point. I got to be there for my team,”
Trendon Watford additionally acquired a technical foul in Monday’s loss.
“We lost our composure, and we were not good with whatever happened with a flagrant and a technical and all that stuff and a foul before the ball gets inbounded,” head coach Jordi Fernández mentioned. “All those things are a lack of focus, and that’s not the team we want to be.”
Claxton has averaged 12.1 factors, 7.1 rebounds and three.1 blocks over his previous 10 video games, serving to Brooklyn to an NBA-best defensive score in February, however his mood has been a problem this season. He’s been ejected a career-high thrice thus far, has acquired 5 technical fouls, and has been whistled for 4 Flagrant Fouls, additionally a profession excessive.
The 25-year-old will set off an computerized two-game suspension if he picks up his seventh Flagrant Foul level this season.
“He knows he has to be better,” Fernandez mentioned in December. “You can control your frustrations… I understand that we all have emotions, but the team needs him. His teammates need him. And he knows it.”
