Although the teams have the right to contact the players from July 1st being the first day of free agency, contracts are officially signed only from July 9th. As a result, the leaders and the coaches do not have the right to evoke the concluded verbal agreements, until this date.

It is a little bit hypocritical but it is the rule. And as usual, Mark Cuban decided to overlook this technicality by evoking publicly Wesley Matthew’s arrivals and DeAndre Jordan to Dallas. As a result, the NBA decided to sanction him by imposing him a $25 000 dollar fine.

A small amount for the billionaire for whom it is the first fine under the Adam Silver era.

ESPN sources say Mavs owner Mark Cuban has been fined $25,000 for publicly discussing Mavs' looming deals w/DeAndre Jordan and Wes Matthews

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) July 7, 2015