Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has been fined $25,000 for using profane language during a live television interview, the NBA announced Sunday.
"Man, f--- the talk," Gobert said during his on-court interview with TNT after the Jazz's series-tying 100-99 win in Saturday's Game 4.
Gobert, who capped his 17-point, 15-rebound performance with the game-winning dunk off a lob from teammate Donovan Mitchell, told ESPN that he's tired of hearing discussions about the Jazz's chemistry and speculation about whether the team's core could break up this offseason.
"I mean, there's a lot of noise," Gobert said. "A lot of people are talking about our team, our guys, the future, what can happen, what might not happen, about a lot of different things that at the end of the day for us right now don't matter. We have a team, we're 2-2 in the series, and that's our focus."
Several Jazz fans have made T-shirts featuring what has become a slogan of sorts for the team. Gobert said he liked some that he had seen online and "might get a few actually."
"I think hearing all that talk surrounding our team, sometimes if you have to get a little fine to shut that down, it's worth it," Gobert said after the Jazz's shootaround Monday morning, suggesting the money should go to his Rudy's Kids Foundation.
