NBA commissioner Adam Silver dropped a shocker on Thursday as the league announced sanctions on two teams related to the management of their roster over the last few games. The Utah Jazz in the West were slapped with a $500k fine, while the Indiana Pacers in the East were handed a $100k sanction. Utah’s billionaire owner, Ryan Smith, along with a majority of the team’s fanbase, were not happy with the decision and took to social media to express their dissatisfaction. But this behavior does not seem to make sense to former Jazz man, Kyle Anderson.

The 32-year-old veteran was recently traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in a deal that saw Jaren Jackson Jr. move in the opposite direction. Following last evening’s league decision due to ‘overt’ tanking claims, Jazz fans took to social media to express their disgust at the NBA’s inconsistent policy implementation.

However, Anderson called out those fans on his Instagram as he offered his two cents on the whole saga.

“I don’t have a dog in the fight and promise I’m not being petty….I got to say, the Jazz fan accounts that are so pro-tanking and call it out damn near every game for a good laugh are so pissed about the fine that was given out. How are you mad for knowing it’s wrong, getting caught, and there being repercussions?” he posted on his story yesterday.

“How can you be mad at OKC FO for *allegedly* going to the league to say something? Yes, they are actually trying to get that pick and not allow a team with a good roster in their division get that pick pick? Lol,” Anderson added.

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Some Jazz fans also called out Anderson’s ‘hypocrisy’ for using the Oklahoma City Thunder as an example in his counter-argument. They claim that over the last decade, OKC has been investigated multiple times for behaviour that appears to be tanking or load management. But they’ve never been handed any official sanctions, yet.

Have the Thunder Been Fined for ‘Tanking’ by the NBA?

There might be some truth to what these fans are claiming. However, OKC has never been officially sanctioned by the league – not in the last decade or the time before that. In fact, the last team to be sanctioned by the league for similar behavior before Utah and the Pacers was the 2023 Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavs were fined $750k after resting multiple healthy rotation players (including Kyrie Irving) and pulling Luka Doncic in a must-lose game late in the 2022-23 season against the Chicago Bulls. The league claimed that Dallas showed “a desire to lose” as they fell to a 115-112 defeat in that game.

Coming back to the Thunder, they have been the subject of league investigations in recent years. In March 2025, Thunder sat all five starters (Shai Gilgeous‑Alexander, Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Lu Dort, Isaiah Hartenstein) in a home game against a lottery-bound Portland Trail Blazers team.

The NBA opened a probe into a possible Player Participation Policy violation, as rules state that you cannot exclude more than one “star player” and must play top performers in national TV games. But no fines were handed out at the conclusion of those investigations.