NBA announces penalty on Lonzo Ball tampering investigation

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by Press Release - 2021 Dec 1, Wed 12:36

NEW YORK – The NBA announced today that the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat each violated league rules governing the timing of this season’s free agency discussions and that the league has directed that each team’s next available second-round draft pick be forfeited.

These determinations followed investigations into free agency discussions engaged in by the Bulls with respect to Lonzo Ball and by the Heat with respect to Kyle Lowry.

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