Andre Iguodala fined $25K for ball throw he claimed was just the world's worst halfcourt shot

In addition to a technical foul and an ejection, Andre Iguodala has been hit with a $25,000 fine for heaving a basketball into the Portland Trail Blazers crowd at halftime of the Golden State Warriors’ game on Saturday.

The NBA announced the fine on Monday, saying Iguodala had “recklessly” thrown the ball into the spectator stands.

However, there was apparently another side of the story.

Iguodala claimed he was simply attempting a terrible half court shot

Per The Athletic’s Anthony Slater, Iguodala explained to reporters Saturday night that he wasn’t throwing the ball in frustration at all. He was simply making the worst attempt at a half court shot you will ever see from a professional basketball player.

That’s a bold claim, considering Iguodala’s “shot attempt” landed a good 10 rows behind the basket and a full section to the right. And that Iguodala threw the ball at least two seconds after the buzzer sounded.

And yet, Warriors coach Steve Kerr backed up Iguodala’s claim, saying that Iguodala really is just that terrible at half court shots. However, Kerr did say he understood why the refs believed Iguodala had thrown the ball in frustration.

Apparently, this also isn’t even the first time that inability has cost him money.

“I’ve seen Andre take half court shots. He’s never close at all,” Kerr said in a video tweeted by Slater. “He never wins the money when we shoot for fines, so I know that was just Andre’s half court shot.”

Clearly, the NBA was not buying the Warriors’ claim.

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