The Utah Jazz have been hit with a hefty fine by the NBA. The NBA has fined the Jazz $100,000 for violating the Player Participating Policy when the team failed to make Lauri Markkanen available for a game on March 5. ESPN's Shams Charania shared via X. The NBA has fined the Utah Jazz $100,000 for violations of the player participation policy.

The Utah Jazz have been fined $100,000 by the NBA for violating player availability policies, something that covers multiple Jazz games.

He has been out since Feb. 22, with the Jazz (15-50) saying it’s for injury management on his lower back. While Utah didn’t go quite as far as San Antonio did when they famously held out Tim Duncan for “DNP - Old,