Sometimes players need a little extra incentive to improve their game. Washington Wizards guard John Wall made a deal with his assistant coach Howard Eisley that he would pay $100 for each game with more than 2 turnovers. Unfortunately the league put a halt on that arrangement, Wall would’ve owed $2,600 if it stood.
via CSN MidAtlantic:
The NBA notified the Wizards’ point guard via phone call in mid-October, after it became public, that such an arrangement is against league policy.
“They squashed that early in the season,” Wall told CSNmidatlantic.com after the Wizards held shootaround Friday morning before playing the Toronto Raptors. “The called us. I guess it’s betting. (They said) it’s league protocol.”
Instead, Wall said, “I just take him to dinner sometimes.”
