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 player participation policy violations, according to ESPN Insider, Shams Charania. The Jazz are being fined for failing to make forward Lauri Markkanen available to face the Washington Wizards on March 5th.

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,