Kendrick Perkins, you might want to work on being perky. The NBA revealed on Friday that it is doubling the fines for technical fouls this season. The amount will start at $2,000 and increase by 1K per every 5 technicals. If a player manages to amass 16 techs or more, the amount caps at $5,000. Last year, 3 players finished the regular season with 16 or more technicals: Perkins, Rasheed Wallace and Dwight Howard.
What does this mean? Superman can fly -- just not off the handle. And Kobe (14 techs) would be wise to have less beef with the refs. Similarly, Amar'e (13) needs to not adopt a New Yorker attitude (let Spike Lee do your shouting for you) and 'Melo (13) must mellow. Now it's becoming clear why Wallace decided to retire.
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