MIAMI: Miami Heat reserve guard Dion Waiters was suspended for 10 games without pay on Sunday (Monday in Manila) by the NBA club for “conduct detrimental to the team” after an airplane incident. The ban began with the Heat’s loss Friday at the Los Angeles Lakers and will sideline the 27-year-old American until a December 1 game at Brooklyn. Waiters, who signed a four-year deal worth $52 million with the Heat in 2017, also had been suspended for the Heat’s season-opening victory last month over Memphis, costing him $83,448. NBA drug policy prevents teams from commenting on such matters, but the Heat issued a statement Sunday announcing the ban on Waiters. “We are very disappointed in Dion’s actions this season that include the very scary situation on Thursday night, and grateful that the outcome wasn’t worse,” the Heat said.

Source: Manila Times November 11, 2019 16:28 UTC