There has to be more to the fine than just this, right?  Stern’s going crazy.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been fined $100,000 by the NBA for comments made about free-agent-to-be LeBron James that violated the league’s anti-tampering rules.

The outspoken billionaire, in an interview this week with CNNMoney.com, said “anybody” would be interested in James. Cuban said it would be tough to sign the two-time defending league MVP in free agency, but a sign-and-trade deal with Cleveland is something he would look at.

Really?  Cuban must have said or done more with regard to LeBron, because otherwise he’s getting fined for just saying what everybody knows.  There is not a team in the league that wouldn’t be interested in LeBron.  Not a one.  This reminds me of a time in high school when I got a detention for saying “crap.”  Amazing, right?  The teacher actually gave me a detention for using the word “crap” casually in conversation.  If I was going to get a detention for cursing, I figured I might as well get my money’s worth, so I cursed her out in front of the class.  My point is that Cuban should really do the same sort of thing here.  If he’s going to get fined for tampering, then he should really tamper.  Like, have sex with LeBron’s mom or something.  That’s doable.

[NY Post]