The NBA has issued the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers fines related to the management of their respective rosters in recent games. The Jazz were fined a whopping $500,000 -- one of the largest ones the league has ever issued -- for conduct detrimental to the league after a review of how the team handled star players Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr.

The NBA on Thursday night fined the Utah Jazz $500,000 and the Indiana Pacers $100,000 due to what the league called "management of their rosters for recent games."

The Jazz have been fined $500,000 for the "management of their roster," the NBA said in a statement, noting that the team benched two of their starting players, who are key contributors, in the fourth quarter of two games.

A pair of NBA teams have picked up hefty fines related to roster management rules. The league announced Thursday that the Utah Jazz have been fined $500,000 for "conduct detrimental to the league" after Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr.

The NBA added another chapter to the tanking debate on Thursday, handing out fines to the Jazz and Pacers for roster management in recent games.

The NBA finally punished teams for egregiously tanking, but whether their punishment was harsh enough to dissuade other teams from tanking remains to be seen.

The NBA announced today that it has fined two teams related to the management of their rosters for recent games. The Utah Jazz organization has been fined $500,000 for conduct detrimental to the league related to the team's games against the Orlando Magic on Feb.

The Utah Jazz got hit with a major fine from the NBA for their recent decision to sit Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr.