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NBA fines Bucks Jennings $7500 for tweet violationskip to main content (press enter) CBC Global Header NavigationCBCca News news drop down menu Sports sports drop down menu Radio radio drop down menu TV tv drop down menu My Region drop down menu More drop down menu Watch drop down menu Listen drop down menu Search CBCca Submit Search Sign Up Log In Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK NBA fines Bucks Jennings $7500 for tweet violationLast Updated Friday December 18 2009 515 PM ET Comments3Recommend6The Associated Press Milwaukees Brandon Jennings was fined for the timing of his post not the content when he tweeted (Gary DineenNBAE via Getty Images)Bucks rookie Brandon Jennings has been fined $7500 US for posting a message on his Twitter account after Milwaukees 108101 doubleovertime win over Portland last weekendJennings was fined for the timing of his post not the content when he tweeted Back to 500 Yess!!! 500 means were doing good Way to Play Hard GuysThe fine was announced Friday before the Bucks played at ClevelandI understand I got fined but $7500 For being happy over a win Jennings tweeted after learning of the decision You would have thought I said something bad I mean it was a big win for usAccording to the NBAs social media policy players cannot tweet during game time defined as beginning 45 minutes before the game starts and ending after players have finished talking to the media following the game His post came at 1039 pm on Saturday about 15 minutes after the game endedJennings a prep star who played professionally in Europe for a year before being picked 10th in the draft has already had a runin with social mediaHe apologized shortly after being drafted by the Bucks for drawing unwanted attention when a profanitylaced and provocative telephone conversation he had was videotaped and posted on YouTubeJennings averaging 207 points and 60 assists in 23 games said hed learned from the incident and he shut down his original Twitter account to focus only on the seasonHe couldnt help himself though and revealed on his Facebook site on Nov 9 that hed established a new Twitter accountHe told The Associated Press at the time that he wanted to stay connected to his fans and didnt think it would be a distraction again Five days later he becam...