After initially announcing he’d be banned from Oracle Arena for the remainder of the season, the Warriors have come down hard on minority owner Mark Stevens, after a Game 3 incident where he pushed Raptors guard Kyle Lowery.
Here's the fan that gave Kyle Lowry a bit of a push that had Lowry frustrated pic.twitter.com/A41HCGdMAY
— Board Man Gets Paid (@cjzero) June 6, 2019
Stevens has been banned from NBA team activities for a year and fined $500,000 the team announced in a statement Thursday afternoon.
Warriors issue official punishment to Mark Stevens pic.twitter.com/rEib95D2DT
— Marcus Thompson (@ThompsonScribe) June 6, 2019
Lowry also revealed what Stevens said to him during the altercation.
Kyle Lowry says Warriors minority owner Mark Stevens said “Go fuck yourself” multiple times in addition to shoving him when Lowry fell into front row chasing loose ball last night.
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) June 6, 2019
Stevens is a venture capitalist who joined the ownership team in 2013.