What Jazz coach Will Hardy said about the team getting fined by the NBA for sitting its stars

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• in the fourth quarters.
• The Jazz lost to Orlando, but beat Miami. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe NBA implemented the Player Participation Policy at the start of the 2023-24 season.
• The policy lays out rules for teams regarding participation of the league’s star players, which is defined as any player named to an All-NBA team or named an NBA All-Star in any of the previous three seasons. Markkanen and Jackson are the only players on the Jazz for whom that definition applies to. One rule in the policy states, “Teams must refrain from any long-term shutdown (or near shutdown) whereby a star player ceases participating in games or begins to play a materially reduced role in circumstances affecting the integrity of the game.”Utah Jazz forward Jaren Jackson Jr.
• celebrates a basket by forward Brice Sensabaugh (28) during the first half of an NBA game against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb.
• 12, 2026.