NBA Fines Nets $50,000 For Jay-Z’s Kentucky Wildcats Locker Room Visit, Says Report

Kentucky has two sure-fire first-round picks in the 2011 NBA Draft -- freshmen Brandon Knight and Terrence Jones -- should the prospects declare. Kentucky was knocked out in the Final Four, falling to the eventual champion Connecticut Huskies.

For a man of Jay-Z’s stature, the monetary penalty, if there is one, would be a drop in the barrel. Besides, it’s unlikely his contact with the Kentucky players was malicious in any way. He’s not making a LeBron-like pitch to the Wildcats with cameras and media members around, but the league takes its rules serious and tampering with draft prospect who have yet to exhaust their college eligibility is a problem.

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