Michael Olowokandi learned Friday that talking too much sometimes comes with a price.

	Olowokandi

The Los Angeles Clippers on Friday fined Olowokandi $50,000 for "behavior detrimental to the team." The move came two days after he criticized teammates and the organization following a 99-87 loss to Utah.

"We didn't play together," Olowokandi said Wednesday. "I've said this before and I'll go on the record and say it again: Whenever you have a group of guys that are very uncertain of their future on the team, that will always happen.

"Whenever you have that situation, you will never, ever, ever have a basketball team. Not this year, not next year, not 10 years from now. I don't care how many players you draft and lottery picks you get, you will never have a basketball team."

The top overall pick in the 1998 draft, Olowokandi is one of a handful of Clippers who are eligible for new contracts or extensions this summer, and the belief is owner Donald Sterling will not sign everyone, breaking up the young, improving team.

"Michael is being fined due to his recent counterproductive and selfish public comments, which we consider to be detrimental to our team's overall best interests," Clippers vice president of basketball operations Elgin Baylor said.

Olowokandi did not start Thursday's 115-90 loss at Dallas, a defeat that eliminated the Clippers from playoff contention.