Heat reportedly have rule against resting hands on knees during games

Hunching over with one's hands on one's knees is a staple of stoppages in play in basketball. Consider how many times Michael Jordan was seen in this pose. Usually observed around the foul line during free throws, it's a natural resting posture for tired ballers.

The Miami Heat, however, ban their players from doing so in both games and practices, according to an April article by HoopsHype's Alex Kennedy, who reports that offenders are fined $100 per infraction.

The Heat are well known to have one of the NBA's most rigid conditioning programs, something that includes before-and-after pictures and an insistence that players cut body fat. Dion Waiters has alluded to this, recounting how Pat Riley told him he would be remade into "world class shape."

While the reported rule is true to the organization's culture - and frankly promotes better back posture - a cursory visit to 2016-17 NBA League Pass doesn't take long to find violators:

(Courtesy NBA League Pass)

The top two photos are of Hassan Whiteside, followed by James Johnson, during a February loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.

A couple of things come to mind here: One, in this game the Heat were on a back-to-back, playing their fourth game in six nights on the road. Players are only human. Secondly, and perhaps most importantly, a $100 fine isn't exactly crippling by NBA standards.