Fines For Flopping!!! Praise the Lord!!!

[y 2 a B]

Chris Bosh will go broke..

[Devin 1L]

If they really want to stop it, they need to add some sort of stiffer penalty once players cross a certain threshold -- sort of like technicals.

I can't imagine someone not flopping in an important game for fear of having a fine; the trade-off is likely well worth it. However, if after a certain threshold you face the prospect of being suspended for a game if caught, I can see that having an effect.

Perhaps they could keep track of them too, and include it as a statistic like they do with technical fouls. Maybe the fear of potential public embarrassment will help keep some of these grown men from flailing around like little rag dolls.

[craig01]

I don't see how they are going to really be able to stop it.

If they really want to stop it, then just don't call it when it happens.

I'd like them first to figure out the difference between a block and a charge. And, then enforce that.

[Bigmagicfan82]

I really wonder how much of an difference this rule will make. The reason I say that is because My friend that works for league use to be one of the people kept track of the flops for the league. During a game whenever he would see a flop he would mark it down, show it to his bosses, then they would collect all the plays, and they would send it up to the David Stern. He told me that a lot of times plays that he thought were definitely flops, his boss would disagree and say that it wasn't a flop. So for that reason they were never reviewed. So the whole question of if it is a flop on not comes down to the perception of two or more people. Then I wonder how many flops won't be caught by the league?

Well maybe they have a new standard for judging what is a flop and what is not. I'll ask my friend about it and see what he knows.

[PimpORL]

This was the best offseason news I could've asked for.
I can't think of a team that benefits from this more. Do ANY of our players flop? Dwight will win MVP next year. Book it.

[Gerhalt11]

Do ANY of our players flop?

Hedo will give the occasional performance, but as far as worst offenders in the league, he doesn't crack the top 20.

[macdalejax]

Whatever happened to "no blood, no foul"

[Optimus_Steel]

Whatever happened to "no blood, no foul"

David Stern happend....

[UCFJayBird]

thank the lord!

[Idunkonyou2]

30/15 season confirmed for Howard next year.

[cjrwell22]

this should be handled like soccer. they issue a yellow card if a dive is considered egregious. If a player is deemed to have flopped, he should be hit with a tech. Whats the point of a fine after the fact where it doesn't affect the outcome of a game?

[UCFJayBird]

this should be handled like soccer. they issue a yellow card if a dive is considered egregious. If a player is deemed to have flopped, he should be hit with a tech. Whats the point of a fine after the fact where it doesn't affect the outcome of a game?

players getting hit with enough of them will stop doing it because it'll effect them. Maybe the more times you get fined, the higher the fines. Plus the media will be reporting about fines, and that's just bad media for their teams and the players.

This is a great step in the right direction for the NBA.

[Happyfoosball]

What about when a guard invents contact? Will they get fined for that?

[craig01]

What about when a guard invents contact? Will they get fined for that?

The last thing the NBA needs to do is have more rules for interpretation.

Flop/no flop...fine/no fine.

Stupid.

If you want to stop the flops, then DON"T CALL THE FOUL.

Simple.

[spinedoc]

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The last thing the NBA needs to do is have more rules for interpretation.

Flop/no flop...fine/no fine.

Stupid.

If you want to stop the flops, then DON"T CALL THE FOUL.

Simple.

You would think so anyway. And, it gives the advantage to the man with the ball because he would not have a defender on him, or call the blocking foul. There is no crisis here, just a bad trend in the sport.

[Devin 1L]

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The last thing the NBA needs to do is have more rules for interpretation.

Flop/no flop...fine/no fine.

Stupid.

If you want to stop the flops, then DON"T CALL THE FOUL.

Simple.

I think that's exactly the point though -- they're having trouble distinguishing (in live play) the difference between some legit fouls and some flops. Essentially, it's like certain players are cheating by trying to dupe the refs.

In other words, I think they feel it is something that is un-fixable during the course of a live game (provided they didn't consult replay constantly, which would just be way too much), so they institute a fine for players who are later determined to have "cheated" during the course of a game by flopping, and were not caught when it happened (which would be the "don't call the foul" that you're referring to).

Like I said earlier, I feel is a step in the right direction, but I think you need to threaten them with stiffer penalties after they hit a certain (high) threshold. Seriously, if it's only a fine, what player who would otherwise normally flop, not flop if it had the potential to be a game deciding play? I don't think a simple fine will have any bearing in situations like this, and situations like this are the most important.

[craig01]

I just don't think that fines and/or a review board does anything positive at all.

The Referee's CAN make the right call more often than not, but CHOOSE to enforce different standards based on who is it and what time of the game it is.

Officiating has always been THE significant flaw of the NBA.

[mhectorgato]

I wonder what the union will do to fight this ...