NBA to institute fines for flopping!!!!!!!

Post #1 » by **UGA Hayes** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:06 am

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3416579

Hallelujah!!

HarlemHeat37 · Post #2 » by **HarlemHeat37** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:08 am

I made a thread about this last month, and this was my idea to punish flopping..looks like the NBA reads my posts..

Post #3 » by **dockingsched** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:11 am

$100,000 fine?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TaRdBpxfrw

2 game suspension?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTdERYOtqsg

Phil Jackson · Post #4 » by **Phil Jackson** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:22 am

Somewhere Vlade Divac, Manu Ginobili, Anderson Varejao, Raja Bell, Steve Nash, and Dwyane Wade are rolling over in their graves. Sasha Vujacic and Derek Fisher aren't because they're winning.

HarlemHeat37 · Post #5 » by **HarlemHeat37** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:24 am

Phil Jackson wrote:Somewhere Vlade Divac, Manu Ginobili, Anderson Varejao, Raja Bell, Steve Nash, and Dwyane Wade are rolling over in their graves. Sasha Vujacic and Derek Fisher aren't because they're winning.

what the ****? I didn't know you talked without being programmed to write something about Kobe..god damn..

Post #6 » by **TMU** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:25 am

Phil Jackson wrote:Somewhere Vlade Divac, Manu Ginobili, Anderson Varejao, Raja Bell, Steve Nash, and Dwyane Wade are rolling over in their graves. Sasha Vujacic and Derek Fisher aren't because they're winning.

Divac retired from flopping awhile ago.

RJM · Post #7 » by **RJM** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:25 am

No way!! Insane! Yes! :rockon:

This is awesome news considering the bad part about Euroball has hit full swing in the States..

Phil Jackson · Post #8 » by **Phil Jackson** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:27 am

Kobe Bryant made you eat crow there ya go

ninetyone4ever · Post #9 » by **ninetyone4ever** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:29 am

I'm glad they have decided on an after-the-fact fine rather than some sort of in-game punishment for flopping... the refs have enough to worry about and quite frankly make enough mistakes (most of them honest nonetheless) without having something else to worry about.

If I were the league I would make light of this kind've fine tho rather than have it being a more stern process like a fine for a flagrant foul, etc. I'd make the amount rather insignificant (say $500) and once a month present the $5000 or so worth of flopping fines to a great charity, starting off with the Magic Johnson Foundation.

Making light of it and doing it for a good cause will create less controversy. Our league has enough of that. also, players will be less likely to continue flopping when they're being laughed at for it than they will if they are fined huge amounts and get sympathy from the fans for that.

ChocolateThundr · Post #10 » by **ChocolateThundr** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:35 am

Phil Jackson is the best lol :rofl:

Its also funny that people keep on taking him seriously

sweet_jesus · Post #11 » by **sweet_jesus** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:42 am

Sweet now well have a ton of threads arguing why this flop earned a fine while this other flop didn't get one.

If they implement the 16+ earns a suspension rule who will be the first to get suspended?

mr_sunshine · Post #12 » by **mr_sunshine** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:43 am

Woooooooooooooot! I agree that the money should go to charity.

Post #13 » by **INKtastic** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:49 am

mr_sunshine wrote:Woooooooooooooot! I agree that the money should go to charity.

All NBA fines already to go to charity.

I hope the fines apply to offensive flopping too - it always bugs me when offensive floppers complain about defensive floppers.

Reks · Post #14 » by **Reks** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:55 am

I love Rasheed in that article. I dont know how to feel on this issue. There will be a lot of problems in the beginning (duh).

exkonvict · Post #15 » by **exkonvict** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:00 am

oh snaps! there goes Manu's NBA career...

basketball royalty · Post #16 » by **basketball royalty** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:10 am

I think this is pointless. The refs should be able to tell a flop from a real hit and act accordingly. I think some flops that people get all worked up about are just good plays with a little extra so the refs will take notice. I mean, if you are a guy like Shaq you don't get half the calls you deserve because guys are hanging all over you and you don't look like you got hit because don't sell it.

Post #17 » by **floppymoose** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:08 am

I could make so much money if I could bet on how long jazz fans could go without posting the Baron clip.

CITYOFANGELSX3 · Post #18 » by **CITYOFANGELSX3** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:14 am

Here we go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEef1T_l ... re=related

And the biggest flop of all flops ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ukde193 ... re=related

Rasheeed!!! · Post #19 » by **Rasheeed!!!** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:04 am

If I was a player and someone flopped against me they would get punished for that. A nice elbow to the face could keep them out for a few games and teach them to stop flopping. I cant stand flopping.

Alyosha12 · Post #20 » by **Alyosha12** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:16 am

Iceburg Slim wrote:No way!! Insane! Yes! This is awesome news considering the bad part about Euroball has hit full swing in the States..

Actually flopping in the NBA is much much much much worse then in euroball, here they flop a lot less, and can get Ted up if they try to oversell it, which happens every so often. The ref will first warn the player to stop flopping like a fish, and if he doesn't he Ts him up.

The flopping in the NBA however is just LOL, i was watching the Suns Spurs series and was like WTF and they call euro players floppers?