BroadwayJoe12 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Bout time. For all the integrity of the game nonsense they spewed about long baggy shorts etc. you think they would have taken this by the horns a while ago. JVG must be doing a little dance as he's been talking about this non-stop for years. Should be interesting to see how it affects the game and if you see guys like LBJ, Chris Paul, Griffin, Pierce etc. alter their defense. The NBA is ready to penalize players who flop in an attempt to draw fouls. The league is close to finalizing a policy that will include fines but no in-game penalties, according to Howard Beck of The New York Times. There has been speculation since June that the league will take action on floppers, with post-game review of incidents to be involved. Flopping, or intentionally throwing one's self to the ground in an attempt to draw a foul, has long been used in basketball at all levels. The action seemed to take center stage during the 2012 NBA Playoffs, as many star athletes were sitting on the bench with foul trouble after receiving player-control fouls that were quite often the result of flopping. The practice has long drawn the ire of fans, at least of the teams that are on the receiving end of the fouls. When 225-pound professional athletes can be thrown to the ground by a single shoulder bump, it starts to draw attention. Now that attention has forced the NBA to take action.http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2012/9/27/3420160/nba-flopping-policy-penalty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr726 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 As long as this is dealt with after the game and off the court it will have an impact over time. Not as easy as it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 if the refs did their job they would already call it on the floor... or should I say NOT call anything on these ****ers. And soccer needs it more than basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 As long as this is dealt with after the game and off the court it will have an impact over time. Not as easy as it sounds. After the game, when slowed down, it's extremely apparent what's a flop and what isn't. Will it be a judgement call? Definitely, but so are the majority of fouls in the NBA as it is. The flopping has been out of control lately and I'm glad they are at least making an attempt at it. Hopefully it can start to correct it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 if the refs did their job they would already call it on the floor... or should I say NOT call anything on these ****ers. And soccer needs it more than basketball. It has become increasingly soccer-esque over the last how many years, it's been long over-due for them to do something about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damaged89 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Fines are a good start. I'd like to see some sort of technical foul like point system leading up to a suspension but I doubt that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr726 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Basketball is a very difficult game to ref, hardest IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 this is gonna be funny hope someone reads the memo to the Spurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I respect the effort but they just need to make this sh*t a flagrant. It got that bad this past postseason and clearly affected a bunch of games. If you make it so that it penalizes the team on the court and also puts the player at risk of losing time, it would solve the problem in a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Yeah, I appreciate them trying to do something, but it should be an ingame penalty. It should be a technical foul IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 I respect the effort but they just need to make this sh*t a flagrant. It got that bad this past postseason and clearly affected a bunch of games. If you make it so that it penalizes the team on the court and also puts the player at risk of losing time, it would solve the problem in a second. Totally agree and that might very well be, hopefully, next. Players tend to usually respond well to when they are hit in the wallet so let's hope it curbs some of the acting. I'm tired of seeing guys half a foot dollar and 40+ lbs heavier than me, flopping around like my little cousins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 I respect the effort but they just need to make this sh*t a flagrant. It got that bad this past postseason and clearly affected a bunch of games. If you make it so that it penalizes the team on the court and also puts the player at risk of losing time, it would solve the problem in a second. Turns out there's a rule in place that would make it a 30K fine after the 5th offense and a one game suspension after the 6th or something along those lines. I think come the end of the season/playoffs, you'll see a whole different style of defense when teams just simply can't lose their best player from being on the court. Here's hoping at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knix Tix Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Clippers are in trouble!!! The league already knows who the floppers are...so do the fans, so do the players. However, making Sports Center for being fined or possibly suspended for flopping is gonna bring the flopper a world of embarrassment. So the NBA has released "video examples" of what "the NBA" defines as a flop... http://dmmx2.nba.com/videourlredirect?&project=/bballops/bballops_Flopping_Video_10_3_12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 This is fantastic. Complete with vid links. http://espn.go.com/b...ide-to-flopping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 Might as well have just said go watch film of Dwade, Parker, Ginobli, and Gallo. It'll be interesting to see if they call it across the board on superstars as well. It'll be interesting to see what stance ESPN takes when LBJ and Griffin are getting penalized; will they mock them or just appease the superstars and say it wasn't that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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