Found this article and thought we should realy think about this in more detail.
David Stern stated in this interview, " We should be giving out Oscars instead on NBA tropys". He believes something needs to be done about the flopping situation.
http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2012...timate-concern
Now, here are my thoughts on flopping. We need to think about why flopping ever started in the NBA. I believe its because fouls are so seldom called on the offensive player unless its absolutly obvious, which gives a huge advantage to the offensive players. Over the years, players have learned that instead of fighting through the foul and moving on, they could inflate or exagerate the fouls by acting or showing off more of how the offensive created a foul to show the Refs. Thus, a new world of flopping. Bottom line, it worked. Refs would have to call the foul even though they knew it was exagerated due to the contact. Why would anyone stop flopping if you can create fouls going the other direction??
Refs have been letting alot of physical play go for a long time and its nothing new. Back in the 80's, it was out of control. The pistons were very well known for it and it helped them win some championships. In my opinion, back in the 70's the game was more finess and you would never see the amount of physical play as today. Refs at that time never let it get out of control.
As Far as Refs are concerened, they dont really want to be calling fouls all game long too. The people boo you, the players hate the slow play and noone wants to see 50 free throws attempted in a game.
The solution?? Just like little kids, refs have to teach players by example that they are not going to allow the physical play or offense or defense. I think if they did this, we would see alot less of the hard physical play and more athlethic play, which is what everyone wants to see. Problem is, refs have learned that the playoffs are more physical then the regular season and let a lot of physical play go uncalled in the playoffs. If you saw any of the Clips abd Grizz series, you know what Im talking about. Refs have to decide between calling ticky tack fouls that slow down the game and fouls that are to hard. What a job.
Anyone else have ideas how we can stop flopping?

