NBA Might Penalize Players for `Flopping,' League Official Says
By Scott Soshnick
Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- National Basketball Association players who fake fouls might soon be penalized themselves, a league official said.
The NBA is studying how often feigned fouls, known as ``flops,'' occur and whether officials can consistently tell the difference between actual fouls and embellishments, said Stu Jackson, the executive vice president for basketball operations.
``They're really difficult to determine in real time. They're meant to fool an official,'' Jackson told reporters today. ``Are we going to be wrong more times than not? It's tough, but we're looking at it.''
FIBA, the governing body for international basketball, allows referees to impose a technical foul for flopping, a penalty that Jackson said the NBA is considering. Other sports, including soccer and hockey, also allow officials to penalize players who embellish fouls.
``We have so many more plays than you do in a football or soccer game and in a more intimate environment,'' said Jackson, who didn't offer a timetable for a decision.
Jackson met with reporters in New York to discuss the league's officiating program.
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ahhhh hahaha. Wow it took players like Manu to get this enacted. Years and Years after Karl Malone and Vlade Divac.
And don't start the "Devin Harris is the biggest flopper" crap. He consistently sacrifices his body with charges (which are more often called as blocks) and slashes to the basket.
If you are going to call him a flopper....look who his coach is, and think about who coached Avery.
Manu is now the league leader in T's.
Devin Harris is the biggest flopper in the league.
He definitely is in the top 8, homer. If this rule goes into effect, it'll just slow the flow of the game even more.
Funny a queen should care about it. Vlade practically invented flopping and Peja certainly learned a thing or 2 from him.
closely followed by his girlfriend ObertaManu is now the league leader in T's.
Honestly I think its a bad idea.... There is no way to tell what a flop is unless its clearly obvious. And even then its hard to tell. But 7' 250 lb Centers should not fall down when a 6'1 180 lb guard runs into them.
Manu actually hasn't flopped as much this year as in the past (though he still flops). Bruce and Oberto flop a lot too.
Didn't an article come out about this last year too saying they were going to stop the flop, and then nothing changed?
And Devin Harris does flop as well. Just like Vlade used to flop.... I'm not biased... a flopper is a flopper and Devin Harris is a flopper. At times he does get in front of players with his speed and I give him credit for that, but he flops a lot as well.
Good.
Hopefully the penalty will be in the form of a fine. I'd rather league officials make a decision with the help of video than leave it up to the refs to decide.
HAHAHAHHAHA check the picture on the front page of hoopshype..
http://hoopshype.com/
hahahahaha, who is it ?, I really can't tell... lmao
HAHAHAHA.
Yea I admit Devin Flops, but I'd say once or twice every 2 or 3 games. Like you said his speed allows him to get anywhere on the court. He can get there, but not maintain his balance correctly. Sure the arms waving in the air are sometimes a lil overdone, but when you fall down backwards....what would you do with your arms?
October 2005, they said they were going to start penalizing flopping then too.
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthre...light=Flopping
Hmm, good find. I didn't know that.
looks like no more stupid calls going Wades way. Now we will see that he is really a 14 ppg player.
christ.
the trolls just wont freakin go away!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When the Mavs exit the playoffs, the trolls will leave the forum.
And Drik isnt a flopper, right?
I wonder if the anti-flopping notion applies only to defensive players, or if it will apply with equal force to offensive players who continually embellish (or fake) contact in an effort to draw calls.
You mean Iverson, Wade, Billups, and Ginobili would get the same treatment as Jason Collins and Raja Bell?
Good point. In that case Dirk and Duncan would obviously suffer from this rule.
I'm not gonna lie, Dirk will throw up his arms if he gets his forearm hit to get to the line. Then again so does Duncan.
Think about it....if you are actually fouled.....one hand should be raised over the other....someone shouldn't have 2 arms straight up in the air. When you play basketball and its a strip....do you automatically shoot your arms up to the sky as if you were to shoot?
no, your arms and hands realize you don't have the ball anymore, and they immediately go down looking for it.
I feel bad when Dirk gets these calls, but he know its the rules.
No. Dirk is a flailer.
READ before you come with that troll bull .......
i wonder how this is going to work, how will they penalize them?
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