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The NBA has announced a new policy for flopping.

The NBA defines flopping as "any physical act that appears to have been intended to cause the referees to call a foul on another player."Players will be given a warning for their first offense, followed by a $5k fine for their second offense, $10k for their third, $15k for their fourth and $30k for their fifth fine.

For violations after the fifth incident, players can receive an increase fine and/or suspension.



Read more: https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/223807/NBA_Announces_Flopping_Fine_System#ixzz28G6fX83a

So I guess you can't take a charge anymore based on this definition...:)
 
Anybody wants to predict who will be first to pay 30k? I think Varejao or Battier.
 
Nice. I just hope some players (*cough*CP3*cough) get busted for doing this when they have the ball on offense.
 
I find the way that they defined flopping to be very interesting. I can already see it. A player will get hit with an elbow or somethign that doesn't really show on camera and the hit player will stagger back and bam! flopping charge.
 
Stoked said:
I find the way that they defined flopping to be very interesting. I can already see it. A player will get hit with an elbow or somethign that doesn't really show on camera and the hit player will stagger back and bam! flopping charge.
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Exactly. Taking a charge will be flopping as falling down to take the charge (or allowing yourself to fall) is a physical act that appears to have been intended to cause the referees to call a foul on another player...
 
I'm glad they are taking a stand but the wording leaves me seeing that they can abuse the rule.
 
Maybe the key is how you define "act." If they simply mean any action it's very vague, but if they specify act means when a player is acting like they got hit it'd be okay. I'm going to assume that if the foul is deemed to be legit they won't charge the player for flopping.
 
I have to assume that the NBA will review every game and then pass out fines. It definitely shouldn't be left to the refs as an in game process.
 
They wont fine anyone. This will last a month tops, like it did a couple years ago when they would T a player for acting out. Every year before the season starts they say they will crack down on flopping and it never happens.
 
This should at least cut-down on the extreme phantom flops (AK's fall on Dirk, Baron Davis fall on Memo, every Chris Paul whiplash).
 
reignman40 said:
They wont fine anyone. This will last a month tops, like it did a couple years ago when they would T a player for acting out. Every year before the season starts they say they will crack down on flopping and it never happens.
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The NBA is actually still super strict on acting out. Have you been watching games?
 
reignman40 said:
They still cut it WAY back from what it was the first month or so of that season.
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So basically your arguement is that there will be some improvement but not huge amounts of improvement.

I will take some improvement over none.
 
reignman40 said:
They still cut it WAY back from what it was the first month or so of that season.
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Because they went overboard the 1st month. They took too much emotion out of the game. Flopping is not (I guess I should say "should not be") an integral part of the game.
 
Scat said:
I have to assume that the NBA will review every game and then pass out fines. It definitely shouldn't be left to the refs as an in game process.
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It isn't, as far as I know.
 
This is going to be so difficult to interpret that the change will be modest at best.

The ones who are really good at it will continue to get away with it and every fine will be appealed. After a while players will figure out how much they can get away with and it will gradually evolve back to where it has been.

Nice try though.
 
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