NBA investigating "Flopping"

QuenteK25 · by **QuenteK25** on Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:28 am

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.

Bet Divac is glad he's done in the league all ready...too bad for Manu and Wade though :man10:

MikeDead · by **MikeDead** on Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:19 am

Eh..Im not sure how I feel about this. Reggie Miller was great at fooling the officals into thinking he was being fouled, and I always kinda looked at it as another one of his talents. Wally does it alot, he'll stick out his foot and get tangled up in the defender while he's shooting. If your talented enough to fool the officals consistently I don't think you should get a Technical for it.....clearly the officials need to go back to ref school. I see alot of horrible calls as it is, adding this rule would just contribute more.

QuenteK25 · by **QuenteK25** on Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:24 pm

I disagree...I think it's a great idea to study it some more so there are less horrible calls. Less calls where a guy simply flops when he wasn't touched...

It's one thing to have your leg out when you shoot and get it run into by another guy, it's another thing to D-Wade it and flop on every shot you take.

MikeDead · by **MikeDead** on Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:08 pm

D-Wayde is definitley a little over-dramatic.

Ryno · by **Ryno** on Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:12 pm

MikeDead wrote:Eh..Im not sure how I feel about this. Reggie Miller was great at fooling the officals into thinking he was being fouled, and I always kinda looked at it as another one of his talents. Wally does it alot, he'll stick out his foot and get tangled up in the defender while he's shooting. If your talented enough to fool the officals consistently I don't think you should get a Technical for it.....clearly the officials need to go back to ref school. I see alot of horrible calls as it is, adding this rule would just contribute more.

Benjamin · by **Benjamin** on Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:49 am

This would just cause controversy. . . .Honestly I think flopping and generally fooling refs on various kinds of fouls is kind of an art aha. If you can manage to draw a foul underneath by kicking your foot out or being near a guy and playing into it. . .go for it. Basketball is a game, games are played and won by strategy this is just another tactic. Plus there would be so many times where the call would be very questionable. . .Guys would be accused of flopping when they weren't, some would get away with it. . .Damn just let it be stu aha.

Range4Dayz · by **Range4Dayz** on Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:41 pm

GOOOOOOOOOOD, I'm sick of the flopping. I can agree that it's an art and all, but it's still not a part of the game as it was meant to be played. Naismith would puke if he saw that and other things players do now

Benjamin · by **Benjamin** on Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:25 pm

Range4Dayz wrote:GOOOOOOOOOOD, I'm sick of the flopping. I can agree that it's an art and all, but it's still not a part of the game as it was meant to be played. Naismith would puke if he saw that and other things players do now

of course he would. Hell, he'd puke the second he saw dudes dribbling. The game didn't even have that when he came up with this shit. The game changes. You can't regulate flopping whether you want to or not. It's too questionable of a thing to try to do. . .

Range4Dayz · by **Range4Dayz** on Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:38 pm

Yeah, it would be bad if they tried to regulate it too much, but they definitely need to do a better job than they do

Benjamin · by **Benjamin** on Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:31 am

Range4Dayz wrote:Yeah, it would be bad if they tried to regulate it too much, but they definitely need to do a better job than they do

I can agree with this. Though I feel if a guy can pull it off I'll give him props. . .Maybe just like have some summertime seminars for the refs haha. Show them times they've called charging when it was a flop and tell them to be more careful. But that really should be the extent of it. I've heard there's a possibility of technical fouls being dished out for it. As well as other things. Just don't give the flop a call and keep the game flowing.

NBA investigating "Flopping"

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