NBA to Fine for Flopping

Poe's law.

Ppl's reaction(especially jao's) to my initial comment in thread were funny tho.

Hard for people to know whether you are joking or not regarding the Heat since you're known as the resident Heat 'rooster' sucker here in the forums.

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I'd say that's warranted.

I hate Martin's game and I hope he is cancerous to OKC.

And Reggie Evans has been warned:

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pretty obvious one there

Quite blatant.

Source: Nets' Reggie Evans first NBA player to be fined for flopping

Very good.

But I thought Kevin Martin's flap also deserved a fine.

The fines begin with the second warning.

Thought I'd bust out this out in honour of our first fine of the season:

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link to the flop
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nba_t ... lakers.nba

So glad this shit is being reduced

Absolutely. As with their zero tolerance technical foul policy though, the real test of its effectiveness will be to see some superstar players receive fines and warnings when appropriate.

Thought I'd bust out this out in honour of our first fine of the season:

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I wonder how Dirk game will be affected with this rule once he return since I have seen him flop the last couple of years.

It depends how willing they are to warn (and subsequently fine and suspend) All-Stars.

League says this isn't a flop, just "overembellishment"

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they've said that drawing "traditional" charges isn't going to be considered flops

They also used the word "over-embellishment" in their definitions of flops though, so there's an inconsistency there.

Here is Crash's warning, couldn't find his fine flop against the Heat

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Welcome back Chauncey, have a warning

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Has anyone else noticed that games are more physical though? I've been noticing more contact with bumping and pushing without anyone falling to the ground.

I wonder how Dirk game will be affected with this rule once he return since I have seen him flop the last couple of years.

The good thing is that Dirk's goofy and lanky playing style often makes it look like it's not a flop. He also tends to flop a lot more on offense especially after reachins and rebound colliding, something which is tough to judge by the refs, tougher than those defensive flops and falling whilst shooting/lay-up.

Did Love get a warning for that "elbow" he took to the face against the Sixers?

Definitely a little bit of embellishment by Wallace there, while Chauncey absolutely kicked out his leg. Fair call in both cases.

found Wallace's fine

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I think Wallace took the threat of a flopping fine as a challenge. I don't think he flopped this many times in his 6 1/2 years with us as he has with his <1/2 season in Brooklyn.