Flopping is a big issue in the NBA due to players faking fouls or minor injuries to manipulate the outcomes of the game. There has been over seven violations in the first month of the 2012-2013 season.
Players like Minnesota’s J.J. Barea, Brooklyn’s Reggie Evans, and OKC’s Kevin Martin are known for committing this basketball sin twice which resulted in a $5,000 fine.
The next flop for any of those players will result in a $10,000 fine. Flopping is frowned upon and creates a domino effect on the game of basketball as a whole.
Kids looking up and duplicating players like Le’Bron James and Chris Bosh will mimick these moves believing it is acceptable.
A flop violation has not been issued since Jan. 24.
Some feel it has decreased since the anti-flopping rule has been in play.
Questions are posed if it has really decreased or if they have become more devious with this undesired skill.
Video loggers send in alleged flops to the appropriate NBA staffers.
Potential flops are looked into deeper, yet some still sneak under the radar.
The competition committee of the NBA is not taking this flopping epidemic serious enough.
Stu Jackson, vice president of basketball operations, shows attention to the outstanding flops that have been pointed out to the league, but the attention is only shown to the big names.
“Even though we know there is a whole universe of other embellishments out there of players trying to fool the referee, we have chosen to warn the most bright lined flops and that has seemed to be effective,” said Jackson.
The worst part about flopping is that it gets even worse during playoffs.
Penalties and fines have not been determined for flopping this season, but will be by the first round.
Jackson’s concern is how the players are going to react to this rule during the crucial time of the season and the playoffs will be on close monitor by the NBA’s staff.