Flopping and Challenges

[Douglar]

NBA Approves Rule Changes On Challenges, Flopping

The NBA's Board of Governors has signed off on two new in-game rule changes.

www.hoopsrumors.com

Coaches had been limited to one challenge per game. They’ll now have a second challenge if the first is successful. A team must continue to use a timeout to trigger a challenge.​

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A team will still retain the timeout used to initiate its first challenge if it is successful. However, it won’t retain its timeout with the second challenge, even if it is successful.​

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The flopping penalty will result in a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul and the opposing team will be awarded one free throw attempt, which could be attempted by any player in the game. A player will not be ejected from a game based on flopping violations.​

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Referees will not be required to stop live play to call a flopping violation. They can wait until the next neutral opportunity to stop live play to administer the flopping penalty. A coach cannot challenge a flopping call but the officials can assess a flopping penalty while reviewing a different foul call.​

 

[KilgoreTrout]

NBA Approves Rule Changes On Challenges, Flopping

The NBA's Board of Governors has signed off on two new in-game rule changes.

www.hoopsrumors.com

Coaches had been limited to one challenge per game. They’ll now have a second challenge if the first is successful. A team must continue to use a timeout to trigger a challenge.​

​

A team will still retain the timeout used to initiate its first challenge if it is successful. However, it won’t retain its timeout with the second challenge, even if it is successful.​

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The flopping penalty will result in a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul and the opposing team will be awarded one free throw attempt, which could be attempted by any player in the game. A player will not be ejected from a game based on flopping violations.​

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Referees will not be required to stop live play to call a flopping violation. They can wait until the next neutral opportunity to stop live play to administer the flopping penalty. A coach cannot challenge a flopping call but the officials can assess a flopping penalty while reviewing a different foul call.​

Sounds like a START. That behavior needs to be extinguished. Now, we just need the refs to see it and be honest about what they see…

 

[bob2the2nd]

NBA Approves Rule Changes On Challenges, Flopping

The NBA's Board of Governors has signed off on two new in-game rule changes.

www.hoopsrumors.com

Coaches had been limited to one challenge per game. They’ll now have a second challenge if the first is successful. A team must continue to use a timeout to trigger a challenge.​

​

A team will still retain the timeout used to initiate its first challenge if it is successful. However, it won’t retain its timeout with the second challenge, even if it is successful.​

​

The flopping penalty will result in a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul and the opposing team will be awarded one free throw attempt, which could be attempted by any player in the game. A player will not be ejected from a game based on flopping violations.​

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Referees will not be required to stop live play to call a flopping violation. They can wait until the next neutral opportunity to stop live play to administer the flopping penalty. A coach cannot challenge a flopping call but the officials can assess a flopping penalty while reviewing a different foul call.​

this applies to both offensive and defensive players..... right? right??????

 

[Jscc]

NBA Approves Rule Changes On Challenges, Flopping

The NBA's Board of Governors has signed off on two new in-game rule changes.

www.hoopsrumors.com

Referees will not be required to stop live play to call a flopping violation. They can wait until the next neutral opportunity to stop live play to administer the flopping penalty. A coach cannot challenge a flopping call but the officials can assess a flopping penalty while reviewing a different foul call.​

These, combined with not being able to challenge flopping penalties, are too subjective for me. Minimizing the opportunities for officiating to swing key moments should be the goal for all rule changes.

 

[Prime 1978]

If they are serious about trying to eliminate flopping.
I think they should include possible flops as things to review post game (similar to the 2-minute report). Assign a number of flops that would result in a suspension. (Like how they do techs)

I’m thinking fines for every reviewed and found flop and then suspension on the 7th flop.

I’d only enforce this rule on plays where an unjustified foul was called

 

[The Oi]

Coaches and players should have unlimited challenges.

 

[foucault87]

It feels like a half step. The bigger issue with flopping is that refs reward it. If they stopped calling flops, players would stop doing it. There would be no incentive to flop.

Refs are still the ones making the call on whether it was a flop. We will see how it goes but the flopping penalty from the mid 2010s was used for what like 6 fines? And one was on our poor 10 day PG

Id rather they have more strict instructions like early 2022 to go with this do they are forced to enable more physical play

 

[Cavatt]

Until they enforce this on the Embiid's and Trae's of the world, it means nothing

 

[guitarguy]

Will be interesting if they call flops on big plays or not. I'd rather them just ignore the flops and basically just say, if you flop, regardless if you were fouled or not, we aren't making the call.