http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/0125flopping-ON.html

any truth to this?

thoughts?

opinions?

would this actually make NBA basketball more credible?

2/3/2007 12:24:54 AM

so this would be analogous to a yellow card for taking a fall

i like it

the serbians and croatian ballers might not

2/3/2007 12:26:45 AM

As long as it's a blatant flop.

Plus they need to start calling charges more consistently, sometimes it takes a flop to show the ref you just got mugged.

2/3/2007 12:26:54 AM

Vlade is glad he's retired

2/3/2007 12:27:40 AM

I agree that sometimes it takes a flop to get an official's attention

but goddamn.... some of that shit is an outright theatrical performance

hahah, yeah Vlade was BAAAAD about doing that. I almost wanted to buy that guy pads for when he hit the ground

2/3/2007 12:29:15 AM

they should fine people for saying bullshit too, like Kobe's stiff arm being "unintentional"

2/3/2007 12:32:15 AM

No way. Tell him to get his ass off the floor and leave it at that.

The NHL tries to pretend that diving is a penalty, and they call one dive out of every 200. Erik Cole hits the deck three times a game and everyone knows it and it's never called. It's not even worth making it an infraction.

[Edited on February 3, 2007 at 12:35 AM. Reason : 4]

2/3/2007 12:34:22 AM

should make it a shot clock reset like a kickball

2/3/2007 12:35:28 AM

This thread makes Shane Battier cry.

2/3/2007 12:42:35 AM

They need to fix that bullshit whereby if a pump fake draws a defender into the air, the offensive player can slam into the defender, halfass attempt a shot, and get a foul called... if the defender is wild and flailing, then yeah call a foul on him, but I've seen far too many guys go straight up & down without so much as swatting at the ball and they are always called for fouls.

2/3/2007 1:25:35 AM

This decreases the value of a duke basketball education.

2/3/2007 1:26:32 AM

^^ so?

that's a foul

and manu ginobli is crying in a corner

2/3/2007 4:41:27 AM

it shouldnt be a foul, though. Not if the shooter initiates the contact.

2/3/2007 8:56:30 AM

^^ Pacers fan?

I've seen guys (the defender) get their arms fractured over this shit. Shooters shouldn't be allowed to intentionally throw themselves into a defender IF THE DEFENDER GOES STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN.


I do agree with the rule presented by the OP though, a 6'0" 170 lb guard cannot knock over a 6'9" 250 lb. power forward.

2/3/2007 1:39:44 PM

Quote :

"Not if the shooter initiates the contact"

exactly

2/3/2007 2:05:37 PM

Quote :

"manu ginobli is crying in a corner "

2/3/2007 2:14:05 PM

plz to make this an ncaa rule as well

2/3/2007 3:06:40 PM