NBA — To eliminate the “flopping”, the decision makers of the league want to punish the culprits with a free throw penalty and the next summer leagues could serve as a test phase…
After tackling the “take fouls” last year, the NBA now intends to punish more severely the ” flopping “. Until now, he was only punished by a simple warning the first time, then by fines of 5,000 dollars, 10,000, 15,000 and 30,000 dollars for each additional warning, before matches. suspension from the sixth time.
En l’occurrence, The Athletic indique that there are currently discussions behind the scenes to now reprimand in full meeting (and no longer after) the “floppers”, with a free throw penalty and probably possession returned to the opposing team. A test phase could also take place this summer, at the time of the Summer Leagues.
If this summer trial period is conclusive in the eyes of the NBA, then we can expect it to quickly adopt this change on the upper level. Provided that the owners of the franchises vote in favor of it, during their traditional annual meeting scheduled for July.
As a reminder, the notion of “flopping” was talked about in these playoffs, with Steve Kerr
who notably accused the Lakers of using it a few days ago. Which was obviously not to the taste of LeBron James and others…
2023-05-25 17:25:00
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