The NBA recently struck a blow to teams who are proponents of tanking after the league’s owners approved a proposal that would essentially eliminate rewarding losing teams with high draft picks. With that now out of the way, Adam Silver’s next area of focus will be the perceived issue of flopping in the NBA, as per ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel. Flopping has been a major talking point during the NBA playoffs thus far with fans and media alike weighing in.
During an appearance with the ‘Inside The NBA’ crew prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Adam Silver acknowledged that the league would be taking a look at the current flopping rules during summer league play and will then decide if anything needs to be done.
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“When we put the flopping rule in place, there was egregious flopping,” Silver said. “Players are taught to sell the calls where there is a foul, but they’re trying to draw the call. We’re going to look in the offseason. We have a two-day competition committee meeting in Vegas where we will watch over 1,000 plays over two days and see if we should set that line in a different place.”
Just recently, a pair of fans were investigated and one was ultimately banned from sitting courtside after reportedly accusing New York Knicks’ star Jalen Brunson of flopping while using vulgar language. Oklahoma City Thunder star and reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has also been accused of flopping during this year’s playoffs.
The NBA recently struck a blow to teams who are proponents of tanking after the league’s owners approved a proposal that would essentially eliminate rewarding losing teams with high draft picks. With that now out of the way, Adam Silver’s next area of focus will be the perceived issue of flopping in the NBA, as per ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel.