I hope they dont just go after defensive floppers...the new rules better penalize offensive floppers as well.
I have no issue with flopping, especially since the NBA has gone out of its way to make it basically impossible to play defense anymore. Offensive players shoot so many free throws for little or no contact, even when it has no bearing whatsoever on the gameplay....it is disgusting.
For those of you who want to call out the current players like Ginobili, Paul, Lebron, etc.....just know that players like Doc Rivers, Dennis Rodman, Karl Malone, and John Stockton were flopping in the 80s. Divac and the Kings popularized it in the 90s and 00s. Ironically one of the biggest floppers of the last decade seems to have been given a pass, Ben Wallace. For someone with his size and strength, he hit the floor on a regular basis, even when hit by the smallest of players.....and he won all those DPOY awards.....ridiculous.
GO GO
|