Thank God all the problems in the world have been solved, now, the NBA can deal with their primmadonna millionaires and put an end to "flopping," it was second only to "world hunger."
Anderson Varejao of the Cleveland Cavs is one of the best "Floppers." Here, he demonstrates a "flopper" move.
MIAMI (AP) — David Stern is determined to stop the floppers, even if it takes until the next morning.
The NBA commissioner believes too many players are deceiving referees into calling fouls by falling down, or flopping. So he and the league's newly reformed competition committee met Monday for a discussion about how it can be prevented.
One option, Stern said, is a "postgame analysis" in which a player could be penalized if it was determined he flopped. The league retroactively upgrades or downgrades flagrant fouls after review, and along those lines he said that perhaps a player could receive a message from New York saying: "Greetings from the league office. You have been assigned flopper status."
"No, I'm joking, but something like that," Stern said. "That sort of lets people know that it's not enough to say 'it's all part of the game.'"
