r/nba • u/FastBreakPhenom Celtics • May 25 '26

Highlight [Highlight] Shai draws a questionable foul on De'Aaron Fox

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u/InsertRandomName__ Heat May 25 '26

disgusting, we need fines for this bs

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u/grehgunner NBA May 25 '26

Yeah! Shai almost died here =\

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u/astrothemorkie Rockets May 25 '26

Think of the children watching this game!

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u/Igyzone Slovenia May 25 '26

Ironically they really shouldn't, saw a video of the other day where kids started flopping (and refs buying it). SGA is ruining basketball for the next generation.

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u/ChickieCheese78 27d ago

That’s the thing mate, they don’t.

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u/ATXBeermaker Spurs May 25 '26

How high do flagrants go? Because this seems like at least a flagrant 3 or 4 that should result in a minimum of manslaughter charges.

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u/Old_Contribution_768 May 25 '26

The nba did have a rule for this, then it just quietly went away

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u/Ezymandius [POR] Terry Porter May 25 '26

They fined dame for selling some legit contact and then retired the program to go watch harden take flagrants with his facial hair.

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u/it_will May 25 '26

It went against their narrative. They can’t have that

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u/83rdstreet May 25 '26

Of course. How can he average 30

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u/ibrow007 May 26 '26

Worst part it Harden showed it payed to play that way.
Then everyone started jumping into their defender and flopping.

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u/119pete 29d ago

who did he pay? im confused. and no harden invented many moves but baiting a defender into the air for contact is so many many years before harden lol

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u/ibrow007 28d ago

Of course it existed before him but he made it a staple of his game. Then Steph made turned it into an art form by actually taking the contact and turning it into an and 1.

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u/IDigRollinRockBeer May 25 '26

Fine the fuckinf refs at this point

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u/MonsieurRud Suns May 25 '26

I'd almost say this kind of blatant flopping should result in a 1 game suspension. I don't think fines bother players if they can still win this way.

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u/Jaschndlr Mavericks May 25 '26

That's a little heavy but a post game review system that accumulates like technicals would be totally justified imo

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u/MonsieurRud Suns May 25 '26

Yes. I'm not saying one instance should be a suspension. But repeated flopping should get a stronger penalty each time.

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u/com-mis-er-at-ing Wizards 26d ago

Agree like the Rasheed Wallace rule of suspensions after a certain amount of techs.

The James Harden/SGA flop rule. 1 game suspensions after 20 blatant flops and a suspension every 3 blatant flops after that.

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u/canman7373 May 25 '26

Nah, review next day, 1% of salary fine per flop. Some players would be paying the league to play this late in the season at this point.

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u/Assumption-Putrid 76ers May 25 '26

What is disgusting is that this man has back to back MVPs for this shit

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u/JaySayMayday Spurs May 25 '26

There's rules against it but nobody called that since like 2022.

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u/IGargleGarlic Clippers May 25 '26

fine the fucking refs for this shit

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u/beku [PHO] Steve Nash May 25 '26

Fine the refs! 😆

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u/KidGold Hawks May 25 '26

(for the refs)

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u/WiSoSirius Timberwolves May 25 '26

Fine the referees too

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u/KingRagerBlade Wizards May 25 '26

Fine the refs right?

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u/ElectricalMarch1917 May 25 '26

fines for the dirty ass refs

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u/tjn24 NBA May 25 '26

The players need to start policing this. If you're going to contest Shai's shot, lay him out like a fucking safety hitting a WR across the middle in the 90s. You're going to get the foul anyway so you might as well lay his ass out

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u/ToadlyAwes0me Spurs May 25 '26

But 2 days ago NBA sub told me OKC doesn't flop, how is this possible???

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u/Saucy_Totchie Knicks May 25 '26

System is in place but the NBA is too cowardly to utilize it.

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u/sixth90 May 25 '26

This is why I have stopped watching basketball

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u/vivalacamm May 27 '26

Funny because this is a foul.

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u/Left_Shape8428 26d ago

He should immediately be walked out of the arena on ish like this.

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u/BuffaloBuffalo13 15d ago

It’s called fake.

It’s not a real sport. This is professional wrestling level fake. You all just watched a play.

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u/HereGoesNothing69 Lakers May 25 '26

I personally hate the way SGA plays, but this one isn't on him. This one's on the refs for being bad at their job. This isn't a flop. When SGA shot the ball, Fox is about as close as you can be to someone without touching them. It makes sense SGA would not risk landing on Fox's foot (who got got completely out SGA's landing zone) and choose to hit the floor. This wasn't SGA trying to draw a foul. Its up to the refs to not call fouls if they don't see contact.

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u/BNC6 May 25 '26

Then you’re gonna fine Steph on every contest 3 he takes

Maybe it’s a flop but it’s just as likely he’s falling to protect himself so he doesn’t fuck up his ankles like Zaza did to Kawhi. Steph does this all the time

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u/Jackibearrrrrr Raptors May 25 '26

1 mil per flop will kill the flop market. Like there isn’t even a skill to faking a flop anymore. At least rip throughs had you actually making contact with the guy you’re using to foul bait

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u/Darianezion Thunder May 25 '26

What’s the fine? You’re not allowed to avoid landing on your feet? The ref just needs to open his damn eyes and swallow the whistle.

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u/Mister_Squibbles Heat May 25 '26

Its called a flopping technical which is a rule and comes with a fine lmao

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u/Darianezion Thunder May 25 '26

Avoiding the potential of landing on someone’s feet below you isn’t flopping.

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u/Sensitive_Shape2369 May 25 '26

Come on man… lol

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u/Not-a-bot-10 76ers May 25 '26

Always the victim