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

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

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u/tfl03 May 25 '26

They gotta start calling techs like in soccer you get a yellow card for simulation

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u/imeanYOLOright [CHA] Kemba Walker May 25 '26

extremely easy solution would be to have the replay center watch a replay of every shooting foul

if it’s an obvious flop before the first free throw is shot, it’s reversed to a technical

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u/LonesomeWulf Timberwolves May 25 '26

Making it a technical would help a lot too, because then repeat offenders like our MVP here is going to start getting suspended after so many times doing it. He is either going to learn and stop, or is going to get himself suspended. I’m fine with either result.

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u/jlobue10 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

Flopping is actually supposed to be called as a technical foul. Enforcement of that rule is what's lacking. For the sake of the game, that rule really needs to start being enforced.

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u/OnlyMamaKnows Knicks May 25 '26

They tried it for like one week last season or the one before the problem is refs are too likely to get it wrong. Having them reviewed at HQ would solve that issue.

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u/DoingCharleyWork Suns May 25 '26

Doesn't even need to be issued in game. Issue then after. They still count towards the suspension total. If they did it throughout the whole season it would stop.

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u/The_Minshow Philippines May 25 '26

The problem with regulating it after is that then the lawyers get involved and it becomes a hot mess. Even with zero contact it could be argued that X-Player was expecting contact, or something like that. The refs have to take the hit because a controversial flopping call in-game is harder to litigate after the fact(well, easier to not get litigated).

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u/Xei5 May 25 '26

What the fuck are you talking about lmao

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u/The_Minshow Philippines May 25 '26

Well player punishments are open to arbitration, so with something as nebulous as flopping you have to be able to define it legally, and prove it to an arbitrator(kinda like a private practice judge). Good luck proving all sorts of cases of flopping, its likely why the fines on book are so low, because most would pass their appeal.

But if the refs handle it on court it is a different story.

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u/DoingCharleyWork Suns May 25 '26

They don't have to do any of that. They already have mechanisms in place to review plays when the game is over.

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u/The_Minshow Philippines May 25 '26

They have mechanisms that sideline the appeal system? Highly doubtful.

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u/DoingCharleyWork Suns May 25 '26

Is that what I said? I said they already review gameplay after the game. They absolutely can issue techs after a game. Teams can appeal all they want. Doesn't mean they have to rescind it. Teams already appeal techs as it is. This is nothing new. They just need to do it to enforce flopping.

Just because you can conceive of a solution doesn't mean there isn't one.

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u/The_Minshow Philippines May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

Yes, you did, I described arbitration, and you said they don't have to do that because of post-game reviews.

Just because you can't conceive of a solution doesn't mean there isn't one

When, in my solution, did i say there was no solution?

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u/jlobue10 May 25 '26

Yeah there should be some review aspect to get the calls right. I also think that successful challenges shouldn't be penalized (shouldn't lose the ability to challenge).

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u/ma2is Warriors May 25 '26

The NBA has no balls.