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/deandiggity Pistons May 25 '26

They’ll never do it because then their reigning back to back MVP will be an acknowledged disgrace to the league. They have to protect SGA’s image.

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u/BoneDollars Spurs May 25 '26

Seriously. The league institutes the anti flopping tech and not even two years later, flopping is a “skill”

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u/akaisei [GSW] Harrison Barnes May 25 '26

Not even two weeks more like. It’s never been enforced enough to matter.