The NBA Competition Commission is discussing a possible in-game penalty on twists that would result in a technical foul free throw, the athleteShams al-Sharaniyyah reported from c on Thursday.
Charania added that the NBA may test the rule in the summer league in July.
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The NBA flop has long been lamented. While some call it the spirit of the games, many former players, coaches, and staff are critical of teams and specific players who sell calls and earn trips to the free throw line.
During the Los Angeles Lakers’ Western Conference Round 2 victory against the Golden State Warriors in the playoffs this year, Los Angeles gained a significant advantage due to the free-throw disparity between the two sides.
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has talked about the flop extensively, asking the NBA to include a rule similar to FIBA’s.
“I think, for me, what I learned coaching in FIBA… there is a fail rule,” Kerr said to reporters. “If the referee sees that a player has fumbled, they call it a technical foul, which is a huge penalty. And so flops have been basically eliminated from FIBA, and we have the ability to do the same in the NBA if we want to.”
“I think we have to deal with it, because the players are so smart, and the whole regular season is about the spirit of the games and trying to cheat the refs. And that’s been the case for a while, and it’s up to us as a league. Do we want to fix this?… Those are all things that are My personal appeal to the NBA. I think we can do a better job in terms of cleaning up the swings.”
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