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The Flop
My thoughts on this play. If a player flops with no contact I am playing through this play without a whistle. If a defensive player flops and there is minor contact on the play, I will hold my whistle and if the shot misses I will (sometimes depending on severity of contact) take a foul on defender. If the contact was enough to cause the airborne offensive player to go slightly off balance and miss the layup/dunk/finger-roll/ type of shot at the rim level a block, in my estimation, is the correct call.
Players flopping with no contact at all, I would never, ever call a technical foul for unsportsmanlike behavior as was mentioned by a earlier post. This would bring unecessary attention to an official by making this particular call.
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