Flopsey, Mopsey and Cottontail

[Dan_ref]

BITS, I'm having a hard time agreeing with your post.

A defensive player is allowed to move to maintain guarding position. He's allowed to lean back, position himself and cover up to absorb contact. There's a heck of a lot he can do legally. If the dribbler makes illegal contact with a defender who's leaning back (what you're calling a flop) I cannot see any call other but a PC foul.

Again, what you're calling a "flop" in this case is perfectly legal. And you should not penalize the defender for doing what he's entitled to do.

OTOH if the defender leans back & hits the floor with no or minimal contact then we have a flop. How we deal with that is another discussion but I have never T'ed a player for flopping.