Flopping (NBA)

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Listening to the Mikes on ESPN this morning got me to wondering if the NBA rule for flopping (ie, faking being fouled) is the same as NFHS. A lot of whining about some NBA game last night, I think.

There was complaining about an offensive foul call (Team Control Foul in our codes) in the Utah/Houston game. There was a Utah player that was pushed out of the way on a defender trying to defend a shot (which ended up in a pass to an open 3 point shot) and the Utah player embellished a little to get a call. I think the call was right, but the Utah player embellishing is the reason that many people think the call was made. Just another case where people that are not officials talk about things they did not know anything about.

Peace