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New ESPN story: The NBA’s Board of Governors approved two rule changes Tuesday, adding a second challenge and instituting a new flopping rule.



No more risks from Marcus Smart and Grant Williams

by horseshoeoverlook

14 Comments

  1. aloysiusthird

    Brad’s on another level. Sold our (beloved) floppers at peak value to get pre-MVP Zingis.

  2. not1fuk

    I cant wait for the refs to completely ignore this rule for Joel Embiid.

  3. mondomovieguys

    Great…more challenges. It’s fair and all but I don’t think it’ll lead to a more exciting product.

  4. I_Set_3_Alarms

    I’m honestly interested to see if Tatum gets more calls now. I feel like Grant complaining always made Tatum’s complaining feel worse. Now if he does it a couple of times, refs might listen

  5. Ear_Enthusiast

    This is a big step in the right direction. Now stop calling all of the touch fouls. Stop allowing shooters to initiate contact by leaving their natural shooting motion. If they throw themselves into a defender while they’re shooting it should be a tech. Nothing worse than watching a game and the stars are shooting 15-20 free throws.

  6. _---__________---_

    Embiid gonna look like a G-League player

  7. Leftygoleft999

    Flopping is so bad lately I wanted to implement the 5 flop rule. One game suspension after you get called for 5 flops.

  8. pizzahut_is_elite

    I feel like this is going to be a lightly enforced rule. I bet even the smallest contact won’t qualify as a flop

  9. holographoc

    Remember when Joel Embiid ran into Jaylen from behind, while Jaylen was facing the other direction, and then belly flopped like Rick Ross onto the floor, and then they called a foul on Jaylen, who simply stood there the entire time?

    I remember that.

  10. JaylenBrownFlow

    embiid will not get these called against him

  11. forgeris

    I would allow coaches to challenge as many times as they want until the first failed challenge so coaches would have to pick only almost 100% ones and referees would have to fix all their missed calls.

  12. ProofSinger3638

    good on the floppin rule, but

    wow this is fucking atrocious. Anyone who wants a 2nd challenge simply is out of their minds and does not watch the games

    you cant tell me this is a good idea if you watch the games

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