Hold up, you’re starting to make too much sense now…

This and ppg obviously went down and the league wants to break some kind of stats record all the time 

These SGA free throws brought to you by Hyundai. Cruise to the charity stripe in comfort with the brand new Palisade.

Great take and I fear you’re right even worse if that’s the thinking it’ll never change

The adjustment to this is to make halftime a few minutes longer and each timeout 30 seconds longer.

It serves three purposes: more commercial opportunities, more exposure for jersey ads and inflation of stat lines for stars.

it always comes down to fucking ads doesnt it

They love free throws because yes they can throw ads in between shots especially when a team takes a time out to try and ice a player.

But they they love those 15-30 second ads/announcer reads to make it feel like the game is still rolling on.

A lot of free throws for Lakers games help out their old or fatigued players too with more resting moments

i rather have more TV time outs, or just give more challenges, anything thats not a free throw fest please, im sick of it, what doesnt make sense is that i saw bron get hackled every possion for 22 years and he shoots less FT than guards that flop

Have the offsite video review guys in NY review them during the game and give out technicals.

Should just review after the games. And give out strikes . Once they hit 3, they are suspended.

As for the game, just go with whatever is called and trust the refs. The review process should be enough to deter flops from the players

Each retroactive fine would suggest the referee crew was wrong. We know they aren’t open to feedback about their performances so I can’t imagine them being welcoming of any indications of their poor performances through retroactive fining. They know they hold A LOT power over the NBA games - if they ever go on strike that would mean 0 games, zero revenue for the duration of the strike, and reputational damage to the NBA.

Suspension needs to be on the table too if violations pile up. That is literally a guaranteed way to scare these stars from flopping because they wouldn’t want to fall short of the 65 game requirement for awards

The NBA does have this solution already in place. They just dont want to use it.

The worst offenders are so rich, fines won’t work.

If pocket change-level fines gets SGA the edge he needs to win another ring, he’s paying the fines without hesitation.

Hockey is much faster and they are able to figure out embellishment calls. The NBA could issue technical fouls for embellishment. That would stop it more than any fines would. You think these millionaires give a fuck about a $2000 fine? I think they would gladly pay that if it meant they got some free throws.

NBA would never do that because having to levy fines retroactively is an admission of guilt, that the games and officiating is flawed. That still won’t really discourage flopping, especially in the playoffs. Teams would happily pay the fines in exchange for extra free throw and points in those tight playoff games.

Then what happens if a series defining game decided on free throws from a foul that was later ruled as a flop?

Retro finest are bullshit. If its missed move on.

It’s literally just wrong about the stats, at least in booker’s case.

If its anything to you, this is a very general sub. You could try checking out r/nbadiscussion

Shoot 3’s while everyone tells you their bets and picks and gambling ads roll on. See how exciting it is to talk basketball!!??

Just wait until they start enforcing flopping. Subs gonna be flooded with “wtf refs that was REAL contact?!?!?”

Nope, more ref talk please

Harden, Lilard and Beal’s PPG all dropped by 3-5 points compare to the previous season. What do you have to say about that then?

How exactly does a higher rate of foul calls make the game less intense if that is a product of not calling fouls on flops (which would also incentivize players to protect themselves more in the air and use proper body mechanics as opposed to flailing and falling). And what injuries would you expect to see more of?

Don’t get how this is so hard for some people to understand. The NBA makes more money with a lineup of healthy stars than they’d lose because someone doesn’t want to watch the “soft” NBA anymore.

Literally just the QB treatment of the NFL in a different sport, these players are significant investments no duh they don’t want them being slammed around like its 1980

Nope, the way games were refed pre and post all star break was night and day that season. It was infuriating to watch.

Check the stats yourself, it’s 100% clear to anyone that watched it unfold at the time.

When all the other fanbases in the NBA unite against your team it must mean something, no? The amount of mental gymnastics you guys have is amazing. You are not an old franchise with rivalries for decades, most fanbases have no long standing reason to hate a small market team in flyover country. The hate is because of the way your team plays. You guys spam the same flop move over and over again. You disrespect the game.

Quit being a victim. It’s a fact that your team is full of floppers, but this post is not even about SGA or OKC.

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Hard disagree. Enabling this is disrespectful to the sport and degrading the NBA as an entertainment product.

Olympics basketball > NBA