The NBA isn’t done discussing flopping.
Commissioner Adam Silver said that the league plans to revisit the issue when the competition committee meets next month in Las Vegas, raising the possibility that adjustments could be made to the current rules.
“When we put the flopping rule in place, there was egregious flopping,” Silver said during an appearance with TNT’s Inside The NBA before Game 3 of the Finals. “Players are taught to sell the calls where there is a foul, but they’re trying to draw the call.
“We’re going to look in the offseason. We have a two-day competition committee meeting in Vegas where we will watch over 1,000 plays over two days and see if we should set that line in a different place.”
The topic has generated plenty of debate throughout the playoffs, particularly when it comes to Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
The NBA MVP has been criticized by some fans and analysts for his ability to draw fouls, though Oklahoma City president Sam Presti suggested much of the controversy has been amplified online.
“He’s playing against six people,” Presti said at his end-of-season news conference. “He’s got five defenders and the sixth defender is social media.”
Whether the league ultimately changes anything remains to be seen. But it’s clear the discussion about where legitimate foul-drawing ends and flopping begins isn’t going away anytime soon.
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