[Shams] NBA has approved two new gameplay changes for 2023-24 season: 1) In-game penalty for flops resulting in technical FT, 2) second coach’s challenge awarded if first challenge is successful

3 years ago by decadentrebel to c/nba

bill_1992 12 points 3 years ago

Flopping was supposed to be punished after the fact with a fine, but it was rarely enforced. If they can't enforce it with the benefit of hindsight, how are they going to enforce it in real-time?

Honestly I like enforcing it after the fact. If it's in real time, feels like it's just another tool for refs to use to take over the game.

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madcaesar 3 points 3 years ago

They should make it a video refs job only. I don't know what it is with this stubborn NBA. Most of the shit could be fixed with a permenant video ref.

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maegul 3 points 3 years ago

Is there some general structure to big sports that suppresses video refs? It's not just in NBA. And it's weird given how obvious an idea it is.

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nbafantest 2 points 3 years ago

Every other level, refs and human mistakes are part of the game. For better or worse.

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madcaesar 1 point 3 years ago

I hate conspiracy theories, but it just fits that it let's them cheese results when needed if it's judgement calls.

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maegul 2 points 3 years ago

Yea I feel you.

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ConditionOverload 1 point 3 years ago

But the fine itself was such a weak punishment to these players. They're millionaires, they're not going to stop flopping for a $25k fine.

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SpamCamel 1 point 3 years ago

This is my concern as well. Sure there will be some pretty obvious calls, but there are definitely going to be a bunch of BS flopping calls as well. It's also quite obvious that the refs will be completely incapable of enforcing this consistently since they currently fall for flopping antics all the time.

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cavsfan 11 points 3 years ago

Getting a second coaches challenge after winning the first seems like a no brainer. I would love for flops to be taken out of the game so I'll be cautiously optimistic about that change.

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pulaskiwasright 9 points 3 years ago

I like the flopping rule, but I think it will be difficult to enforce in-game. I’d rather see someone look at footage post-game and suspend players. It will be a lot easier to enforce with time to review tape. This is just going to be one of those penalties that is never called.

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gon 6 points 3 years ago

The flopping rule is basically irrelevant. There are tons of rules that aren't ever enforced; as far as I'm concerned those are empty words until it gets consistently called.

The coach's challenge change however is HUGE. Whether it's gonna be good or bad, I can't say. Challenges get denied all the time, so I doubt this will actually make the coaches more prone to calling it, but it might make it so that we see early obvious challenges more often since coaches often don't challenge obvious calls early in the game because they prefer to keep the challenge for the 4th quarter.

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Kokanee08 6 points 3 years ago

I'm a fan of the second challenge. It feels silly that coaches feel the need to "save their challenge for later in the game" so they avoid challenging an obvious error in the first half

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Mr_Jabroni 5 points 3 years ago

I'm all for calling flops, but that sounds like a difficult thing to watch out for. I'm looking forward to seeing how do they define a flop and how many of them are called once the season starts.

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Kuroshio 0 points 3 years ago

I'm looking forward to seeing how do they define a flop

I know a couple Sixer players who could help here.

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taurentipper 4 points 3 years ago

I approve of both of these, especially the flopping rule. Would make the game so much more enjoyable

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FermatsLastAccount 1 point 3 years ago

They just really need to enforce it, though.

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decadentrebel 4 points 3 years ago

I wonder if you'll get ejected if you flop twice in a game. That's right Smart and Embiid, I'm looking at you two.

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LostMyRedditLogin 3 points 3 years ago

I don't mind players falling if they're trying to take a charge. It can be hard for refs to determine a charge if the player doesn't fall over.I hope that's not part of the new rule.

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death916 2 points 3 years ago

I believe I read flop techs won't count for suspensions or ejections.

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Followupquestion 1 point 3 years ago

Harden out there going “hey, what about me?”

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taurentipper 1 point 3 years ago

I hope so. Hope the arms flailing out when someone is breathed upon while shooting is counted as a flop as well.

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barnyard_noise 3 points 3 years ago

I’m a fan of this

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jimmyjazx 3 points 3 years ago

They can't even call traveling right, so I don't have high hopes this will be called correctly often

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Kuroshio 2 points 3 years ago

For real, is carrying still illegal, or...?

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counselwolf 3 points 3 years ago

Regarding the 2nd change, does that mean the coach can only have 2 challenges at most? or can the coach challenge as much as he can as long as it's always successful?

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bl00dyburn3r 8 points 3 years ago

It's 2 challenges at most.

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madcaesar 2 points 3 years ago

They should get a 2nd (3rd) in overtime imo.

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ashtrix 2 points 3 years ago

Yes, both great changes

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EmergentReality 2 points 3 years ago

Big fan of these changes. It’ll be interesting to see if / how the flop rule will be enforced.

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echoplex21 1 point 3 years ago

Love this rule, should be called a foul on that player as well.

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