Yes, we are all too familiar with Blake Griffin flops (save for petulant Lakers-cum-Clippers fans and other offending defenders). He’s funny in commercials (I genuinely like his KIA spots), he dunks really well, he usually can’t hit a free throw, and Blake Griffin sometimes plays a style of basketball that you would rather referees dishonor than honor. But, stars get calls. Also all too familiar. In this instance, Nene was called for a foul. But will Blake get fined for a flop? Or will the league deem the faux motion acceptable under the threat of assault?

What do you think?

What did #WittmanFace and Nene think?

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Now a finable offense?
JaVale McGee flops versus Dwight Howard.

Flopping has become the fashioable conversation of distraction heading into this new, full season of NBA basketball. In all likelihood, there will be less time (and fine money) spent on flopping in year one than efforts spent on conversation leading up to implimentation. With that said, if I lived in Las Vegas and they had odds on which NBA player will be the first to get fined under the new rule, I’d take part. {Blake Griffin! … or wait, Anderson Varejao!!}

Otherwise, having any sort of rule is fine (but we’ll see about that anyway), and the decision to implement penalities after-the-fact (at least from the start), as opposed to during games, is also fine. This will allow the ultimate decision to be more consistent, instead of in the hands of whatever referee is judging whatever game in whatever venue on a nightly basis.

But what do various Wizards think?

Kevin Seraphin

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