waitingfornextyear.com - 5/29/2008
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…Because it looks like he may need all of the money he can get his hands on. ESPN’s Marc Stein reports that the NBA will look to dish out fines to players that are determined to be guilty of the ever-popular “flopping.”
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- ESPN - It’s a glorious day for everyone but Spurs fans: floppers to be fined.
- Waiting for Next Year - So it’s good Anderson Varejao held out for that extension.
- The Arena - Those fines are all well and good, but they won’t stop flops.
- Mix Makers - Bidding the flop adieu with five of the best flops of the YouTube era.
- CNN - Monkey-controlled basketball robots to take over the NBA, ...
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bizofbasketball.com 5/29/2008 — The NBA will begin imposing fines on players who intentionally “flop”, beginning in the 2009-2010 season. Representatives from the league have yet to determine how they will deal with players that are repeat offenders of the intentional flops, or how much fines will be. The new rule, as well as several others, came about as part of the NBA’s competition meeting in Orlando on Wednesday. As ...
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thecomission.blogspot.com 5/29/2008 — Obviously something needs to be done about the incessant flopping. But fines? Is that kosher? How about two shots and the ball? That seems more reasonable. Fining just seems kind of silly, cause it's done after the game. I don't know that that will really curtail flopping, when it's a subjective punishment to be administered at a later date.
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detroitbadboys.com 5/29/2008 — Rasheed Wallace wasn’t impressed by the officiating last night :
“All that bull(bleep)-ass calls they had out there. With Mike [Callahan] and Kenny [Mauer] — you’ve all seen that (bleep),” Wallace said. “You saw ...
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suckatsports.blogspot.com 5/29/2008 — It took an extreme influx of foreign players, and their soccer-style flopping before the NBA decided to do something, but they've finally done the right thing - and made flopping a penalty . Rasheed Wallace, who's faced the infamous flopper Varejao ...
Pistons' Wallace fined $25,000 (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 5/29/2008
Detroit's Rasheed Wallace was fined $25,000 Thursday by the NBA for using profanity and criticizing the officiating after a playoff game the night before. After the Pistons' 106-102 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference ...
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