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Thankfully, Flopping in the NBA Will Be Ending
Thankfully, Flopping in the NBA Will Be Ending
(This is the first of a multi-part series as part of Sports of Boston’s coverage of the NBA Finals) Last week, when it was announced that the NBA would begin fining players for flopping , I came quite close to clapping about the story when I first saw it. One of the reasons the NBA has become pretty unwatchable, to me, is the fake theatrics of the game. When it’s a game, it ...
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