I hope this is actually enforced. This has been needed for a long time.
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-approves-ru...57997.html
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-approves-ru...57997.html
Quote:The NBA Board of Governors approved a rule change that will make flopping a technical foul for the 2023-24 season, the league announced Tuesday, the result of increasing frustrations from fans and teams toward players who go out of their way to sell contact.
The change will come on a one-year trial basis.
Specifically, when a game official calls a flop, defined by the NBA as "a physical act that reasonably appears to be intended to cause the officials to call a foul on another player," the offending player will be charged with a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul and give the other team one free-throw attempt.
Because of the nature of the technical foul, a player will not be ejected from a game due to flopping violations. Refs will also not have to interrupt play to call a flop, as they can wait until the next stoppage to hit a player with the penalty.
The NBA specifically notes it's possible for the officials to call both a foul and a flop on the same play.