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Falling down to act as if one got fouled. Happens in soccer too. Source from CrossoverChronicles, and post, How To Fix The NBA's Flopping Follies Written by John Karalis on 08 June 2011. The NBA has a problem. The flopping is out of control. And not just the kind where a guy gets brushed and falls down like he's been shot kind of flopping. The kind that Anderson Varejao, Manu Ginobili and Derek Fisher are all known quite well for. No. Now the NBA, thanks to Miami Heat's LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in the 2011 playoffs, has to deal with guys flopping without even being touched.

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  • Falling down to act as if one got fouled. Happens in soccer too. Source from CrossoverChronicles, and post, How To Fix The NBA's Flopping Follies Written by John Karalis on 08 June 2011. The NBA has a problem. The flopping is out of control. And not just the kind where a guy gets brushed and falls down like he's been shot kind of flopping. The kind that Anderson Varejao, Manu Ginobili and Derek Fisher are all known quite well for. No. Now the NBA, thanks to Miami Heat's LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in the 2011 playoffs, has to deal with guys flopping without even being touched.
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  • Falling down to act as if one got fouled. Happens in soccer too. Source from CrossoverChronicles, and post, How To Fix The NBA's Flopping Follies Written by John Karalis on 08 June 2011. The NBA has a problem. The flopping is out of control. And not just the kind where a guy gets brushed and falls down like he's been shot kind of flopping. The kind that Anderson Varejao, Manu Ginobili and Derek Fisher are all known quite well for. No. Now the NBA, thanks to Miami Heat's LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in the 2011 playoffs, has to deal with guys flopping without even being touched. * Exhibit A came in the Bulls series: * Exhibit B occurred when Wade nailed Dallas Mavericks' Jason Kidd with the phantom flop in Game 3 of the Finals. . In June, 2011, LeBron got another call without being touched. It's a major problem. Because like Jeff Van Gundy said in the broadcast, it's turning parts of the game into a farce. When a player can just flail because he knows the referee is obscured and he can get a call, it cheapens the game and it makes NBA officials look worse than they already are. The NBA needs to come up with a solution, and they need to do it quickly. Here are three things that can be done immediately to make sure this doesn't become a trend.
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