Lebron and West FINED for Flopping in Game 4

[Frezz]

If an official see's a clear flop he should immediately throw the player out of the game. That's how strongly I feel its ruined the game. Don't care who you are or how much you make. You flop and you're out. No one probably agrees with me but that's the point I'm at with this issue.

[fairweatherfan]

I do think the prevalence of animated gifs like the LeBron/West one and the Chris Paul flop from earlier have really helped motivate the league to crack down.  When things like that go viral it embarrasses the league.

[nickagneta]

I think the bigger penalty is being called out for flopping. 

It might be bigger but its still close to nothing. $5000-$50000 fines for people making $10-20 million a year is the equivalent to nothing, especially when the league is paying the players extra for playing in the playoffs. As for being labeled a flopper, what does Lebron or anyone else care about that? The man has already done an half hour television special to announce his free agent signing and had a pep rally to announce his arrival in Miami. He's had much, much more serious PR problems than being called a flopper.

Seriously, this whole anti flopping policy has zero teeth. Want to enforce a rule, give the punishment teeth and a bite. The NBA has more serious penalties for sitting players who they expect to play on national TV, for making hand signs, and tapping a ref during a timeout while telling him a joke than they do for flopping and ruining the game.

What's your "bite" look like, then?  I mentioned suspensions for repeat offenders - the league already has that policy but I'd move it from a 5th offense to a 3rd. 

Money - real money - or playing time are notoriously the only sure ways to motivate players, so beyond making the fine a % of salary, which the NBAPA would never agree to, suspension seems like the only way to do it.

Next game suspension. If you do it a second time, 2 game suspension. Third time in one season, you are suspended for the rest of the season. In the playoffs, start with 2 game suspensions.

Think Lebron or West or anyone in a regular playoff rotation is going to even try to flop in the playoffs if the think they could be gone for 2 games in one series and cost their team a shot at a championship? I don't.

[CelticConcourse]

Next game suspension. If you do it a second time, 2 game suspension. Third time in one season, you are suspended for the rest of the season. In the playoffs, start with 2 game suspensions.

Think Lebron or West or anyone in a regular playoff rotation is going to even try to flop in the playoffs if the think they could be gone for 2 games in one series and cost their team a shot at a championship? I don't.

Suspended for the rest of the season?

[nickagneta]

Next game suspension. If you do it a second time, 2 game suspension. Third time in one season, you are suspended for the rest of the season. In the playoffs, start with 2 game suspensions.

Think Lebron or West or anyone in a regular playoff rotation is going to even try to flop in the playoffs if the think they could be gone for 2 games in one series and cost their team a shot at a championship? I don't.

Suspended for the rest of the season?

Yup. This has teeth and would stop coaches all the way down to the high school level that flopping is wrong and should never be taught because if they teach great players to do it, it may someday cost them millions. Think about it. If a scouting report comes out that a kid is a constant flopper, NBA teams will devalue the player and maybe cost him a career or millions.

[bfrombleacher]

Lance Stevenson fined too...did he even do anything?