The NBA announced yesterday the approval of two new rules for next season: the technique for “flopping”, which is the action in which a player exaggerates or fakes a contact so that his defender is whistled free; and the second “challenge” for a coach as long as he succeeds with his claim in the first.
NBA coaches have the right to a video review for controversial plays in which they disagree with the rulings of the referees.
However, that “challenge” was lost whether or not the review for the team that was claiming was successful, which meant that many technicians did not ask for it until the last minutes so as not to waste that ace up their sleeve even in cases in which it was evident. that the referees had been wrong.
With the new rule, managers who hit their first challenge will be rewarded with a second in-match review chance.
On the other hand, the NBA approved its rule against “flopping” whereby the player penalized for faking or exaggerating a contact will receive a foul and the other team will shoot a free throw.
The flopping technique will not count for a possible expulsion of the sanctioned player.— EFE
2023-07-12 09:01:42
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