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Will the NBA's new fine system work?

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03:43 PM ET 10.04 | Starting next season, the NBA will be implementing a new "fine system" for players who are caught "flopping" during games. Flopping tarnishes the game, just a bit anyways. It's unsportsmanlike and makes some of the best professional athletes on the planet look absolutely incompetent. But you know what? It's only against the rules if you get caught. The reason so many players flop in the first place is to deceive the referee into making them believe that they were fouled. If you truly believe that you can get away with it and have a call go your way, why wouldn't you at least try to make it as real and convincing as possible? The onus is on the NBA officials to figure out if a player flopped or not in the moment. It's not the players' fault.

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