NBA board of governors to vote on penalties for flopping, awarding a second coach’s challenge, per report

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The NBA Board of Governors is expected to vote on July 11 to approve changes that involve flopping and coach’s challenges, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The changes, if approved are expected to take effect during the upcoming 2023-24 season. 

The Board of Governors will vote to approve an in-game penalty for flopping, which could result in a technical foul free throw for the opposing team. Another change that could get approved is rewarding a second coach’s challenge if the first one is successful. Both of these changes would have a meaningful impact on the game going forward if approved, as the league tries to improve gameplay in various ways.

The coach’s challenge was introduced during the 2019-20 season, which was a one-year trial period. Despite some strong criticism from at least one coach, former Clippers coach Doc Rivers to be exact, it has been a success and has created some dramatic moments, especially in close games. Awarding a second challenge if the first one is successful has the ability to give a team an advantage, because there have been times where a crucial call could’ve been overturned but the team already used their lone coach’s challenge earlier in the game. It can also change the strategy of some coach’s who are known to be conservative with their challenge call. If they know for certain a play in the first quarter will go their way, they may be more inclined to use it with the guarantee of getting that challenge call back.

For the flopping penalty, this will certainly have an impact on the game. In nearly every NBA game there’s at least one play where a player flopped either defensively trying to sell an offensive foul, or an offensive player tries to flop for a shooting foul. Awarding a technical free throw to the opposing team could limit players from trying to sell a…

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Author : Jasmyn Wimbish

Publish date : 2023-06-30 18:45:15

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