Flopping has long been a subject of debate in NBA circles, with various rules to combat the practice being introduced and tweaked over the course of the past quarter-century.
This summer, the league is amending its flopping rules once again to include its toughest in-game penalty yet for the transgression.
In the NBA Summer League, a rule will be tested whereby a flopping call will result in the opposing team receiving one free throw and the ball. The player guilty of flopping will be assessed with a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul.
