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Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: The collective bargaining agreement that ended the lockout about this time last year contains new language that allows the NBA to use a small number of "non-staff" refs through the first 90 days or 50 game...

The folks over at TrueHoop are trying to stop flopping in the NBA. Each night they chose a "Flop of the Night," from which the Boston Celtics have essentially been spared this season. That is until Mickael Pietrus got nominated for "Flop of the Year"...

Greg Cote of The Miami Herald: This series was never about the easy storylines and ancillary noise. It wasn't about what team was tougher or which was "soft." Was never about who was flopping or who was more physical. Wasn't even about the flagrant f...

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images A few games into the playoffs, Lionel Hollins and the Grizzlies are best at getting to the line. The Clippers are winning a reputation as some of the league's most consistent and spectacular floppers, which m...

Scott Cunningham/NBAE/Getty Images Brandon Bass hangs on to Josh Smith, perhaps to prevent him from flopping out of bounds. HoopIdea wants to #StopTheFlop. To spotlight the biggest fakers, we present Flop of the Night. You can help us separate the ...

The best performances in the NBA Playoffs often come just before the ref's whistle.

Story | Conversation | May 04, 2010

The Boston Celtics big man said Friday night that Raptors forward Hedo Turkoglu duped the referees into giving Wallace his fifth technical of the season by flopping.

The NBA announced to its teams this week at its annual pre-draft camp that fines will be imposed on players starting next season for clear cases of "flopping," ESPN.com has learned.

Manu Ginobili and Anderson Varejao are skilled floppers. Where do they rank among the NBA's all-time greats?