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Harden fined for Flopping

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by #TheBeard, Nov 11, 2013.

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  1. #TheBeard

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    First fine of year.
     
    #1 #TheBeard, Nov 11, 2013
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    According to LOH rants, the NBA must be a LOF then.
     
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    #3 shastarocket, Nov 11, 2013
  4. Patience

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    Ha. I like Harden as a player and a Rocket, but he has had this coming for a while. :)
     
    #4 Patience, Nov 11, 2013
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    Video of the flop?
     
    #5 mig0s, Nov 11, 2013
  6. Patience

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    Not really, fining him for flopping is not the same as calling him a bad player, which is what the LOFs are doing.
     
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    his second flop....wow :D
     
    #7 Deniz, Nov 11, 2013
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    I believe it was the one that he just fell out of bounds and no one touched him and the ref called a foul
     
    #8 Captain Hook, Nov 11, 2013
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    Ginobili 2.0
     
    #9 RoxDaBeard, Nov 11, 2013
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    He deserves to get fined for his flopping, but how come Chris Paul got away with 3 flops in the first game we played them?

    They're so inconsistent with this bs rule that they should just scrap it altogether.
     
    #10 jacoby, Nov 11, 2013
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    At least they are fining superstars now.
     
    #11 liunatic, Nov 11, 2013
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    The irony is Harden flopped against Blake floppy Griffin.
     
    #12 Rudy, Nov 11, 2013
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    Well deserved fine! I hate flops and I absolutely hated the flop against Griffin. Now it is time to hand out fines to every player that flops, including CP3 and LeBron!
     
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    There's a difference between selling contact and flopping. A very, very minor difference, but CP3 is pretty good at knowing when to flop and when not to.
     
    #14 pakattak, Nov 11, 2013
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    To be fair, Blake did touch the beard (the actual beard, not the man). There is a .gif circulating online. Put it on loop, it's hilarious.

    Here's link to vid.

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>HOU's J. Harden Fined $5,000 for Flopping vs. L.A. Clippers on Nov. 9. <a href="http://t.co/he6bOcW8CC">http://t.co/he6bOcW8CC</a></p>&mdash; NBA Official (@NBAOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBAOfficial/statuses/399986205967663104">November 11, 2013</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
     
    #15 Pumpedupkicks, Nov 11, 2013
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    called that one when i was at the game the other night. Could see this fine coming a million miles away.

    Still it did work at the time, and if that one possession led to a turnaround and the win, it would have been money well spent.
     
    #16 dobro1229, Nov 11, 2013
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    http://www.nba.com/video/channels/originals/2013/11/11/harden-fined-for-flop.nba

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Besides obvious and indesputable, Harden's flops both drew erreneous foul calls. Wesley Matthews was even hit with a T for protesting.</p>&mdash; Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/statuses/399991567219691520">November 11, 2013</a></blockquote>
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>I can see how Matthews' hand-in-face defense could have looked like a foul when there was no contact. Dive against Griffin was not close.</p>&mdash; Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/statuses/399991938344316928">November 11, 2013</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
     
    #17 CasaDolce, Nov 11, 2013
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    napalm06 Huge Flopping Fan

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    Has there ever been a proven case of an "LOH"?
     
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    So it's official: The League no longer considers James Harden a "superstar".
     
    #19 CasaDolce, Nov 11, 2013
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    Harden is not a superstar..
     
    #20 SunsRocketsfan, Nov 11, 2013
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