Steph fined 5,000 for flop gm 1 western conf. finals

[KuLaPhU]

It maybe a flop maybe not.. you can contest the shot but you can't bump the shooter.. how about Pelicans series when Davis sacked steph on 3 and no foul? NBA admitted refs made a mistake and it was just like nothing to them.

[nelsonrc24]

Ridiculous! Harden should be bankrupt!

[KuLaPhU]

NBA fines are more expensive than traffic fines or a speeding ticket

[VeggieDog]

He earns $5k in less than 2 minutes of playing time.

[jsdjason]

Ridiculous! Harden should be bankrupt!

How has Harden only been fined a handful of times then? Dude is not a big time flopper, that's a myth perpetuated by the internet. A slap across the arms is a foul is a foul is a foul. I haven't seen a single instance all playoffs of a time he clearly flopped. If you have then I'd like to see it. He doesn't flop anymore than the average player.

http://www.vantagesports.com/story/VU1E8yYAADAKsKdi/do-330-shooting-fouls-drawn-mean-james-harden-is-a-flopper

[YouHave2outs]

How has Harden only been fined a handful of times then? Dude is not a big time flopper

get real. the guy acts like he has been hit by a missile every time he enters the lane.

throws head back, flails arms, contorts body. it's absolutely absurd, and it is 100% not a myth perpetuated by anything.

3 in a row at the 2 minute mark are especially comical

[jtoler]

Joke. Flop all you want refs have eyes, just don't call the charge if a guy flops, he will stop once he sees no call and his guy goes in for 2.

[Git Lo]

Was this called on his 3 point shot where he contorted his body mostly drawing contact? I think he fell to the ground too..? He does over exacturate taking contact on jump shots but I'm surprised the fined him

[jsdjason]

get real. the guy acts like he has been hit by a missile every time he enters the lane.

throws head back, flails arms, contorts body. it's absolutely absurd, and it is 100% not a myth perpetuated by anything.

3 in a row at the 2 minute mark are especially comical

Funny you use this as your example since 90% of these were showing Harden on defense. And most of them were in his OKC days, plus he was actually fouled on a lot of them or they weren't even really flops, just examples where he fell down. Newsflash, players legitimately fall to the court in basketball.