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  • n  (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
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  • ASK IRA: Should Bosh have been whistled for flop?
    Q: Ira, regarding Chris Bosh's "flop," it would make sense to call the flop at the time of the play, and make it a penalty of some sort at that moment, whether it's a foul or, in my opinion, a technical foul. It's a coward's way out to fine a player the next day for a flop. A fine does nothing as far as having meaning to the game itself. If it is, indeed, called a technical foul at the moment ...
    June 15, 2013 - Sun-Sentinel

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