NBA Fans Hilariously Debate Who Would Be The First Player To Receive The Flopping Tech In 2023-24 Season

Over the course of its history, the NBA has implemented many rules. The league's Board of Governors approved two rule changes for the 2023-24 season. First, players will be penalized with a technical foul for flopping, and the second rule would award coaches a second challenge if their first challenge is successful.

NBA fans are excited about the flopping rule. It could have a major impact on the playing style of several NBA stars, such as LeBron James, Joel Embiid, and James Harden.

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Popular Instagram page, 'Basketball Forever,' asked for NBA fans' opinions on which player will be the first to get penalized for flopping. They wanted fans to pick from the list featuring LeBron James, Joel Embiid, James Harden, Chris Paul, Marcus Smart, and Kyle Lowry.

"Embiid flopped just reading this post," a fan commented.

"LeBron. Mark my words," another fan wrote.

"Embiid for sure," a fan claimed.

"LeBron flops the most, by far," James got another vote.

"Embiid or Bron," yet another fan thought it would be Embiid or James.

"Of course, the king of flops," a fan gave James a new nickname.

"Dillon Brooks should be on this list," a fan suggested.

"Internet's gonna break if LeBron is the first to get it," a fan thinks.

Well, most fans believe it would be either LeBron James or Joel Embiid who will be the first player in the NBA to be penalized for flopping. There were a few other names, but James and Embiid won the contest by a landslide.

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LeBron James On Flopping Allegations

The Los Angeles Lakers were criticized for flopping during the 2023 Western Conference Semifinals vs. the Golden State Warriors.

LeBron James denied those claims. In fact, the King claimed he has never been on a flopping team.

"We don't work on flopping," James said. "That's not even a part of our game, our game is to attack the paint. We don't mind physical contact, we actually like the contact and don't shy away from it. We're just not a team that goes out there looking for flopping opportunities. That's just not us. It's actually never been any team that I've played on in my 20 years where we have been a flopping team."

While James is rarely shy of being physical during games, it was a lie that he has never flopped in his career. If anything, James has one of the worst flopping highlights.

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