When Kevin Love pump-fakes and then jumps sideways into the airborne defender to be awarded 3 free throws … is that basketball? We don’t think so. This move, and similar moves by players like James Harden and Trae Young are examples of Foul Hunting, where the primary goal is to get free throws rather than score a field goal. It’s not fun to watch and it’s hurting the NBA. The rulebook needs to be updated to address Foul Hunting and get it out of the league.

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Flopping is cheating -- straight up. Though many around the game consider it a skillful form of gamesmanship, flopping damages the product on the floor, leads to foul trouble, and is not the way basketball should be played. The league’s attempts to curb the practice have failed. More needs to be done to #StopTheFlop and improve the quality of NBA games. 

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You play to win the game, right? But in the NBA, many teams “tank” for a better draft pick. This results in worse basketball and frustrates fans. The NBA has made progress, but we know more needs to be done. In this episode, we’ll tell you why teams intentionally losing hurts the league, and provide our ideas for how the league should take action to #TerminateTanking. 

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