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[QUOTE="General20, post: 253139, member: 724"]
This is a great thread because it addresses the biggest internal flaw in the sport.  And a problem that must be solved.
 
I have two ideas.
 
One, whoever initiates the contact should draw the foul.  If an offensive player barrels into a defender it should be an offensive foul, but if an offensive player is driving to the basket and a defender slides in front of him the defender should draw the foul (even if his feet are planted). Defense should be about staying in front of your man, not standing in front of the basket and pretending to fall over when an offensive player comes around. I see no logic in why initiating contact becomes ok if your feet are planted.
 
Two, anybody who falls on purpose should get a technical foul.  People complain about flopping in soccer, but it happens about ten times in basketball for every one time it happens in soccer.  If you watch clumsy amateurs who cant chew gum and walk at the same time play pickup basketball, you will never see anybody fall.  If you watch graceful athletes at the top of their sport play, someone falls almost every time down court. 
 
I think its appalling that officials only seem to reward the defense when the defense deliberately and obviously tries to trick them.  Are officials so bad that they dont know when a foul occurs unless someone falls?
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