THE N.Ƅ.A has announced it will test a new flopping penalty during 2023 summer league games.

The move elicited all sorts of reactions from N.Ƅ.A fans as the rule will likely prove difficult to implement.

The N.Ƅ.A has announced it will test a new flopping rule during 2023 summer league games

The rule received mixed reactions, with many N.Ƅ.A fans saying it could be difficult to implement

The in-game flopping penalty will be in effect on a provisional basis during this year’s summer basketball league, the N.Ƅ.A said on Tuesday.

If a flopping penalty is assessed, the opposing team will receive possession of the ball and shoot one free throw.

Officials won’t be required to stop live play to call make the call.

Instead, they can wait until the next neutral opportunity arises to stop the play.

A player who’s called for the flopping violation will be assessed a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul.

However, the foul won’t count as a personal foul or lead to ejection.

After the N.Ƅ.A revealed the plans to test the penalty, many fans celebrated the league’s attempt to reduce flopping.

But others found a number of reasons why the rule could end up being a problematic invention.

One tweeted: “Those calls can be subjective.”

Another wrote: “Just gives the officials more leeway to insert themselves into the game for subjective reasons.”

A third said: “Why are you making the easiest thing so difficult… just don’t call them.”

And one tweeted: “I like it for putting a stop to the flopping, but to be honest, without there being an actual penalty counted against the player in the form foul tally or techs for the season, I don’t see it reducing flops.”

The 2023 summer league kicked off with the start of the California Classic in Sacramento and a similar event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 3.

The main tournament will take place in Las Vegas as usual, tipping off on July 7.