And my point about the fines is that by creating a financial incentive for someone not to flop, it discourages it much more than by calling it during a game with a technical. During a blowout a player may flop to try and run up stats since the technical foul hurts less, but a fine would discourage it even then.

Also, considering the Tim Donaghy scandal, it’s better to play it safe and let the NBA offices regulate it first and if it’s deemed to be at a level manageable by the referees, they can always change and let the referees be the judges.

The real problem is that the refs are simply lousy at their jobs. They tend to give the “flop advantage” to established stars and often pander to the home town crowds in these situations. A ref can simply say “play on” when an obvious flop occurs, and if they did it regularly, the flopping would stop. They’re on the scene in real time, not sitting at a monitor the next day and reviewing the situation after it has already affected the outcome of a game. Just do the job right in the first place, refs, and this problem is no longer a problem. Any “after the game” conclusion and/or fine doesn’t address the immediacy of the situation and I can’t imagine the problems that would occur as NBA officials attempted to levy fines outside of the actual moment of the game. It would be far too subjective a call afterwards, especially when an official is on the scene and is supposed to be determining the situation at the time it actually happens.

Just get the officials on the ball. Tell them to deal with the issue and to open their eyes and do their jobs properly. Post game officiating on a point like this is just unworkable.