NBA Finals 2014 Game 3: Dwyane Wade Flopping in Game 2 Fined by NBA; See Funny Video Here

Flopping players have caused a huge confusion in the NBA, which is why the league decided to fine players found to be committing such violation. Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat is the latest player to be slapped with a fine for flopping.

After Game 2 of the 2014 NBA Finals, Dwyane Wade was fined $5,000 for a flop which triggered the referee to blow his whistle, attributing a foul to Spurs' Manu Ginobili.

According to Wade in a report by Yahoo! Sports, "He took a swipe and he hit me. It was a late call by the ref but he called it." He added, "I saw Manu coming out of the corner of my eye to try to steal it so my only thing as to make sure that he didn't steal it. He swiped and he wound up hitting me and said the ref called a foul. We moved on."

Ginobili was called for a foul with 4:09 left in the second quarter. It was his third. He was made to sit to keep him from getting into any more foul trouble. Dwyane Wade shot and made both free throws after the foul call. The Miami Heat moved on to win the game and tie the series 1-1 with a final score of 98-96.

CBS Sports said that Wade exaggerated an attempt by Ginobili to take the ball out of his hands in midcourt. Flopping is described as exaggerating or intentionally overreacting to a move or defense by an opposing player.

In the 2014 playoffs, Wade's flop was the fifth which means that a flop is committed once in every 17.2 games. Manu Ginobili himself is known to be a huge flopper, aside from Tony Parker and Lance Stephenson of the Indiana Pacers. In the regular season, 35 flops were discovered, which equates to one flop in every 35.1 games. During the regular season, players are only fined in their second flopping offense. In the playoffs, the first flop results to a fine.

According to ESPN, Lance Stephenson is the biggest flopper in the 2014 NBA season. He committed two flops in the regular season and two more in the playoffs. He was fined $20,000 for all those. Dwayne Wade was only fined $5,000 which is a dismissible amount compared to his $19 million salary. According to former NBA Commissioner David Stern, such small fines will not compel players to play clean. Flopping penalties have to be more severe if the league expects players to abide by the rules more strictly.

Roy Hibbert of the Indiana Pacers and Tiago Splitter of the San Antonio Spurs were also fined for playoff flops.