Fines accomplish absolutely nothing. The Heat won by two points, Wade's flop was worth two points. You think $5,000 isnt worth it? Sure is. NBA needs to start suspending players for that kind of conduct, but then guys like LeBron and Chris Paul and Wade would be getting suspended, and for the league that dies without stars, it's not cutting off its nose to spite its face.
When people talk about 80s and 90s basketball, yes it was tougher and more physical, mostly because the refs let the players decide the game way more back then. Now, there are refs you know by name because of their tendencies to favour teams or just be terrible refs. I chose to accept the NBA as being closer to the WWE than the NHL or NFL a few years ago and even though I watch less, I probably enjoy it a bit more not thinking of it as true, legit sports competition.
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