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Originally Posted by flamenspiel

well, all teams dive now, and its simply a way to indicate to the referee that a foul has occurred. Simulation(diving when no foul occured) and play acting is more of a problem though. I think var may cut down on that as fouls will now be easier to see.

In this years nba playoffs i saw lebron james fall when a 6 foot 2 inch guard ran into him and an offensive foul was called, it sure looked like a dive to me. In fact he then then ran around chasing the ref just like the argentinian player did the other day. Is that embarrassing for lebron? I don't think so, he would say its part of the game.

It happens more in soccer because its a much more physical game then basketball and the ref could be 30 yards down the field so he can't see the foul.

lol