“Flopping has been a conversation.. There’s a difference between selling a call, exaggeration, and a true flop.. Officials can be fooled sometimes but our officiating is incredible” ~ Adam Silver #PrimetimeSports

This is such a non answer that you’d think he was running for political office

Shameful and dismissive response. “Selling” a call is flopping. No one wants to watch players embellish and sell calls. If the officials are truly that great, they should be able to differentiate between a foul and a non-foul. Player’s job is to play basketball, not manipulate and bait officials. Embellishment should be removed from the game. Simple as that.

Pathetic response from the @NBA commissioner. He is ignoring the issue and refs are not being held accountable. It’s impacting the quality of the product

@PatMcAfeeShow you need to be a louder voice and call out Adam Silver. You soft balled interviewed him. Let him saying malarkey like this with out a follow up question like isn’t that just flopping is ridiculous

NBA officiating is incredible, said no one fucking ever prior to this dumbass saying it. We can argue about flopping & who does it the most, but we can all agree that NBA officiating hasn’t been incredible.

No one can convince me that he hasn’t been tasked with ruining the NBA and basketball in America. Too smart to be so delusional. Horrible product. Horrible officiating. He continues to double down on both.

A foul is a foul and players shouldn’t have to sell it or exaggerate to get the call if the officiating is incredible

Also, Teams shouldn’t lose their challenges until they miss one. If you keep winning challenges, you should keep being able to challenge

They’re feeding you a shit sandwich, telling you it actually tastes great, and expecting you to believe it’s filet mignon

What about the fines?!?! Every game is reviewed afterwards and all flops are by rule supposed to be noted and players fined.

David Stern would never. How out of touch is this guy. Every fan base is upset about it.

Man says "there's a difference" and then provides synonyms.

Absolutely the worst NBA commissioner ever to have that title.

Some crazy stats about how Silver has refused to enact their flopping rules over the years👇🏼

@PMIMitt Why can’t the NBA adopt embellishment like the NHL?

How in the world did this guy get his job? He’s a stumbling, bumbling idiot!

Shameful. When the gen Pop hates the product, you don’t listen, and instead defend. Owners won’t make a change because he got them steaming deals worth billions

“ taught to sell calls these days “ so stop incentivizing it

DISGUSTING. This man cares more about revenue than the actual game of basketball. In his eyes it’s always been about engagement/viewership and that’s HORRRRRIBLE for the actual GAME of BASKETBALL. Adam Silver should be ASHAMED. Just another man who lost to greed.

Players are TAUGHT TO SELL CALLS??? WTF that’s not the game of Basketball ‼️

@BostonConnr There are three ways of falling down like a little bitch.

NBA is the worst product in decades and by far the worst of the 4 major sports

People complaining about flopping may never call LeBron James the GOAT. You can love him as a player. And he has been great, but he started the flop phenomenon. SGA is a product of that.

@tyschmit So, the commish condones the flopping then. Saying there’s a difference between selling a call, exaggeration, and a true flop is blatantly false. There’s a real reaction and a fake reaction. That’s it, if you “sell” it then it’s literally lying and cheating.

Does he know we have eyes?

Such a weasely and slimey commissioner. NBA Finals ratings continue to decline and it’s all thanks to this guy.

pls pass on to Mr Silver i am done watching the NBA playoffs due to the insane antics from OKC. and they reward and promote it too by awarding SGA the MVP…

You have a flopping problem Adam…everyone hates your 2x MVP except for people that live in OKC…the product is becoming unwatchable

This is a responsive to his investors. Not the actual fans of the game.

@ToneDigz The issue is not the officials it’s the players flopping or trying to sell calls as this ass hat puts it. Hold the players accountable for diving all over the floor like someone who is ice skating for the first time.

Shai is going to celebrate another title AND Father’s Day in June!

The hell it is, NBA is almost unwatchable. Vegas runs your office

Notice how he did say anything about wanting to make a change in regards to flopping. He sidestepped the issue entirely.

‘Officials can be fooled sometimes but our officiating is incredible.’