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The NBA is cracking down on flopping this season and now they’ve created another new rule.  The retired star hasn’t played in 89 months, but the league outlaws one of his signature moves.  There is just one problem with it though…

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From  | Ball Don’t Lie at Yahoo Sports:

The newest in this long list is a so-called “Reggie Miller Rule,” designed to stop one of the go-to moves of a player that played his last game over 89 months ago. From the Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn:

Also, officials will emphasize the “Reggie Miller rule” for a shooter who kicks his legs out during jump-shot attempts to create contact and draw fouls. Officials plan to call offensive fouls on shooters who blatantly kick out their legs to initiate contact.

 

The problem is that this rule was already in place. It’s what is called an “offensive foul,” and referees have had the go-ahead for years to whistle offensive players that strike a defender after moving into the defender’s designated space. You don’t see as many kicking calls over the course of a season as you see, say, a drive and crash into a well-positioned charge-taker; but the calls have been made in the past.

It comes down to, as has been the case for years on the other end with flopping, the NBA referees getting it right in the moment.