The league is slapping down on "Born Ready" for his recent theatrics.
Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson has been fined $5,000 by the NBA for violating the league's anti-flopping rule for a second time this season, the league announced Tuesday.
The violation occured with just under two minutes left in the game. George Hill rises for a long range jumper and Stephenson appears to crash towards the rim for a weak side rebound. Warriors guard Klay Thompson finds Stephenson to box him out, putting his hands on him ever so slightly. Stephenson, however, flails to the ground as if he were hit by a freight train.
He becomes the third player to draw a fine this season, joining Rockets guard James Harden and Timberwolves wing man Corey Brewer.
The Pacers guard is no stranger to acting. A few weeks ago, he drew a loose-ball foul on Kyle Lowry when he went springing out of bounds after Lowry nudged him. In fact, a quick "Lance Stephenson flop" YouTube search brings a few pages of Golden Globe worthy performances.
He's also the first player to be fined twice for flopping; he was fined in last year's playoffs for the "phantom elbow flop" in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat.
This is kind of becoming his thing.
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