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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Anderson Varejao (center) has been warned for flopping. (David Liam Kyle/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NBA announced Tuesday that Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao has been issued a warning for flopping.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Varejao's flop occurred midway through the first quarter of Cleveland's \u00A0127-125 home win over Philadelphia on Saturday night. With the Sixers leading 16-14, Varejao battled for rebounding position with Lavoy Allen as Thaddeus Young put up a shot. Varejao established inside position on Allen, who delivered a light push as he worked towards the middle of the paint. In response to that contact, Varejao went flying to the ground, \u00A0flailing his head and arms. No foul was called on the play.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Video of the sequence can be viewed on\u00A0NBA.com.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This type of flop was specifically called out in the NBA\u2019s\u00A0official video introducing its flopping policy. In the video, then-Hawks forward Josh Smith fell quickly to the ground while fighting for a rebound with then-Celtics forward Paul Pierce after getting pushed in the back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CAs the highlighted defensive player prepares for a potential rebound, he feels slight contact from his opponent in his back,\u201D the narrator explains. \u201CHe then falls forward and collapses to the floor in an obvious over-embellishment. The actions of the player in the white uniform are inconsistent with the level of contact on the play and is designed to draw an unearned loose ball foul on his opponent. Again, this flop will be penalized.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;RELATED:\u00A0The 10 most ridiculous flops of the 2012-13 season&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Varejao becomes the ninth player warned by the league for flopping this season, joining Wizards guard\u00A0John Wall, Timberwolves forwards\u00A0Kevin Love and Corey Brewer, Spurs guard\u00A0Patty Mills,\u00A0Bucks center\u00A0Zaza Pachulia,\u00A0Rockets guard\u00A0James Harden,\u00A0Knicks guard\u00A0Iman Shumpert, and Clippers guard Chris Paul. No warnings were handed out during the preseason. Harden has also been\u00A0fined $5,000 for a second violation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Instituted before the 2012-13 season, the NBA's anti-flopping system provides one free warning to players before they are subjected to a scaling set of monetary fines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\tViolation 1: Warning&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\tViolation 2: $5,000 fine&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\tViolation 3: $10,000 fine&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\tViolation 4: $15,000 fine&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\tViolation 5: $30,000 fine&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\tViolation 6: Subject to discipline reasonable under the\u00A0circumstances, including an increased fine\u00A0and/or suspension&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NBA assigned 24 flopping violations to 19 different players on 13 different teams during the 2012-13 regular season. Five players received two infractions each, earning fines totaling $25,000, with zero players getting dinged three or more times.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;During the 2013 playoffs, the NBA\u00A0removed the free warning\u00A0and began assessing fines. Although commissioner David Stern said that the league's current policy \"isn't enough\" to curb the practice, the league did not adopt any changes to the policy during the offseason.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NBA defines flopping as \"any physical act that, following review, reasonably appears to be intended to cause the game\u00A0officials to call a foul on another player\" with the \u201Cprimary factor\u201D in determining a flop being whether \u201Ca player\u2019s physical reaction to contact with another player is inconsistent with what would reasonably be expected given the force or direction of the contact.\u201D\nVarejao finished with 13 points (on 5-for-10 shooting), 10 rebounds and three blocks in 43 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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