Adam Silver: Flailing Will Be Discussed At NBA Offseason Meetings

OAKLAND (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says flailing of arms and legs in a effort to "sell calls" to referees is becoming a bigger problem.

Silver, speaking less than an hour before Game 1 of the Finals, says it's not something the league wants to see, and that he's hoping to find ways to discourage players from doing it as often.

The issue took center stage in the Western Conference finals when Golden State's Draymond Green kicked Oklahoma City's Steven Adams in the groin area. Silver says such plays will be discussed by the competition committee when it meets this summer.

Silver also says the league's Last Two-Minute Reports, designed to be transparent on calls down the stretch of close games, are a good thing.

There were some highly notable missed - or wrong - calls in the early rounds of the playoffs, including one where Oklahoma City's Dion Waiters elbowed San Antonio's Manu Ginobili back to create space on an inbounds pass late in a Thunder win. The referee closest to that play was Marc Davis, one of the three who will work Game 1 of the Finals.

Other key missed call came in the Houston-Golden State series, when the Rockets' James Harden pushed off a defender to create room for what became his winning shot in Game 3 of that matchup.

Some players, including Cleveland's LeBron James and Miami's Dwyane Wade, have said during these playoffs that they don't see the point of issuing such reports.