Nurkic gives the best reaction for a flop

[Rosque]

Loved watching him play in Croatia, love watching him play in NBA. Great personality and great potential.

[Duffman100]

Love it. You're going to flop, you deserve it.

[theforumblue]

Probably one of the least egregious flop I've seen. You can't lower your shoulder and just ram into a guy like that and not expect a call.

[MarvinGaye1983]

Deserved tech.
You're not allowed to taunt players.

[philly5]

Love it. Flopping is clown shoes and it's ruining the game.

[The Rebel]

it was a delay of game since he touched the ball after he made the basket.

That would make sense if it was actually a made basket though. Since the whistle was already blown, it can't possibly be considered delay of game.

Guys shoot after the whistle all the time. In fact, on fast breaks: a guy is often fouled around half court and continues to dribble the length of the court for a dunk/layup after the whistle.

It was a made basket, they did not call a penalty for the flop, they only called the delay of game tech after Nurkic touched the ball.

[Wizenheimer]

to my eyes, it wasn't a flop, but it was a taunt, and pretty obviously a delay of game.

[MaxRider]

He got the tech for touching the ball after scoring right?

that would be delay of game, ref stop calling them this season
i think he got tech for taunting

[tooler]

Not an egregious flop but the refs obviously thought it was one. No whistle until the very amusing unsportsmanlike conduct afterwards.

[Manimal]

Well it looked the like the ball was going to fall on his head as he chose, for whatever reason, to lay down on the floor under the basket. Nurk just grabbed it to prevent it from hurting him. And then, instead of throwing it to the ref and delaying the game, he handed it directly to him nicely.

About the only thing he didn't do was offer him a hand to help him up. Probably a smart thing though, because given the little amount of contact it took to knock him over on his ass, he'd probably break that poor guy's hand if he grabbed it to pull him up. Seems very frail, that Morris guy.

[Nuggets_Talk]

I'm not sure that was entirely a flop, it looked like Nurkic lowered his shoulder a bit. Entertaining, regardless though.

Definite flop.

[quatin]

It was exaggerating contact. I'm tired of this "you have to fall over for it to be called a charge" rule. We got grown men standing on their tippy toes, trying to get pushed over.

[Takingbaconback]

Lol such a flop. At least body up for a while before you try to sell the contact.

[nomansland]

I don't think he was taunting or being unsportsmanlike- it was the Suns' ball after that, so he gave it to the closest player. No big deal.

The whistle was because he touched the ball, which you can't do.

[xBulletproof]

I don't think he was taunting or being unsportsmanlike- it was the Suns' ball after that, so he gave it to the closest player. No big deal.

The whistle was because he touched the ball, which you can't do.

[The_ref]

It was without a doubt a flop. In these kinds of situations, try to look at the defenders legs or knees. He just folds like a chair as soon as the attacker touches him. Absolutely a flop.

[druggas]

Offensive foul.

[Art Vandelay]

As a Bulls fan, I'm a tad bummed we traded the pick that became this guy (and another 1st) for Doug McDerrmott. As much as I think Doug has potential.. this Nurkic kid looks like he has the tools to dominate games with physicality. That's rare at the 5.

[DeBlazerRiddem]

That was not a flop. Nurkic is huge and was going into Morris with some force. Maybe Morris sold it a little bit to draw the charge, but that is not the same as flopping.

Flopping is acting as if you got hit when you never got hit. Like throwing your head back like someone knocked your nose when there was no contact with your nose.

This call could have gone either way.

[Beffiosa]

lol the dude is cocky as ****...

love it.

I thought being cocky was frowned upon on this forum? Oh ,Wait...... I don't even want to go there