Who's today's biggest flopper/diver?

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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#81 » by ravinaziankid » Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:32 pm

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PizzaSteve wrote:Harden. My recent favorite is the head snap reaction when Curry fouled his beard during the final reg season game. His flopping reflexive instincts are lightning quick.

Why Curry just had to touch the beard, is another puzzle. I think it may have hypnotized him.


I remember. The entire arena groaned. Too funny...



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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#82 » by LivingLegend » Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:22 am

K_chile22 wrote:Flopping and ref baiting are 2 different things, no? If so it's definitely Smart


When Harden jerks his head back out of nowhere to make it look like he gets hit by a semi truck every time he drives. Its an offensive flop.

Isiah Thomas is the runner up to Harden for this and Kyle Lowry coming in 3rd. All three of them seek contact just to flail their arms and heads everywhere so they go to the FT line. Its just a big of disgrace as the Hack a Player move at the end of games.

What Harden, Isiah and Lowry all do is not basketball. Its finding a loophole in the system (just like Hack a Player) and exploiting it. Frankly it ruins the integrity of the game when 40-50% of the shots James Harden takes are not actual shots, but trying to dive and throw his head and arms everywhere to try to go to the line. Its a joke to the game.
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#83 » by PizzaSteve » Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:03 am

ravinaziankid wrote:
xfactor wrote:
PizzaSteve wrote:Harden. My recent favorite is the head snap reaction when Curry fouled his beard during the final reg season game. His flopping reflexive instincts are lightning quick.

Why Curry just had to touch the beard, is another puzzle. I think it may have hypnotized him.


I remember. The entire arena groaned. Too funny...



His beard has feelings too..

Makes sense...and due to the long, curly nature of the beard, the pain from Curry's hard foul took several seconds to migrate from the beard nerves, travelling to his brain and eventually his neck, which of course snapped back in a natural reflexive defensive motion. Just beard biology bro. :o
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#84 » by ravinaziankid » Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:43 pm

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ravinaziankid wrote:
xfactor wrote:
I remember. The entire arena groaned. Too funny...



His beard has feelings too..

Makes sense...and due to the long, curly nature of the beard, the pain from Curry's hard foul took several seconds to migrate from the beard nerves, travelling to his brain and eventually his neck, which of course snapped back in a natural reflexive defensive motion. Just beard biology bro. :o


Haha yep, if I was curry i would just rip that **** off his flopping face and make it a real foul.
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#85 » by LLJ » Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:11 pm

lilswift01 wrote:I don't even think Derozan knows how to flop. He's pretty good at drawing fouls though.


He doesn't play enough defense to be in a situation to flop.
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#86 » by Ckay » Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:17 pm

Marcus Smart
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Post#87 » by TheProfessor » Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:29 pm

Smart. His flopping is harder to watch then his shooting.
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#88 » by Seabass11 » Tue May 16, 2017 1:03 pm

Bradley Beal is quickly climbing the latter...
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#89 » by Johnny Bball » Tue May 16, 2017 1:49 pm

James and Smart.

NBA needs to tighten up flopping rules and fines.
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#90 » by GermanFan120 » Tue May 16, 2017 1:51 pm

The entire Rockets team.
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#91 » by almatic » Tue May 16, 2017 1:55 pm

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lilswift01 wrote:I don't even think Derozan knows how to flop. He's pretty good at drawing fouls though.


He doesn't play enough defense to be in a situation to flop.


This!

All Derozan does on defesnse is side-step out of the way & lets his guy attack the basket & depends on JV for the help because he knows JV is the one that's gonna be getting all the blame.
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#92 » by robbie84 » Tue May 16, 2017 2:01 pm

Bradley Beal is the biggest flopper in the nba.
He was just pathetic in the ECSF. Flailing and falling and -not even trying to sell contact-just acting like he'd been shot everytime and overly dramatic.

He is only 23 though so hopefully he'll learn to cut it down.
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#93 » by robbie84 » Tue May 16, 2017 2:04 pm

Johnny Bball wrote:James and Smart.

NBA needs to tighten up flopping rules and fines.

when was Smarts last flop? He's had 1 or 2 this season.

Beal had one every game vs the Celtics. Smart didnt have any.
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#94 » by casketball » Tue May 16, 2017 2:20 pm

Smart has had some egregious ones for sure. That definitely sucks. But he hasn't done it much this season.

Bradley Beal had three this passed series, but I've never noticed it from him before. I'd go with Harden.


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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#95 » by CS707 » Tue May 16, 2017 2:33 pm

bobobolas10 wrote:everything involving Khawi seems to be a foul these days. Guy is very good but I cant believe the many calls he gets.


This. Kawhi's offensive game is very reminiscent of Harden now. He's mastered that leaving your arms stretched out with the ball exposed move, running into players, exaggerating contact, etc.
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#96 » by hongdayuan » Tue May 16, 2017 2:54 pm

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bobobolas10 wrote:everything involving Khawi seems to be a foul these days. Guy is very good but I cant believe the many calls he gets.


This. Kawhi's offensive game is very reminiscent of Harden now. He's mastered that leaving your arms stretched out with the ball exposed move, running into players, exaggerating contact, etc.


It's funny because my wife is a diehard kawhi fan after 14' finals and we were watching game 1 where kawhi drew a foul on an arm hook. I told her "seems like kawhi picked up some bad tricks playing harden last round". She was in full denial until the same calls happened a few more times. Then she was like "well that's just a really smart move", lmao
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#97 » by miamiheat319 » Tue May 16, 2017 3:00 pm

robbie84 wrote:Bradley Beal is the biggest flopper in the nba.
He was just pathetic in the ECSF. Flailing and falling and -not even trying to sell contact-just acting like he'd been shot everytime and overly dramatic.

He is only 23 though so hopefully he'll learn to cut it down.

Says the guy who's team has Marcus Smart
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The first one is just plain disgusting and pathetic. I mean, they both are, but the first one espcially. Please don't try to defend this guy.
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#98 » by ajones9219 » Tue May 16, 2017 3:23 pm

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robbie84 wrote:Bradley Beal is the biggest flopper in the nba.
He was just pathetic in the ECSF. Flailing and falling and -not even trying to sell contact-just acting like he'd been shot everytime and overly dramatic.

He is only 23 though so hopefully he'll learn to cut it down.

Says the guy who's team has Marcus Smart
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The first one is just plain disgusting and pathetic. I mean, they both are, but the first one espcially. Please don't try to defend this guy.


....cool......show me a few bad ones from this season
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#99 » by Johnny Bball » Tue May 16, 2017 3:34 pm

robbie84 wrote:
Johnny Bball wrote:James and Smart.

NBA needs to tighten up flopping rules and fines.

when was Smarts last flop? He's had 1 or 2 this season.

Beal had one every game vs the Celtics. Smart didnt have any.


Come on man. Seriously, you're defending this? I'll just go with his last game against the Raptors. Good for him for not diving on national TV?
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Re: Who's today's biggest flopper/diver? 

Post#100 » by miamiheat319 » Tue May 16, 2017 3:41 pm

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miamiheat319 wrote:
robbie84 wrote:Bradley Beal is the biggest flopper in the nba.
He was just pathetic in the ECSF. Flailing and falling and -not even trying to sell contact-just acting like he'd been shot everytime and overly dramatic.

He is only 23 though so hopefully he'll learn to cut it down.

Says the guy who's team has Marcus Smart
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The first one is just plain disgusting and pathetic. I mean, they both are, but the first one espcially. Please don't try to defend this guy.


....cool......show me a few bad ones from this season

My bad. Didn't realize the fact that he didn't have as many this season negates any previous disgusting flops he's had. Sorry about that.
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