the flop not many talk about

[akikan]

well, if its grossly obvious, people will point it out, but how come people doesnt seem to mind when shooters fall back after a shot from the slightest bit of contact, like a little touch to the forearm, or sometimes even with no contact whatsoever.

i mean, when was the last time you fell over when you got touched while you took a jumpshot. even getting pushed a little, i can land on my 2 feet 99% of the time.

i just find it ridiculous these buff pro athletes can fall down just with a brush on the arm

[Manocad]

well, if its grossly obvious, people will point it out, but how come people doesnt seem to mind when shooters fall back after a shot from the slightest bit of contact, like a little touch to the forearm, or sometimes even with no contact whatsoever.

i mean, when was the last time you fell over when you got touched while you took a jumpshot. even getting pushed a little, i can land on my 2 feet 99% of the time.

i just find it ridiculous these buff pro athletes can fall down just with a brush on the arm

Blame the league. It's about 'selling' the foul. Officials call it based on the reaction as much as (or more than) what they actually see.

Can you imagine what this would be like in baseball or football? In both those sports it's the opposite completely; if they don't see it, they don't call it. "Well gee, dude's jumping up and down celebrating--must be a touchdown!" (arms raise)

[T-Mac for MVP]

well, if its grossly obvious, people will point it out, but how come people doesnt seem to mind when shooters fall back after a shot from the slightest bit of contact, like a little touch to the forearm, or sometimes even with no contact whatsoever.

i mean, when was the last time you fell over when you got touched while you took a jumpshot. even getting pushed a little, i can land on my 2 feet 99% of the time.

i just find it ridiculous these buff pro athletes can fall down just with a brush on the arm

I'm going to go out on a limb and say you also don't jump as high as "these buff pro athletes".

[akikan]

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say you also don't jump as high as "these buff pro athletes".

probably not

but i would have to question your intelligence if you actually believe these guys are jumping so high even a puff of wind can knock them down

[Hemingway]

"Flopping" is just part of the game. In as much as it is to your advantage it is worthwhile. Yeah there are some that are just a joke and you wonder how a ref could fall for it. But on the other hand what about guys taking a charge? I don't know about you guys but growing up we did the charge drill. There were 3 guy around the 3 point line and they took turns running in for layups. You'd have to take 3 charges in a row. You learn to take the fall as you dive back and making a grunt sound was part of it. This all made sense because if you try to take a charge and don't fall down you will probably get a blocking foul called.

my point: If you start to penalize "flopping" you head down a slippery slop.

[Kobay]

flopping on offense? There was this guy name Dwade.