Who popularized flopping in the NBA?
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Who popularized flopping in the NBA?
Vote... having a discussion with a friend and trying to figure out who really popularized flopping in the NBA.
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Divac came first to mind, but I’m sure it goes further than that
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Damn I wanted to add CP3 in... can a mod fix that for me?
Edit: Nvmd. Got that in myself
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The origins of flopping go all the way back to the flip flop culture of the late 70’s/early 80’s with pioneers like Grandmaster Crash
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Joel Embiid
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Vlade was the 1st I can remember, but Gino took it to the next level.
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Derek Fisher deserves to be on this list.
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Lord Eder wrote:Divac came first to mind, but I’m sure it goes further than that
Divac popularized it, Manu perfected it.
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Rodman. As part of getting into the head of his matchup.
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Many of Ginobilis did this.
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To answer the question directly, Ginobili popularized flopping like nobody before him nor after him.
There's been many copycats and wannabes, but none like master Manu.
There's been many copycats and wannabes, but none like master Manu.
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As a child of the 90's, Divac, Stockton, Reggie Miller, and Rodman come to mind first. Karl Malone also flopped.
It's been around for a long time, but I don't think guys were making it an essential part of their game in a widespread way until maybe Harden.
Also, shout out to that period when "LeBronning" was a thing.
So, yeah. I remember a bunch of dudes from the 90's who flopped a lot. If you're saying Manu, then you're either too young, weren't paying attention, or have forgotten.
And I only started watching in like 1991, so for all I know, there were some famous floppers before the names I listed.
It's been around for a long time, but I don't think guys were making it an essential part of their game in a widespread way until maybe Harden.
Also, shout out to that period when "LeBronning" was a thing.
So, yeah. I remember a bunch of dudes from the 90's who flopped a lot. If you're saying Manu, then you're either too young, weren't paying attention, or have forgotten.
And I only started watching in like 1991, so for all I know, there were some famous floppers before the names I listed.
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scrabbarista wrote:As a child of the 90's, Divac, Stockton, Reggie Miller, and Rodman come to mind first. Karl Malone also flopped.
It's been around for a long time, but I don't think guys were making it an essential part of their game in a widespread way until maybe Harden.
Also, shout out to that period when "LeBronning" was a thing.
So, yeah. I remember a bunch of dudes from the 90's who flopped a lot. If you're saying Manu, then you're either too young, weren't paying attention, or have forgotten.
And I only started watching in like 1991, so for all I know, there were some famous floppers before the names I listed.
What is "LeBronning"?
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MoMan24 wrote:scrabbarista wrote:As a child of the 90's, Divac, Stockton, Reggie Miller, and Rodman come to mind first. Karl Malone also flopped.
It's been around for a long time, but I don't think guys were making it an essential part of their game in a widespread way until maybe Harden.
Also, shout out to that period when "LeBronning" was a thing.
So, yeah. I remember a bunch of dudes from the 90's who flopped a lot. If you're saying Manu, then you're either too young, weren't paying attention, or have forgotten.
And I only started watching in like 1991, so for all I know, there were some famous floppers before the names I listed.
What is "LeBronning"?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lebronning
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Who popularized it for the modern day? I'd say the Spurs, Manu most prominently and this is not said in n a derogatory way, but the Spurs had one of the more recent (last 20 years) teams that won a lot while having some contact embelishers on their team (Manu, Oberto, Bowen, Parker a bit too). Guys on teams losing to them look at that and say, "hmm, it seems to work out".
Then other guys moved it on of course, and while it's always hard to pin point something like that to just one source, I'd say they were the catalyst.
Of course it's been a build up, guys were flopping since the inception of the game, we also previously had less immediately accessible media to watch every flopping clip and compile them like we have in our YouTube era. Frank Ramsey was making a living out of it and "wrote the book" literally on the art of ref deception, and there have always been floppers, more than many realized or noticed with less media exposure.
I would say the Spurs helped to "popularize" it for the current generation of players though, because they were the ones winning with noticeable floppers, and some guys took that as "this works".
Then other guys moved it on of course, and while it's always hard to pin point something like that to just one source, I'd say they were the catalyst.
Of course it's been a build up, guys were flopping since the inception of the game, we also previously had less immediately accessible media to watch every flopping clip and compile them like we have in our YouTube era. Frank Ramsey was making a living out of it and "wrote the book" literally on the art of ref deception, and there have always been floppers, more than many realized or noticed with less media exposure.
I would say the Spurs helped to "popularize" it for the current generation of players though, because they were the ones winning with noticeable floppers, and some guys took that as "this works".
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scrabbarista wrote:MoMan24 wrote:scrabbarista wrote:As a child of the 90's, Divac, Stockton, Reggie Miller, and Rodman come to mind first. Karl Malone also flopped.
It's been around for a long time, but I don't think guys were making it an essential part of their game in a widespread way until maybe Harden.
Also, shout out to that period when "LeBronning" was a thing.
So, yeah. I remember a bunch of dudes from the 90's who flopped a lot. If you're saying Manu, then you're either too young, weren't paying attention, or have forgotten.
And I only started watching in like 1991, so for all I know, there were some famous floppers before the names I listed.
What is "LeBronning"?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lebronning
Apparently, it was spelled with one "n," which kind of shows the level of... never mind.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lebroning&sp=CAM%253D
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