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there are different levels to flopping and what people define as flopping

there's exaggerating contact and the hit - Lebron did this a lot
foul baiters - I don't consider this flopping but some guys are just good at getting contact and drawing fouls - AR is great at this particularly with the pull up off the dribble
complainers - whine about every call - well hello luka

these are basically purgatory IMO

then you go down a couple of levels and you get players who just act like they get fouled with no foul
feel like every player does this at some point

now you get to the seventh level of hell
Harden back in his day - grabbing defenders arm
SGA - the forearm shiver and kicking his leg
(these are offensive fouls in my book and worse just not basketball plays)

 

That wasn't you, you got hacked?

Touche on that Luka video. There were definitely some flops to the floor. And he was pretty FAT there too. I never watched him on Dallas and didn't remember any to the floor on Lakers that were fake like those. Could be wrong. I searched on AR and if he hit the floor to me it did not look that that, and was hardly at all in any video of him "drawing" fouls. Absolutely nowhere to the level SGA does all of it worse and more often, especially going to the floor as ridiculously frequently as he does.

So I'll move the goal post, as you often do and say find me the compilation tape on AR, your constant whipping boy that shows him going to the floor the ridiculous number of times and manner that SGA does. Or we can drop it. You're constantly claiming they're in the same league with SGA's "baiting" and it's not true. He's flopping around on the floor with the videos to prove it.

 

Austin doesn't flop as much as he is good at drawing fouls, two entirely different things. He is actually trying to score and get an and one. That is actually a smart play.

 

Yes thank you …. you said it very efficiently

 

This is the type of greed they talk about in the bible.

 

Jordan did the forearm shiver thing a lot too. That pushoff to close out Utah was epic. Guys are always looking for an edge. Luka whines a lot, SGA flops a lot. Both are good at gaming the system. If Luka was still in Dallas, I'd be roasting him equally with SGA. However he wears my colors so...kudos to him for knowing the rules of engagement and applying them to his advantage. Same to SGA.

 

Nah man just play “reasonably” the right way. No fake jerking your head back and grabbing your mouth when the replay shows zero contact was made and stop falling on the floor every time you shoot.

 

Yes all three players foul bait. Of the 3 Luka and Shai flops way more often trying to trick the refs and sell fouls. meaning you cant come within a inch of them to play ethical defense. That is why i put () around AR since his is more legit fouls. he just put the defender in a bad position. Luka on the other hand leans into players. Throws up his arm flops and doing extra to draw fouls. These unlike AR can be none calls.