This issue will either make you laugh or make you angry. Maybe both?
Since the turn of the century, flopping has become more prevalent in the NBA. Players realized, “Hey, I can fool an official into calling a foul by falling over in juuust the right way,” and so they made that a part of their skillset.
And wow, do these officials ever fall for flopping. With so many offenses, it’s hard to keep track of everything.
Thankfully, a YouTuber named CoshReport has compiled some of the finest NBA flops, with each one increasing in dramatic intensity.
Let’s take a look at a few highlights.
- 0:33: Joel Embiid and Daniel Theis—two large players—flop at once, and both seem to get hurt.
- 1:00: Corey Brewer gets lightly tapped and catapults himself into the basket.
- 2:15: Announcer Jeff Van Gundy has HAD ENOUGH. This one actually made me laugh out loud at how ridiculous it is.
- 3:02: The Hornets announcers chastise the team for fouling yet another three-point shooter, then see the replay and realize the error of their ways.
- 4:23: Thomas Bryant gets pushed at his team’s own three-point line and flies to halfcourt, then rolls almost all the way to the other team’s three-point line.
Perhaps one of the video’s top comments sums up this whole epidemic nicely: “It’s really annoying in a game but really entertaining to watch all at once.”
Hope your NBA flops—and your every day ones—are magical this weekend.