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Old 05-16-2008, 11:52 AM   #1 (permalink)
Shins of Steel

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Anyone else here sick of the "flopping" in NBA?

I understand players want to "draw the foul" but seriously, does anyone else notice how dramatic players are in the NBA when they "fall down"? I meant they get the slightest nudge and they go tumbling down like a redwood. I think its gotten to the point were players don't just dramatize their fall, I think they fall down on purpose just to get a foul called, thats the worst. The funny thing is you can tell they want to dramatize the fall because they never make any effort to step back or put a hand down to catch their balance, they just fall flat on their back and lie there like a corpse. I'm not pointing fingers at any individual teams cause they all seem to do it. Watch any NBA game, not even just a playoff one. At the end of every play the court is littered with bodies, it looks like a war zone, haha. I just had to get that off my chest, it drives me nuts. I wish there was a way to stop it, but there is no plausible way of penalizing someone because the ref thinks he is falling on purpose. Unfortunately, I think it has become part of the game. Anyone else notice/get annoyed by this?

/rant
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