OT: Why does Lebron flop?

[Lafayette]

Well Duke guards this year look at the ref when they think they are fouled so it’s not just the pros.

Granted they don’t flop bc flopping rules are being enforced.

 

[DRBackup]

Kobe and Jordan cried about calls constantly. The revisionist history is oof

Complaining about calls and flopping around like you're injured are distinctly different things.

 

[Northbound]

Worse than people dropping like they’ve been been hit with an arrow at normal bump and scrape is the opposing team dropping to their knees like the injured opponent was shot. Just to see the kid pop back up three minutes later.

The college lax team I coached looked at me like I had six heads when I said “stand up the guy ism’t dead”.

Pet peeve of mine. You can be respectful and be on your knees.

 

[Deepster]

How hard is it to distinguish between complaining, drawing fouls and acting like you've been mortally wounded?

Pedal faster, folks.

 

[TheShot1990]

He fouled me!!!!

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I forgot im not as tough as you and Mccrackhead, the toughest ones on the board.

 

[navery12]

How hard is it to distinguish between complaining, drawing fouls and acting like you've been mortally wounded?

Pedal faster, folks.

Because it's all related, they think it's going to help them get makeup calls in the future.

It's a different action but the same mindset that makes our head coach jump around and yell at the refs about foul calls he's not getting. He thinks it'll help him in the future even though it won't change the play that just happened

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Again, when you’re built like a bull and have been getting hacked pretty much every drive for 23 years, often not getting a whistle, you’re going to try to exaggerate the contact. Most players and teams are pretty fond of free/extra points as far as I know.

 

[Scoe]

🥱

 

[formerlurker]

 

[mauconnfan]

Well Duke guards this year look at the ref when they think they are fouled so it’s not just the pros.

Granted they don’t flop bc flopping rules are being enforced.

Agree here, and Scheyer whines more than K if that’s even possible. This with a guy that hooks his defender in the low post basically 75% of the time, and never gets called!

 

[Kolumbo]

The guy should be ashamed of himself. He has a physical advantage over most players yet flops all the time. grow a pair. Even during regular contact, if the contact is so light as to not affect his movement seeing that he is so strong, should it really be a foul in the first place. Can't respect him at all. I just wish he played against the Celtics and Pistons back in the day. He's worse than Shane Floppier. And the refs should be held accountable for enabling him. A flat out

 

[Chin Diesel]

 

[Deepster]

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But he was just trying to draw a foul! :eye roll:

 

[temery]

I'll just put this here...

 

[temery]

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How tall are those refs?

 

[TheRealKBuks]

People think this guy is the goat

 

[Fishy]

I do get a chuckle out of that thing where James complains to the ref while checking for blood that's never there.

Or when he goes down like he's been hit by a truck and lays there slapping the floor in pain....and the team is so used to it that no one checks on him and the trainer never moves.

 

[Kitaman]

Not sure what's unusual. We all tend to flop after doing so much traveling.

 

[HailUConn]

Now I got it. Everyone’s doing it and LeBron is just a bad actor.

 

[Scottobot]

He "apparently" hurt his elbow last night after barely being touched. Rolling around like he got shot.

I'm not looking to debate if he got fouled or not there. It's clear he has a "highlight film" of flops an hour long. I am sitting here confused as to why he does it?

He can draw contact and get to the line any time he wants. He's built like a football player. He's clearly one of the most talented players ever to play the game. Does he not realize how bad it makes him look and what it does to his legacy? Does he just love the attention of making the game stop and having everyone fawn all over him to see if he's alright? Half the time his own teammates don't even go over to him and it seems they're sick or bored of it.

Why does he do this?!

The entire NBA is a bit of a joke now. More reality TV and WWF than a competitive sport. Atleast 1/3 of teams are tanking and making up fake injuries to bench players. The other teams don’t care about winning because they know they will automatically make playoffs because there are so many tanking teams. All stars used to play 80 games now they play 65 at the most. The NBA has really fallen. Fortunately college bball is still great.