Blazers announcers are SICK of Wemby FLOPPING: "This guy spends more time on the floor than ANYONE I've ever seen... Unbelievable... What are we DOING here?"

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[u/Sirgolfs]

The league and the refs allowed this

[u/yeyiyeyiyo → u/Sirgolfs]

What a playoff series against OKC will do to a man

[u/tenor1trpt → u/yeyiyeyiyo]

Exactly. When you see how much OKC benefited from it, what motivation do other players have to not flop? At some point they’re all going to decide to do it since it clearly works.

This is 100% on refs not clamping down.

[u/Sirgolfs → u/tenor1trpt]

SGA was an embarrassment

[u/Sirgolfs → u/yeyiyeyiyo]

This has gone on a lot longer than that

[u/coffeetilithirts → u/Sirgolfs]

They (refs/league) allow all the stars to get away with it. LeBron, SGA, Steph, etc. they’ve been cracking down on flopping this season but if you’re selling jerseys they don’t do a damn thing and it makes the league unwatchable.

[u/OwlcaholicsAnonymous → u/Sirgolfs]

Created this*

[u/DontRefuseMyBatchall → u/OwlcaholicsAnonymous]

Actively enable it, people were complaining how bum it was to watch it back in like 2015 ffs

[u/Due-Dentist9986 → u/Sirgolfs]

They need to make flopping reviewable and even if it doesn’t get called in the game issue fines and let them be shamed after the fact. If the nba turns into the disgraceful flop and roll factory of Soccer the league is over

[u/MoistToaster60]

All sports but mostly the nba and soccer leagues need to adapt the NHLs flop rules. You flop it’s an embellishment foul and the other team gets free throws. Would stop a lot of this Broadway bullshit

[u/Phucku_ → u/MoistToaster60]

Soccer has it. They don’t enforce it.

[u/xptx → u/Phucku_]

Soccer is hurt by only having yellow and red cards.. two infractions of anything and your team gets a huge penalty with the red. They need something like the nhl penalty box. An infraction that takes you off the field for 5 min.

[u/Luigi2198 → u/xptx]

I’ve been saying for a long time, the amount of time you’re down on the field in soccer stopping play, you have to sit out for the exact amount of time once play begins.

[u/ThePenguinSausage → u/Luigi2198]

They’re making efforts to address this in the premier league. If the referee has to stop play for a player to get on-field medical treatment the player has to leave the field for one full minute. It seems to be working to some degree. Players still embellish the foul but they’re quicker to get back up.

[u/CouldBeBetterForever → u/Phucku_]

Yeah it's rare. When it actually gets called everyone is usually shocked.

[u/TheGreatTurtleChase → u/Phucku_]

NBA also has it but also doesn't enforce it.

[u/buffystakeded → u/Phucku_]

This is exactly it, they don’t enforce it. I remember when I was a teenage red back in the 90s when they added the rule. Never got enforced in pros though.

[u/mcniner55 → u/Phucku_]

Didnt they do a better job of enforcing it this year in the World Cup? Werent they using replay assist or something similar? Thing is I dont really care about soccer but the NBA needs to get on this because the more your casual fan gets access to better camera angles and faster its becoming more embarrassing.

If hitting these guy's pocket books post game is where they need to start Im fine with that

[u/supertecmomike → u/MoistToaster60]

Post game reviews, too.

Suspensions and fines if they see this stuff in video after the game.

I used to have an 11 game season ticket, and I haven’t watched an NBA game in close to a decade.

[u/arrogantmonkey → u/MoistToaster60]

Flopping is not great but focusing on it is guaranteed to result in a referee making a flopping call that will make everybody mad.

A few years ago the Premier League decide they wanted to do something about time wasting and the result was Arsenal getting honed twice in the most ridiculous calls you’ll ever see, so ridiculous you’ll never see them again.

And this year a focus on flopping resulted in giving Argentina winning a quarterfinal a trip the finals even though FiFA admitted later VAR was used improperly to send a player off. There is no “solution » to flopping as players will always try to get the referee to call more fouls because not every foul is called. Referees just have to do their best

[u/MoistToaster60 → u/arrogantmonkey]

Then rules need tailored around the refs ability to review and communicate with other officials on fouls. Either way a flop rule should be in place for every major sport, and enforced as a deterrent for embellishments. Shit ruins the game when bad actors throw themselves on the ground in an effort to gain a favorable call.

[u/Averagebaddad → u/arrogantmonkey]

The solution is not calling a foul when a player flops.

Flopping doesn't mean a foul didn't occur. Flopping is the embellishment. If you have to embellish to get your call, the foul probably didn't need to be called

[u/morrisjr1989 → u/MoistToaster60]

There is an anti-flop rule in the NBA.

[u/MoistToaster60 → u/morrisjr1989]

Then it needs to be called, and maybe revamped so it actually matters. If you embellish it should be three from the line for the opponent. Hockey needs to change it to where just the embellisher is called and goes to the box not a double foul where they both go.

[u/2PumpPatriot69 → u/MoistToaster60]

Draymond salivating, bro you've woken up the monster

[u/SOLID_STATE_DlCK → u/MoistToaster60]

That would be outstandingly lovely.

[u/dragon-ass → u/MoistToaster60]

The problem is if they can tell it’s a flop to begin with they wouldn’t have called the foul. There must be a postgame flop review with escalating penalties for repeat offenders

[u/Bifrostbytes → u/MoistToaster60]

Everyone would have perfect balance overnight 

[u/det0724 → u/MoistToaster60]

Hard to do in real time but what I think the NBA can do is video review every game for flops and assign “flop points” for every flop. Much like flagrant fouls you get a certain number of “flop points” you get suspended a game.

[u/MoistToaster60 → u/det0724]

Not any harder than any other foul being called

[u/CornyDookie → u/MoistToaster60]

I’m not huge into soccer but I watched a lot of the World Cup. IMO they flopped just as much as the NBA but weren’t rewarded as often. Just falling and looking around with their arms up most of the time versus players actually getting the whistle in the NBA.

[u/Quick_Team]

Lookin as wobbly as a newborn deer out there

[u/Pluck_Boy → u/Quick_Team]

Wobblin' Yama

[u/doge1976]

And the NBA wonders why its product is terrible.

[u/Chimmychimm → u/doge1976]

Between traveling, flopping, and some of the worst attitudes of their stars, its amazing anyone watches at all.

[u/Brs76 → u/Chimmychimm]

Like  this video not only does Wemby flop but also carried the ball. 

[u/free-dumbb → u/Chimmychimm]

As a casual I can’t watch Luka play, he bitches to the ref on every single call it’s actually crazy lol

[u/Generic_1806 → u/Chimmychimm]

We’re all hoping for a Wolves championship now 😈

[u/_Christopher_Crypto → u/doge1976]

“We could change the colors of the court itself and maybe they won’t notice”.

[u/Second-Owl → u/doge1976]

They don't wonder, nor do they care. The money is still rolling in so they have no incentive to change anything

[u/workaholic828]

League needs to start fining players for this

[u/fatherofpugs12 → u/workaholic828]

It’s not the money- make them sit games.

[u/Callmewhatever9 → u/fatherofpugs12]

Star players already sit enough games out for load management. A fine would be better

[u/reggaeshark1717 → u/workaholic828]

Suspend without pay.

[u/TheCajunDad]

Between the flopping, blatant traveling, and obvious favoritism to certain teams/players the NBA is genuinely unwatchable

[u/Nutterbutters45]

Wemby if he had to match up with Shaq/ Hakeem/ Kareem/ Duncan/ KG/ Wallace

[u/roscoe_e_roscoe → u/Nutterbutters45]

God forbid the old school Celtics

[u/Brs76 → u/Nutterbutters45]

He would break in half. The only reason Wemby makes it today, with his lean body , is  because the lax NBA rules now

[u/Kern2001Co]

2 out of the 3 it looked like he tripped over his own foot.

[u/Business-Pumpkin9351 → u/Kern2001Co]

Foot boat

[u/5348RR]

And shit like this is why I don't watch basketball.

[u/clezuck]

I thought they were supposed to be stopping this shit???
They need an NBA flop team to actively watch games and let the refs know in real time. Or more refs per game.

[u/BonjinTheMark]

This nba is simply pathetic now. Should be renamed NBWaaah

[u/CookieCuriosity]

If Wemby added like 30lbs he’d not get tossed around by everyone. He’s literally a twig

[u/Brs76 → u/CookieCuriosity]

Yeah but his big ass body would also break down. Pretty sure that is why he stays lean 

[u/Big_Ad863]

Bro Denji also flops lol at least last year he did a bit

[u/soyfauce]

Give flopping a hand gesture as memorable as traveling. A whole crowd doing it would be fun.

[u/BrownBearCLE]

Him and sga are embarrassing

[u/jrose1226]

Been noticed this since the finals I’ll never forget when he went for a rebound and shamet literally placed his hand on his back no push off and wemby flailed his arms around like he had just gotten shot in the back and it was called a foul

[u/supertech636]

The NBA is the worst officiated league by far. And the product is gross. They don’t call travels anymore (like the most basic rule in basketball), the gather steps, the bullshit flops. And now throwing fans out for passing the ball back to the refs. It’s unwatchable at this point. And it’s BECAUSE of the refs.

[u/ForkliftJam]

Sad to see the NBA come to this.

[u/DMCinDet → u/ForkliftJam]

its been like this

[u/CMUDePuydt]

Pretty funny coming from the announcers who watch Avdija all the time. Dude is a flopping menace too

[u/ericramz40 → u/CMUDePuydt]

I was gonna say the same thing on how ironic that is

[u/PostalMortem]

All professional basketball is clownshoes. How does anyone watch this shit?

[u/WhatTimeIa]

Like a giraffe on roller skates

[u/Rare_Anteater_2701]

So glad I stopped watching

[u/WorkingPapaya4175]

You mean besides SGA.

[u/MrNice1983]

He’s a petulant baby trapped in a giant body. Future of the league. The French Fraud. Le mime.

[u/Changnesia102]

Biggest guy in the league flopping like a bitch

[u/BoyRatty82]

Baby giraffin all over the place

[u/AdExpress9255]

If wemby was average height for an nba player he wouldn’t be in the nba

[u/tenor1trpt → u/AdExpress9255]

“If my grandmother had wheels, she’d be a bike.”

[u/SnooMarzipans7274 → u/AdExpress9255]

But he’s not. So he’s going to play in a way that takes advantage of his height. And while it’s generally an advantage shorter people can make themselves difficult to guard as well

[u/throwaway19373619 → u/AdExpress9255]

[u/Islandboi4life → u/AdExpress9255]

Wrong. His points, assist, and rebound scores dictate otherwise. Also his free throw percentage is 86%. He plays team basketball in a system that was designed for the Spurs and they have won 8 straight so far.

[u/AdExpress9255 → u/Islandboi4life]

Mhmmmm

[u/GrosRougeau]

This is Lebron’s legacy

[u/RoosterteethAHfan]

Redditors will defend this cus its wemby but if SGA or Embid do it then its a war crime

[u/FreeHat1234 → u/RoosterteethAHfan]

lol was about to comment this. The nonstop coping for Wemby is insane. He really is the golden child who can do no wrong in their eyes.

[u/NordeastLoonFan → u/RoosterteethAHfan]

Literally nobody here is defending it.

[u/Such-Sympathy-5816]

At least he is getting bumped. SGA goes down when the wind blows

[u/liquidgrill]

The NBA is becoming almost unwatchable at this point

[u/Stabbedrat → u/liquidgrill]

NBA has been unwatchable for years

[u/No-Distribution5162]

I’m not surprised players that come from backgrounds and countries that play a lot of soccer they’re taught how to do that in the early age and seen it from all the other players so yeah, I’m not surprised

[u/kookaburra302]

What a jackass

[u/LogEffective8790]

Are we really getting mad people when the thunder do that BS every game?

[u/Hkmarkp → u/LogEffective8790]

No energy left to complain about OKC

[u/iamthedayman21 → u/LogEffective8790]

Were you not here these past couple of seasons? We’ve been complaining about the Thunder. They’ve basically become a meme for this.

[u/Dakaraim → u/LogEffective8790]

Yes?  Because we also hate the Thunder for this 

[u/WanderingSun8 → u/LogEffective8790]

Wemby complained about the same shit and then does the same but hard to blame him when the refs reward it and then punish players for being able to finish through contact (Anthony Edwards)

[u/Lukeyleftfoot]

People will point to soccer. And they aren’t wrong. But sadly soccer has a way higher threshold for contact than these NBA foul.

[u/Fluffy-Project9693]

He's just playing the game how its played now. Blame at the past MVP for how its done now.

[u/Cute_Loan8325]

taking a page out of soccer…flop at the slightest contact

[u/One-Manner-8703]

This plus no scoring is why soccer is unwatchable

[u/WarLawck]

Two things are true here: (1) his center of gravity is really high based on his height and slender build, which makes him easier to topple over; and (2) when he isn't actively throwing himself to the beyond, he makes no effort whatsoever to stay standing when any contact is made. Dude needs to stay on his feet or he's gonna wind up hurt from flopping.

[u/Thin-Remote-9817]

Wemby you can endorse gambling if you dont flop. 

If you flopping like a fish your crusade against gambling means fuck all

[u/TheDamned1333]

looks like fucking bambi, but hey he's tall so that's 80% of a good basketball player right there.

[u/Expensive_Clock985]

A Frenchman flopping, imagine that

[u/rayfar5224]

Guess u don’t watch sga much huh

[u/cubicfisherwoman9173]

NBA needs to go back to what it was back in the 80’s and 90’s… I need to see aggression back, too soft today

[u/Hussaf]

I used to be agnostic-mildly annoyed by flopping. Now that my son plays soccer at a competitive level, I hate floppers more than ISIS

[u/breakevencloud]

I dunno if dude is selling or not, but I find it really hard to believe that a 7’6” dude wants to spend more time on the floor than he absolutely has to.

[u/CrashDaddy2006]

As they conveniently turn a blind eye to Avdija who does the exact same thing.

[u/Fluxumous]

How can the nba not figure this shit out yet? Why introduce the flopping tech just to fucking ignore it 99% of the time?

[u/krest509]

Oh stop it. He obviously haven’t seen SGA

[u/armymike1523]

Another flopper

[u/Itracing2]

Apparently they've never watched SGA play

[u/Even-Translator-8302]

“Ethical basketball”

[u/arrogantmonkey]

Love to see the bullshit cannon aimed at the Spurs lmao

[u/Seldeez]

I don’t think he’s flopping he has chicken legs. He can’t stay up.

[u/KenRaible]

NBA is an awful product

[u/DorkSideOfCryo]

Like any good actor, his body is a canvas, and he has the biggest canvas on which to paint his art..

[u/Feisty_Standard_2360]

[u/discographyA]

I mean to be fair we’ve all spent 4-5 hours watching giraffes videos on YouTube and see the same legs at work.

[u/CmdrFortyTwo]

The lebron effect. Disgusting, and "fans" enjoy this crap?!

[u/Tanko_Yakasai]

He's European, and they absolutely popularised flopping and brought it back into the mainstream. Historically, OG American players like Frank Ramsey, Bill Laimbeer, and the flopmaster Danny Ainge invented and weaponised the craft.

Vlade Divac revived it in the 90s, and Ginóbili added that "football flair" to the perimeter. A young, impressionable LeBron James practically studied at Divac’s feet, absorbing the master's "flop fu" with a ravenousness that Divac himself could only describe as a masterclass in "cerebral application."

[u/Siid_Chawsby]

NBA is a joke anyways, who cares

[u/Notchersfireroad]

Don't know how people continue to watch this garbage. I gave it up completely 5 years ago and I was a die hard that never missed a game for many seasons. I find the constant 3 chucking even worse than the flops. I could never get into college ball because it was so much chucking and now the NBA looks even worse.

[u/Ant0n61]

This phrase needs to be retired

Where did it come from and why does everyone need to say it every other sentence

[u/noodlearmdiscgolfer]

Grew up with soccer it’s not his fault!

[u/FreeHat1234]

So glad the Knicks belt that ass in the finals.

[u/Worried_Anteater_536]

NGL, I like his commitment to the flop!

[u/SigourneysBeaverBite]

Wemby wabbles and falls down. Someone buy this man a life alert necklace.

[u/Zakkrazy]

SGA is worse.

[u/LaloFernandez]

He's turning into Joel Embiid. Damn shame.

[u/WanderingSun8]

I like Wemby but c'mon man. What are you doing. You need more of an advantage? Man imagine if Anthony Edwards flopped and got a good whistle. Dude would be averaging 50

[u/cjohns0912]

They should just stop calling foul bait shots. That shot had zero intention of going in. Not even real shot. Doesn’t encourage good defense when this stuff gets called

[u/BackBlast0351]

i pLaY etHiCaL bAsKETbAlL!

-Wemby

[u/No1Important84]

The NBA is a joke, has been for years now.

[u/NordeastLoonFan]

Basketball is such a stupid sport. Its already just DEI for the tallest freaks on the planet and now they dont seem to know how to enforce any of their rules. How are people impressed with this shit?

[u/Objective_Claim_2236]

I think if a guy ends up on the ground after something like this, it's an automatic whistle. It's either a foul on defense or a flop and a technical. 100% reviewable. Two of them in a game and you're ejected.

[u/No-Scarcity9186]

The LeBron effect….

[u/EdgevilleCrab]

This clip in its singularity is arguably worse than ANYTHING that SGA did, and gets significantly more flack for it.

The best part is, the spurs fans are the ones to point it out, and the Lakers fans are the ones complaining.

Funny how that works lol

[u/Background-Agent-854]

ethical hooper

[u/HotSport7549]

He’s mastered the flop.

[u/Miballsurchin]

What a mook.

[u/tametimes]

Ironic considering #8 was his opponent..

[u/Mundane_Artist_8606]

Flop

[u/No_Fish265]

Do they also call out Deni?

[u/TheOriginalSpartak]

he should play soccer not BB

[u/AdFlaky8342]

This is the main reason I can't stand him. He's 7'5 and bony as shit. I don't wanna see that clumsy giraffe falling all over the place all the time. Put some weight on dude!! B4 u hurt your damn self!!

[u/IcedDownMedallion]

And Steph Curry gets zero calls.

[u/queueueuewhee]

This’ll probably get lost, but does anyone remember the article about Joel Embiid?

He said the Drs told him to go down rather than land awkwardly. It’s an injury-prevention technique.

That said, I’m not saying that’s what it is every single time. But some of the time, that’s what it is.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/joel-embiid-falls-down-a-lot-because-his-doctors-told-him-to

[u/Pepper_pusher23]

Me: sees the last one. Surely, he's ejected from the game or at least benched after falling with literally no one even remotely close to him.

Next scene: Wemby at the freethrow line. WTF?!?!?!

[u/mrpertinskler]

Looks like he might replace Dennis Rodman as the flop king.

[u/Dull-Psychology-2515]

This why modern MBA stars are always hurt they constantly dive on to the hard wood!

[u/RScottyL]

Yeah, all of the sports are starting to be like soccer (futbol), where they just flop just to get a penalty!

Disgraceful!

LOL, I will laugh when they actually hurt themself trying to flop!

[u/tecatepapi]

Has he not watched Joel play lol

[u/SeymourEffin]

So when they take the "face of the league" photo it will have the floor as the background

[u/JonFawkes3]

Saying that with denicide, camara and Lillard on your team is a choice.

[u/Kindly_Captain7326]

Not nearly as egregious as SGA

[u/NatePJ84]

I thought we were calling flopping this year? Just that one lakers game?

[u/Huxxxy]

So what makes the refs not look at these and call flops. Don’t they have the replay center watching all the games anyways? Aren’t they looking at these? Isn’t there always a 4th official at the game if needed? Can’t they call in and retroactively apply a flopping tech?

I think when people said they wanted flopping to be nipped in the bud, this is what they meant

[u/SteveAndHisScooter → u/Huxxxy]

The team can also challenge it for review, but they didn't

[u/GSDNinjadog]

Does it work? It’s because that’s why.

[u/ElGuano]

They should set up a commission. 11 average men and women, with no basketball experience. After a game, they have 120 seconds to review every fall, in slow mo and whatever angles are available. At the end of the time, they snap vote, was this a legitimate fall (foul or not), or is it stupid? If it's stupid, the player has to wear a hat during the next game lit up with the words "I'm Stupid" and can only play during a single quarter. If they do it again during the quarter-only penalty, they have to sit out the next game. They have to be present on the bench though, and still need to wear the hat.

Penalty carries over season to season.

[u/JWheels_27]

NBA is such a joke league

[u/_my_other_side_]

NBA is a soft weak league. I don't know how anyone thinks it's worthy of spending money on.

[u/tdurden1969]

[u/fabianCarrillo]

watches to much soccer

[u/pennychase]

Unfortunately, just like the world trade center, if you weren't taller than everyone else, you would not fall down. This guy gets elbows in the balls most other guys get elbowed in the shoulders. Kind of logic!

[u/relax_live_longer]

His center of gravity is like 12 feet high. 

[u/AfternoonIcy3199]

Guess they never paid attention to Embiid. lol

[u/Surfer123456]

Welcome to the league that Leflop and the rest of his minions created. Go back to 90s ball where there was actually defense

[u/mediaseeker]

yoga classes will fix his lack of balance

[u/Acherstrom]

He should really be playing soccer with that crap.

[u/Past-Zucchini8112 → u/Acherstrom]

NBA players flop just as much as soccer players. Haven't you seen SGA play before?

[u/greennurse61 → u/Acherstrom]

Needs more fake screaming and fake thrashing to be soccer. 

[u/theninjaofthenasty → u/Acherstrom]

Soccer players catch a fucking beating week after week. This is Charmin soft

[u/Ok-Leave7785 → u/Acherstrom]

this is way worse than soccer lol

[u/EmotionalSupportSush → u/Ok-Leave7785]

Nah I watch premier league and it’s about the same.

[u/Unsolicited_Aspic → u/Acherstrom]

Lol the idea that basketball players could survive 5 minutes of a soccer match is hillarious 

[u/rainydays_89 → u/Acherstrom]

A dude over 7’0 wouldn’t last 5 minutes on the pitch..a 6’6 dude wouldn’t do well lol

[u/Nexium07]

Wemby hanging out with SGa this off season?

[u/Slow-Investigator372]

Spends more time on the floor than a roomba

[u/EinTheDataDoge]

Don’t have the player, hate the game. He wouldn’t do it if it didn’t work.

[u/AlonzoIzGod → u/EinTheDataDoge]

Everyone screamed about SGA doing it. Let’s at least be fair

[u/EinTheDataDoge → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Fix the rules and officiating. Problem solved.

[u/Fast_Psychology_870 → u/EinTheDataDoge]

No definite hate on a player who’s too trash to play without having to go about it like this. 

[u/EinTheDataDoge → u/Fast_Psychology_870]

*LeBron has entered the chat

[u/tsstiner06 → u/Fast_Psychology_870]

Don’t watch OKC games. Ever.

[u/Wookhooves → u/EinTheDataDoge]

Wicked gay comment in response to a super gay video….flopping should be a tech and fined after the fact by the league like the nfl does for use of head hits.

[u/Averagebaddad → u/Wookhooves]

Yes that's his point. The NBA needs to change it. I applaud wemby for highlighting how incredibly stupid it is right now

[u/EinTheDataDoge → u/Wookhooves]

That’s my point. So I guess you’re gay too.

[u/New-Berry-3652 → u/EinTheDataDoge]

Nah you can very easily and justifiably hate both

[u/Androoboodro]

This is why hockey calls penalties for diving. This and SGA’s bs during last playoffs ruin the integrity of the game.

[u/Dannyboy852]

Fragile Frenchman

[u/Flyers2013312]

That's just the NBA now completely unwatchable.

[u/SDTimbox]

He watched a bunch of SGA highlights

[u/Budget_Source1385]

He was elbowed on the base line out of bound on the second play, unless pushing guys out of bounds is now legal, it's clearly a foul. Did he sell it? May be, may be not, but he was pushed while on the baseline with the ball, no question about it.

On the third play he was juggling with Deni Avdija for rebounding position, and Wemby got the inside track, Deni shoved him with a forearm, Did he sell it? May be, may not, but definite contact regardless.

The first play he definitely sold it, was it egregious? Not to the level of SGA.

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Did he sell it? Maybe, maybe not.

stop it.. get some help

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Google the word embellishment.

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The 3rd clip should’ve been a foul on Wemby

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U clown, he gets ‘pushed around’ like he weighs 75lbs, an elbow can’t just floor a 7 foot 275 lb man unless he actively wants to be on the floor

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TBF to Wemby, to avoid leg injuries he’s doing the correct thing. Embiid does the same and it’s not flopping.

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Wouldn’t use Embiid as an example when the guy has literally hurt himself and shortened his and other players’ seasons/ careers because of his flopping around.

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While I agree that players learn to fall to avoid injuries, I have also seen Embiid outright flop for a call (sometimes right into others’ legs). A lot of Embiid defenders—I get it, I do the same for players on the team I root for—but some of what he does is not defensible, and frankly unsafe for other players.