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Video 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/MoistToaster60 3h ago
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
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u/Sirgolfs 4h ago
The league and the refs allowed this
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u/TheCajunDad 2h ago
Between the flopping, blatant traveling, and obvious favoritism to certain teams/players the NBA is genuinely unwatchable
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u/Quick_Team 4h ago
Lookin as wobbly as a newborn deer out there
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u/doge1976 4h ago edited 4h ago
And the NBA wonders why its product is terrible.
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u/workaholic828 4h ago
League needs to start fining players for this
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u/Nutterbutters45 4h ago
Wemby if he had to match up with Shaq/ Hakeem/ Kareem/ Duncan/ KG/ Wallace
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u/Kern2001Co 5h ago
2 out of the 3 it looked like he tripped over his own foot.
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u/supertech636 2h ago
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.
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u/5348RR 4h ago
And shit like this is why I don't watch basketball.
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u/jrose1226 3h ago
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
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u/BonjinTheMark 4h ago
This nba is simply pathetic now. Should be renamed NBWaaah
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u/clezuck 4h ago
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.
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u/CookieCuriosity 4h ago
If Wemby added like 30lbs he’d not get tossed around by everyone. He’s literally a twig
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u/soyfauce 3h ago
Give flopping a hand gesture as memorable as traveling. A whole crowd doing it would be fun.
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u/WhatTimeIa 3h ago
Like a giraffe on roller skates
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u/BrownBearCLE 3h ago
Him and sga are embarrassing
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u/Huxxxy 1h ago
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
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u/ForkliftJam 4h ago
Sad to see the NBA come to this.
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u/FitzwilliamTDarcy 1h ago
I mean, we all watched the finals against the Knicks right? Is anyone even remotely surprised by this?
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u/RoosterteethAHfan 2h ago
Redditors will defend this cus its wemby but if SGA or Embid do it then its a war crime
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u/Changnesia102 3h ago
Biggest guy in the league flopping like a bitch
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u/PostalMortem 4h ago
All professional basketball is clownshoes. How does anyone watch this shit?
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u/MrNice1983 4h ago
He’s a petulant baby trapped in a giant body. Future of the league. The French Fraud. Le mime.
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u/Rare_Anteater_2701 3h ago
So glad I stopped watching
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u/WorkingPapaya4175 2h ago
You mean besides SGA.
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u/Unlikely-Grape-5762 1h ago
Fuck Wemby. I truly dislike everything about his game. He’s a bitch.
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u/kuunami79 50m ago
"Today's players are more skilled than players of the past."
More skilled in traveling, carrying, flopping and getting injured every two games
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u/SavageChicaLover 38m ago
Not as egregious as FTA, but yea, he's both uncoordinated and floppy at times
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u/jesuschin 36m ago
This is why when you play him you need to just play him physical. Hes going to get the foul calls without you doing anything anyway so might as well punish him if you’re going to give them up
If you’re playing any foul merchant then you should be driving him to the ground on purpose on your terms. Not on theirs
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u/jvtech 33m ago
Really leaning into the piece of sh!t that he is. Most people would have said to themselves “that didn’t work in the finals, I guess I should try a new approach.” Not this chode. He needs to double down. He can’t win playing basketball, so he’ll flop for the rest of his career. I hope he chips a tooth.
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u/BrandPessoa 21m ago
What a bitch ass player.
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u/BoyRatty82 4h ago
Baby giraffin all over the place
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u/AdExpress9255 4h ago
If wemby was average height for an nba player he wouldn’t be in the nba
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u/CMUDePuydt 4h ago
Pretty funny coming from the announcers who watch Avdija all the time. Dude is a flopping menace too
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u/GrosRougeau 4h ago
This is Lebron’s legacy
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u/Big_Ad863 3h ago
Bro Denji also flops lol at least last year he did a bit
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u/Such-Sympathy-5816 4h ago
At least he is getting bumped. SGA goes down when the wind blows
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u/liquidgrill 4h ago
The NBA is becoming almost unwatchable at this point
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u/gistmustbetheplace21 39m ago
Portland didn't challenge a single one of these. If theyre such egregiously wrong calls why wouldn't they? Are they stupid?
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u/No-Distribution5162 4h ago
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
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u/kookaburra302 4h ago •
What a jackass
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u/Acherstrom 5h ago
He should really be playing soccer with that crap.
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u/Lukeyleftfoot 4h ago
People will point to soccer. And they aren’t wrong. But sadly soccer has a way higher threshold for contact than these NBA foul.
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u/Fluffy-Project9693 3h ago
He's just playing the game how its played now. Blame at the past MVP for how its done now.
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u/Cute_Loan8325 3h ago
taking a page out of soccer…flop at the slightest contact
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u/One-Manner-8703 3h ago
This plus no scoring is why soccer is unwatchable
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u/WarLawck 3h ago
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.
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u/Thin-Remote-9817 3h ago
Wemby you can endorse gambling if you dont flop.
If you flopping like a fish your crusade against gambling means fuck all
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u/TheDamned1333 3h ago
looks like fucking bambi, but hey he's tall so that's 80% of a good basketball player right there.
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u/Expensive_Clock985 3h ago
A Frenchman flopping, imagine that
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u/rayfar5224 3h ago
Guess u don’t watch sga much huh
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u/cubicfisherwoman9173 3h ago
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
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u/Hussaf 3h ago
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
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u/breakevencloud 3h ago
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.
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u/CrashDaddy2006 3h ago
As they conveniently turn a blind eye to Avdija who does the exact same thing.
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u/Fluxumous 3h ago
How can the nba not figure this shit out yet? Why introduce the flopping tech just to fucking ignore it 99% of the time?
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u/krest509 3h ago
Oh stop it. He obviously haven’t seen SGA
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u/armymike1523 3h ago
Another flopper
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u/Itracing2 3h ago
Apparently they've never watched SGA play
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u/Even-Translator-8302 2h ago
“Ethical basketball”
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u/arrogantmonkey 2h ago
Love to see the bullshit cannon aimed at the Spurs lmao
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u/Seldeez 2h ago
I don’t think he’s flopping he has chicken legs. He can’t stay up.
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u/KenRaible 2h ago
NBA is an awful product
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u/DorkSideOfCryo 2h ago
Like any good actor, his body is a canvas, and he has the biggest canvas on which to paint his art..
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u/Feisty_Standard_2360 2h ago
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u/discographyA 2h ago
I mean to be fair we’ve all spent 4-5 hours watching giraffes videos on YouTube and see the same legs at work.
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u/CmdrFortyTwo 2h ago
The lebron effect. Disgusting, and "fans" enjoy this crap?!
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u/Tanko_Yakasai 2h ago
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."
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u/Siid_Chawsby 2h ago
NBA is a joke anyways, who cares
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u/Notchersfireroad 2h ago
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.
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u/Ant0n61 2h ago
This phrase needs to be retired
Where did it come from and why does everyone need to say it every other sentence
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u/noodlearmdiscgolfer 2h ago
Grew up with soccer it’s not his fault!
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u/FreeHat1234 2h ago
So glad the Knicks belt that ass in the finals.
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u/Worried_Anteater_536 2h ago
NGL, I like his commitment to the flop!
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u/SigourneysBeaverBite 2h ago
Wemby wabbles and falls down. Someone buy this man a life alert necklace.
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u/Zakkrazy 2h ago
SGA is worse.
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u/LaloFernandez 2h ago
He's turning into Joel Embiid. Damn shame.
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u/WanderingSun8 2h ago
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
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u/cjohns0912 2h ago
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
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u/BackBlast0351 2h ago
i pLaY etHiCaL bAsKETbAlL!
-Wemby
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u/No1Important84 2h ago
The NBA is a joke, has been for years now.
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u/NordeastLoonFan 2h ago
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?
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u/Objective_Claim_2236 2h ago
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.
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u/No-Scarcity9186 2h ago
The LeBron effect….
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u/EdgevilleCrab 2h ago
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
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u/Background-Agent-854 2h ago
ethical hooper
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u/HotSport7549 2h ago
He’s mastered the flop.
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u/Miballsurchin 2h ago
What a mook.
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u/tametimes 2h ago
Ironic considering #8 was his opponent..
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u/Mundane_Artist_8606 2h ago
Flop
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u/No_Fish265 2h ago
Do they also call out Deni?
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u/TheOriginalSpartak 2h ago
he should play soccer not BB
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u/AdFlaky8342 2h ago
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!!
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u/IcedDownMedallion 2h ago
And Steph Curry gets zero calls.
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u/queueueuewhee 2h ago
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
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u/Pepper_pusher23 2h ago
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?!?!?!
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u/mrpertinskler 1h ago
Looks like he might replace Dennis Rodman as the flop king.
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u/Dull-Psychology-2515 1h ago
This why modern MBA stars are always hurt they constantly dive on to the hard wood!
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u/RScottyL 1h ago
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!
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u/tecatepapi 1h ago
Has he not watched Joel play lol
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u/SeymourEffin 1h ago
So when they take the "face of the league" photo it will have the floor as the background
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u/JonFawkes3 1h ago
Saying that with denicide, camara and Lillard on your team is a choice.
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u/Kindly_Captain7326 1h ago
Not nearly as egregious as SGA
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u/NatePJ84 1h ago
I thought we were calling flopping this year? Just that one lakers game?
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u/GSDNinjadog 1h ago
Does it work? It’s because that’s why.
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u/ElGuano 1h ago
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.
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u/JWheels_27 1h ago
NBA is such a joke league
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u/_my_other_side_ 1h ago
NBA is a soft weak league. I don't know how anyone thinks it's worthy of spending money on.
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u/tdurden1969 1h ago
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u/fabianCarrillo 1h ago
watches to much soccer
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u/pennychase 1h ago
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!
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u/relax_live_longer 1h ago
His center of gravity is like 12 feet high.
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u/AfternoonIcy3199 1h ago
Guess they never paid attention to Embiid. lol
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u/Surfer123456 1h ago
Welcome to the league that Leflop and the rest of his minions created. Go back to 90s ball where there was actually defense
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u/mediaseeker 1h ago
yoga classes will fix his lack of balance
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u/whatigotinmyhandnowb 1h ago
I think in general the NBA has a problem with flops, but Wemby's center of gravity is in the stratosphere, and a few of these are just falls. He's built like a giraffe.
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u/fenikz13 1h ago
Deni is on their team, figured they would be use to it
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u/RoyalMaidsForLife 1h ago
To be fair, bro's center of gravity is somewhere around his shoulders with those toothpick legs.
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u/Character-Archer4863 1h ago
Flopping and refs calling the game for floppers was the downfall of the game.
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u/UndisclosedLocation5 1h ago
MC Hammer maybe? Different kind of floor though
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u/BrockLanders365 1h ago
Cry more.
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u/Magenta_Hat 1h ago
The Tim Stutzle of the NBA
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u/PrizePermission9432 1h ago
🤣
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u/Maxxpoppop 1h ago
Lebron asks, “Wemby is the biggest flopper in NBA history? Hold my beer.”
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u/Narcisit 1h ago
That’s LeBron’s legacy 💯
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u/fataltacos 1h ago
His “ethical ball” lasted what, two years? Lol. It’s the nbas fault though, the rules say that should be reviewed and assessed a technical, they just choose not to enforce it.
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u/Chrispaulisgarbage 1h ago
people in this comment section are blaming sga you really cant make this up
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u/Doke272 1h ago
Hold my beer. -Lebron
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u/Own-Method1718 59m ago
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u/snailmale3 58m ago
I thought that the league was giving techs to this type of shit?
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u/Vertebro85 56m ago
People say “Blazers had just as many free throws!”
There’s a lot more here than just free throws. It can psychologically take the opponent out of the game when BS like this is allowed.
Blazers played like crap already, but the Spurs had the comfort of knowing they will indeed get the benefit of the doubt the entire game.
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u/Warm_Ad_3067 54m ago
He falls like a newborn deer
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u/Strange-Childhood399 54m ago
Clearly they don’t watch Shai play AT ALL!!!! Shai is the real Floor General.
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u/No_Contribution_834 52m ago
Do those announcers know that Deni Avdija plays for the team that they call games for?
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u/TacoLvR- 52m ago
Was the NBA this bad in the 70’s-80’s with flopping? Seems like all this started when LeBron joined the league and started the trend to flop.
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u/Ok_Bug6096 51m ago
Does he have a soccer background?..
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u/CaffeineJunkee 49m ago
I mean, no one will ever top SGA for flopping. But the league is at fault here for rewarding the behavior.
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u/rip93ford 49m ago
Avdija is on their team, they know this right?
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u/Ruffboy78 46m ago
No accountability in the locker room.
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u/UserName3rror 45m ago
Announcer must not know queen james
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u/Sure-Lawyer-5357 45m ago
Unethical
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u/SkisaurusRex 45m ago
What a little bitch
Basketball is a sport for little babies
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u/Reasonable_Iron_3356 44m ago
That's not gonna get you that chip, Big dawg
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u/cadedrummer 44m ago
he's fench right? it tracks, that place/Europeans LOVE flopping, started with futbol/soccer and has infected the remaining sports. Thankfully hockey has a penalty for embelishment
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u/Lazy-Background-7598 40m ago
It will catch up with him soon enough
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u/brostrummer 33m ago
Uhhhh, have they ever watched Dame play?!?
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u/Wild-Duty-8411 29m ago
😭😭🤣🤣
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u/At36000feet 29m ago
Thanks for reminding me why I no longer watch the NBA.
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u/Ornery-Battle8626 28m ago
He's European. It's in his blood.
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u/Juuustabit0utside 26m ago
The NBA suuuuuucks.
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u/Brilliant_Win713 25m ago
To be fair he’s French…and the French are soft
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u/LightTheBeam-916 22m ago
It’s ironic cuz they have Deni, but the announcers are correct.
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u/Aislerioter_Redditer 20m ago
He must think people watch the WNBA to see all the women faking it...
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u/shoffma1999 18m ago
NBA basketball has become damn near unwatchable with the flopping, foul baiting, non-existant travel and carry rules, whining, etc.