Flopping? Blame it on Mike Riordan.

by Jake Whitacre on May 29, 2008 7:57 PM EDT in Silly Stuff

You might have heard that next year the NBA is looking into fining players for flopping. There's still lots of questions about how effective the fines will be in curbing the flopping epidemic, but everyone appears to be in favor of the league trying to do something, especially Sheed.

What's been lost in all of the cheering of the new rule and the simulatneous taunting of Manu Ginobili is the real root of the problem. To do that, we need to take the time machine back, way back to the 1970's. Red Auerbach had hung it up as a coach and was strictly focusing on managing the Celtics and teaching young kids how to play basketball on TV, the Bullets were getting closer and closer to that elusive title, and gas was only 50 cents a gallon.

Then Mike Riordan came in and messed it all up!

Then again, if players flopped like Mike Riordan did in that clip, refs would have no problem figuring out what's a flop and what isn't.

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Great Clip.....

And here I was thinking that it was the Euros and their soccer style who were responsible…..

by Kyle Weidie on May 30, 2008 10:27 AM EDT reply actions

This was a favorite...

...among every one of the sports blogs that I read. FanHouse, BDL, Deadspin, With Leather, and even The Postmen.

If people only knew how great BF really was. I am really looking forward to the Player Evaluations of all the players!

by se7en on May 30, 2008 6:08 PM EDT reply actions

It was everywhere

USA Today even picked up on it.

Kudos to Jake

You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.

by Mike Prada on May 30, 2008 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Love it.

The last foul on Unseld is what is being called a charge in today’s game. You wouldn’t need to crack down on handchecking or have that stupid half circle under the basket if you actually called that type of foul a block instead of a charge. Once a player is in the air, the defender should not be able to move underneath him.

I am going to link to this clip over at the Blazers Edge. We have had quite few discussions over there about flopping.

PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04

by tssbro on May 31, 2008 12:56 AM EDT reply actions

Nice clip

Here is an article about Eva Longoria admitting that Tony Parker (I like to call him Frenchy) is a flopper. It is kind of an old article from Jan 2008. http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/01/28/eva-longoria-admits-tony-parker-flops/

by yeegore on May 31, 2008 1:03 AM EDT reply actions