The problem with flopping is the problem with NBA officiating and rules. NHL get read of flopping in one year by penalizing every flop and even enforcing fines for repeat offenders. Flopping is considered worst that ruffing or crosschecking. Plus the floppers are getting challenged to a fight and get their a..ss handled to them. It is NBA responsibility to put an end to this shameful type of plays.
ChuckBuck@ 2/28/2012 9:19 PM
You guys forgot the art of the "Double Flop"!
VDesai@ 2/28/2012 9:25 PM
I think Kevin Garnett also ruined the NBA. A bunch of 6-11/7 footers thought they could PG style ball on the perimeter and the entire concept of a post up/inside player almost was eliminated from the game.
arkrud@ 2/28/2012 9:31 PM
The NBA game is for tall&athletic not for smart&creative. Look at All-Star Game... Just throw it down baby!!!
mrKnickShot@ 2/28/2012 9:39 PM
ESPN certainly did not help ...
skeng@ 2/28/2012 9:56 PM
MarburyAnd1Crossover@ 2/28/2012 11:30 PM
skeng that Dirk video is out of this world! Gonna miss that guy when he retires.
Vmart@ 2/29/2012 8:42 AM
The player that ruined the NBA the most was Shaq. Big athletic no skill player that did a lot of damage.
Bippity10@ 2/29/2012 12:37 PM
fishmike wrote:
Bippity10 wrote:
fishmike wrote:the real guy who ruined the NBA was Michael Jordon. Before him it was Bird, Magic... guys who were great scorers but equally good passers. MJ brought in the isolation era of NBA BB and the sport hasnt been the same. Its probably one of the things I like about an MDA Lin/Nash type team. They actually pass and run
I don't think MJ ruined the NBA. I think the false interpretation of his game that ruined the NBA. Players watched MJ and thought
1.) I can ISO and lead my team to 70 wins a titles like Mike does(even though no one is Mike). I don't need to move the ball because Mike didn't 2.) If I can do fancy dunks adn moves I will get a shoe contract and if I get a shoe contract it means I'm a great player
we are saying the same thing in different ways. Everyone wanted to be like Mike. Its been 10 years and Kobe is the closest thing and everyone knows he's great but he aint Mike.
Word
SupremeCommander@ 2/29/2012 12:56 PM
eViL wrote:
Bippity10 wrote:
fishmike wrote:the real guy who ruined the NBA was Michael Jordon. Before him it was Bird, Magic... guys who were great scorers but equally good passers. MJ brought in the isolation era of NBA BB and the sport hasnt been the same. Its probably one of the things I like about an MDA Lin/Nash type team. They actually pass and run
I don't think MJ ruined the NBA. I think the false interpretation of his game that ruined the NBA. Players watched MJ and thought
1.) I can ISO and lead my team to 70 wins a titles like Mike does(even though no one is Mike). I don't need to move the ball because Mike didn't 2.) If I can do fancy dunks adn moves I will get a shoe contract and if I get a shoe contract it means I'm a great player
it wasn't so much MJ the player as much as it was MJ the marketing icon that ruined the game.
oh definitely... marketing ops galore if you hold the ball for that last second shot
nixluva@ 2/29/2012 1:09 PM
Funny thing is I wish Lin and Shump would flop more!!! I think they get hit a lot and don't get the call as much cuz they aren't flopping immediately upon contact. Also it helps when you have long hair to exaggerate the contact LIn needs to let his hair grow like Nash and let it swing away.
MarburyAnd1Crossover@ 2/29/2012 1:34 PM
Nothing like TripleThreat to shit on my entire life on an already gloomy Wednesday.
Look, at first, things are tight and snug, then they grow and you have more losses due to friction and all these ugly things.
