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AirBonner
05-12-2022, 11:10 PM
Maybe I don’t watch him enough but throwing himself to the ground to get a call seems reckless :biggums:
ImKobe
05-12-2022, 11:21 PM
There has to be some hard science behind this. Guys like CP0 and AD always seem to get hurt too, and they love throwing themselves to the ground.
GrayGoat
05-13-2022, 01:52 PM
It is very likely
tpols
05-13-2022, 02:08 PM
There has to be some hard science behind this. Guys like CP0 and AD always seem to get hurt too, and they love throwing themselves to the ground.

Wade used to fall a ton too. Anybody that's ever been tackled in the street knows that it may not hurt immediately, but the next day it will. Add up the falls and the cumulative damage is definitely a real thing.
tontoz
05-13-2022, 02:14 PM
At 7'2" 280 pounds when he falls that is a serious impact. I was saying last year he needs to stop hitting the ground so often or he will always be hurt at the end of the season.
ImKobe
05-13-2022, 02:25 PM
Wade used to fall a ton too. Anybody that's ever been tackled in the street knows that it may not hurt immediately, but the next day it will. Add up the falls and the cumulative damage is definitely a real thing.

You're just giving yourself a chance of landing at an awkward angle or potentially injuring someone else as a result like Embiid did with Danny Green. That play IMO changed the entire complexion of the game, as Green really was their only reliable shooter at home in the series other than Harris, and he's their vet leader. He made his first 3 to start the game and then Embiid takes him out with his careless flopping antics which basically ended the series right there, and they didn't look the same after the 1st half and really struggled to put up points.

Obviously Kobe and other players have all flopped too, but these guys are taking it to a new level.
Manny98
05-13-2022, 02:47 PM
He's potentially ended Danny Greens career with his antiques :facepalm
RRR3
05-13-2022, 02:49 PM
Is Embiid the first player ever to injure a teammate with a flop?
ImKobe
05-13-2022, 02:57 PM
Is Embiid the first player ever to injure a teammate with a flop?


https://youtu.be/rGCA7nIvEbI

Looked like a flop to me. At least Zaza made up for it by injuring Kawhi.
GOBB
05-13-2022, 04:06 PM
No it’s not possible. Y’all gotta get over the flopping shit. Majority of the league flops. And the NBA rarely enforces the rule to prevent players from continuing. Just get over it.
Full Court
05-13-2022, 04:38 PM
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Spurs m8
05-13-2022, 05:08 PM
No it’s not possible. Y’all gotta get over the flopping shit. Majority of the league flops. And the NBA rarely enforces the rule to prevent players from continuing. Just get over it.

Actually, it is very possible

Someone heavy - like Embiid - falling to the ground, is very different to a Morant type falling to the ground
1987_Lakers
05-13-2022, 05:27 PM
Someone heavy - like Embiid - falling to the ground, is very different to a Morant type falling to the ground

https://c.tenor.com/V1nzNc4rZE8AAAAM/you-dont-say-nic-cage.gif
GOBB
05-13-2022, 05:36 PM
Actually, it is very possible

Someone heavy - like Embiid - falling to the ground, is very different to a Morant type falling to the ground

What? Look at his injury history it’s based on how he lands when it comes to knee injuries. Almost every knee injury he has had wasn’t from flopping and falling to ground. It was from how he landed then he falls to ground holding his knee. I mean just look up his injury history. The flipping argument is retarded.