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Lance Stephenson Flops After Hitting Himself
There’s no doubt Lance Stephenson is a good basketball player. But actions like these – hitting himself and then flopping while trying to make Harrison Barnes get called for a foul in the game between the Charlotte Hornets and the Golden State Warriors makes him also an embarrassing member of his franchise and the NBA in general.
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NBA Playoffs – Dwyane Wade & Manu Ginobili Won’t Stop Flopping
There isn’t an official marker on when flopping began in the NBA, but people started noticing it a lot more when Manu Ginobili arrived in the league. So it’s not surprising to see him getting called out for this blatant cheating, although only Dwayne Wade, another master flopper, was the only one fined for doing so in game 2 of the NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat.
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Macrus Smart – The Biggest Cheater in College Basketball
Even though staying in college to play for Oklahoma State might turn out as a good decision by Marcus Smart, part of the reason his draft stock is falling has been his disgusting knack for trying to cheat by pulling off a different flop at almost every game, which at this stage of the season has gotten a bit ridiculous.
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Chris Paul – The Worst Flopper in the NBA
Every time Chris Paul flops, it makes the NBA’s policy against the disease of cheating to draw fouls look even more ridiculous. After the Los Angeles Clippers point guard provided a horrendous attempt (Which actually worked) by putting a foul on Ricky Rubio thanks to his disgusting acting, all he got was a warning, even though this isn’t the first time he’s been involved in such an incident over the last two years.
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NBA Flopping – LeBron James, David West & Lance Stephenson Fined
After the NBA has been criticized for stopping their flopping-fine policy in the NBA playoffs, the league reminded everyone big brother is still watching, by delivering three $5000 fines for flops in the same game, game 4 between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers, handing them out to LeBron James, David West and Lance Stephenson.
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LeBron James is Handling a Dirty Chicago Bulls Team the Best Way Possible
If you think LeBron James is a flopper, you’re wrong. He might be selling it in order to make the best of a situation in which the Chicago Bulls have decided the only way they’re getting something out of their series with the Miami Heat is by playing anti-basketball and the hell with everything else, but there’s not much else he can do.
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NBA Flopping – The Beginning of the End
One thing you have to commend the NBA far – they never stop trying to improve the way their product is perceived and after flopping seemed to be getting out of hand, just a bit too much last season, David Stern decided it’s time for the league to step in and begin punishing players after games for it.
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What David Stern Wants to Change in the NBA
Was the 2011-2012 NBA season a good one? David Stern certainly thinks so. He’s got NBA Finals with the league’s biggest stars; The Heat-Celtics series broke ratings records, and despite all the doom and gloom predictions of the lockout, it seems that the lockout didn’t kill the interest in the NBA.