Reading is Great! Thursday’s NBA Rumors, Breaking News, and Blog Links
Empty the Bench —
- ESPN - It’s a glorious day for everyone but Spurs fans: floppers to be fined.
- Waiting for Next Year - So it’s good Anderson Varejao held out for that extension.
- The Arena - Those fines are all well and good, but they won’t stop flops.
- Mix Makers - Bidding the flop adieu with five of the best flops of the YouTube era.
- CNN - Monkey-controlled basketball robots to take over the NBA, ...
NBA: Nothing But Assholes
LABallTalk.com —
... , said player will be fined. SERIOUSLY?? Sure, I’m just as sick as everyone else of seeing the likes of Manu Ginobli , Anderson Verajao , and even my own, Sasha Vujacic flop all over the place. The trend of flopping has been around for a long time dating back to the infamous days of Vlade Divac. Perhaps a video of flopping will remind you of some long forgotten memories. It’s annoying, its unsportsmanlike, and it takes away from the game. However, the concept of flopping is no more ridiculous than the strategy of sending players to the free throw line, AKA Hack-a-Shaq ...
