flopping

Andrew Williams is usually our guy that attacks topics with a heated passion, as you can see in his "Hump Day Rant" series, but I had to go at a topic myself that I'm just plain sick and tired of hearing everyone talk about. NBA flopping: Move on, people...

This years post season has been FULL of Flops. Dwyane Wade is the latest actor to flop. Game 2 wade had the ball when Manu Ginobli swatted at the ball, hit nothing and Wade acted like he was poked in the eye, punched in the face or shot drawing the foul. He also received a $5000 fine for his flop.

It's not uncommon to see a player flop in the NBA (remember Chris Paul?), but it would seem that the technique is also quite common in the NFL.

Kentucky head basketball coach John Calipari was very opinionated about Duke’s defensive strategy on Tuesday night.

Golden State Warriors forward David Lee wasn't shy about telling Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin to stop playing pansy basketball.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace talks about the NBA's new rule change with a group of reporters.

The NBA has established a policy to crack down on "flopping" in the league, which will penalize players through fines (and possibly suspensions) for essentially poor acting and faking that has been called, "something that has no place in our game" by commissioner David Stern...

This week, NBA commissioner David Stern and the league's competition committee are going to discuss the possibility of penalizing players who are intentionally "flopping" during NBA games. Do you think the NBA should penalize players for this...

NBA commissioner David Stern stated on Sunday that steps need to be taken to stop flopping.  Preach on, Dave.

A heated issue throughout the last few months of the NBA season has been flopping, something addressed by commissioner David Stern during yesterday's Miami-Indiana game. Stern said that he should be giving out Oscars instead of MVP Trophies, and that the Competition Committee has considered taking measures against flopping in the past...

Jeff Van Gundy got on his soapbox regarding flopping in the NBA.  I couldn't agree with Van Gundy more.

Buffalo Bills' cornerback Drayton Florence flopped so badly against the Patriots on Sunday that soccer players would say his acting was horrible.