With hundreds of NBA prediction articles flooding the search engines in preparation for the start of the season, we found a great opportunity to take a break from your regularly scheduled analysis and opinionated articles to deliver a somewhat alternative view of the league from a fans perspective. Today we will be predicting the biggest flopper of the 2014-2015 NBA season. But before we dive head first into naming the worst of the worst, lets take a look at the history of flopping. What does the term “flopping” mean? Flopping is the art of over exaggerating the physical contact induced by the opponent in an attempt to persuade or sway a referee to issue an offensive or defensive citation in the favor of the “floppee”. Many would agree that the act of flopping originated from international professional soccer players but was first introduced and widely recognized in American sports by the […]
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