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The torch may have been passed in the NBA.

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edited November 14, 2017 5:14AM in Sports Talk

I watched the 2nd half of the Cavs/Knicks game last night and seems like the torch is being passed.

For several years, first with the Cleveland Cavaliers and then with the Golden State Warriors, the title of King FLOPPER was dutifully held by Anderson Varejao. While others in the League practiced "flopping" it was clear if you watched that he had elevated it to an Art Form. He would do the body jerk, throw his arms out to the side of his body and fall with a seeming lack of control to the floor. Somehow he was never injured?? He got so good at it that if he could often get a whistle when no real contact had been made.

Enter a rising star from the New York Knicks, Kristaps Porzingis. Watching last night it seems clear he has put some thought into what he's doing. When he's away from the ball he will typically initiate contact with an arm hook at the waist or by grabbing an opponents jersey. When the player reacts Porzingis falls back to the floor!! It's textbook FLOPPING from the Varejao School without the honed technique. He hasn't as yet learned the "body shudder" and if given time I'm sure he'll figure out how to get calls without any contact.

Give him time, he's only been in the NBA a few years.

Al H.

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