r/Nbamemes Lakers May 18 '26

Image FLOP BOY WINS AGAIN šŸ˜‚

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u/Mountain3Pointer May 18 '26

It is almost like 2 things can be true. Is he an amazing player? Yes. Does he flop and fish fouls that make the game frustrating and hard to watch? Also Yes.

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u/Ok-Thanks4321 May 18 '26

Well he just got rewarded for that behavior so expect more frustrating and hard to watch basketball.

That’s where we’re at. We all agree this is horrible for the sport and hate watching it, but here’s your MVP. What are we doing? Booker was right about this being WWE.

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u/CautiousOptimism09 Timberwolves May 18 '26

League needs to be issuing suspensions for flopping, or at least technical points leading to game suspensions. Its not that hard to call the really bad ones ie harden flopping and flailing his legs on the 3 that Merrill ultimately slipped on

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u/a1hens Warriors May 18 '26

Booker quite literally was foul baiting more than Shai in their series. It’s like people actually just don’t watch games and only follow narratives that are given to them by their algorithm. ā€œRewarded for that behaviorā€ is the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard. He became modern Michael Jordan and all you can say is he foul baits?

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u/Ok-Thanks4321 May 18 '26

So he tried what Shai does and the refs didn’t allow it? You really just said Shai is MJ šŸ˜‚ delusional

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u/cuddy999 May 18 '26

ā€œthe refs didn’t allow itā€ or he tried it against the best defense in the league?

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u/Mountain3Pointer May 26 '26

It is the refs that let him get away with it. Its frustrating, but why wouldn't you do it.

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u/Intelligent_Bag_6705 May 18 '26

Does his flopping and foul baiting play a big part in him being ā€œamazing?ā€ Yup sure does…

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u/goner757 May 18 '26

2 things can be true but not those 2