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Joel Embiid leads the NBA in Drawn Foul % on Drives by far. The gap between him and #2 Cam Thomas is bigger than the gap between Thomas and #35 Immanuel Quickley (alien.top)
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Embiid has mastered the art of ~~flopping~~ drawing fouls on drives.

Here's the top 10

  1. Embiid—19.8%

  2. Thomas—13.9%

  3. JJJ—13.3%

  4. Dame—12.9%

  5. Paolo—12.0%

  6. Trae—12.0%

  7. LeVert—11.4%

  8. Jalen Green—11.3%

  9. Hayward—11.2%

  10. Giannis—11.1%

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[–] MorryD@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I cannot believe for a second that Giannis only draws fouls on 1 in 9 drives. Wonder where this data comes from.

[–] trinquin@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If Giannis had the same whistle Embiid has. The average NBA game would take 25 minutes longer and he taking 30 FT a game.

[–] SpitBallar@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Giannis literally averaged more FTA per game than Embiid last year you absolute mealworm.

[–] Chase2020J@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Not surprised with that number, this year refs have not been calling fouls on him like usual, idk what happened but all of a sudden he's getting hacked every drive with no calls. Maybe because we got Dame they don't want two players with a bunch of free throws on one team. It's pretty wild. A few games ago I remember Giannis getting his first FTs in the fourth quarter

[–] durablewaffle@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This data seems wrong honestly

[–] shotcaIler@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sixers fans questioning the data and pointing at other players instead of realizing their dudes a boring foul merchant

[–] MorryD@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Embiid gets fouls on entry passes lol. Giannis gets them mostly on drives. They both draw a similarly insane amount of fouls. Surely an eastern conference fan is aware of this.

[–] clickstops@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Would require people to watch basketball rather than scour bbref