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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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[–] OKC2023champs@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Embiid gets 3.4 FTs a game on 8.6 drives a game.

SGA gets 3.0 FTs a game on 21 drives a game.

[–] bronet@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I mean, Embiid should be getting a ton more so it kind of checks out

[–] EndTimesPreacher24@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Embiid is perhaps, and I do not say this lightly, the greatest flopper the league has ever known. It's absurd.

[–] SportsBettingRef@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

there's a video ou course teaching this? asking for a friend

[–] bkbeam@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Weird how SGA's game is the exact same as last year, yet his foul calls plummeted

[–] tr1vve@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Deservedly so when he pushes off every drive

[–] GotKarprar@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] egirldestroyer69@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Its because they normally try to make the shot instead of pure theatrics

[–] GotKarprar@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Nah Luka definitely foul baits he just isn’t getting it called anymore this year. Although idk if it’s rly baiting since he’s getting hacked everytime he drives

[–] Sorry-Mushroom-8800@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

embiid made the most shots in the nba last year

[–] Angelic_Phoenix@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Refs obviously trained their "anti-flop" measures on some of the big offenders from last year. Its obvious if you watched him last year vs now that the same exact drives that make contact are now no-calls

[–] TdotSkunt@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Same with Pascal. the league is a fucking joke

[–] OKC2023champs@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dude could average 35 a night on high efficiency with the middy/drive game. In this day and age that’s wild to see. SGA averages more drives per game than anyone in the last 10+ years by far

[–] Sokkawater10@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There’s less people packed in the paint to foul him when playing OKC because their perimeter shooters have improved

[–] bkbeam@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

More like he forgot to compliment the refs this year

[–] HippiesBeGoneInc@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] VoidMageZero@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe it's because of that house issue. Dude is stressed at home. 💀

[–] IzaacLUXMRKT@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He's getting fouled on almost every drive, they just straight up aren't calling them

[–] Sorry-Mushroom-8800@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

now you understand why embiid sells contact as much as he does

[–] jocro@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It def is a little of that, but he's also night to night just not getting the same whistle. Is what it is, and should even out a bit over the season.

[–] Unlikely-Painter4763@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That says more about how SGA gets reffed than Embiid.

[–] GokuVerde@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

SGA gets reffed like Yao Ming

[–] jyozefu@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

"I don't think that's fair."

[–] DnD4dena@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What constitutes a drive? Is it a shot attempt (doubt it cuz that'd be wild)? Cuz if he's getting fouled but on the ground or just running a pick and roll but his initial first steps count as driving but he immediately dumps it off, idk how to interpret this

[–] CPTHoagie@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

its also because they count drives on uncontested fast breaks vs in the half court.

[–] flappypancaker@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This stat is damning, fuck Embiid

[–] vthinlysliced@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Drives per game isn't a good stat to determine this sort of thing. They always come up but drives aren't very high up on the list of plays likely to lead to FTs.

The highest are things like put-backs, lobs, post-ups, and dunks (you're standing under the basket and someone passes to you). So yeah big physical players/teams tend to be higher in these and get more FTs despite not driving as much.

[–] Ginger_Boi000@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Have you considered the fact SGA is a dirty Canuck and doesn’t deserve nice things?