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

Deservedly so when he pushes off every drive

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

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

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

embiid made the most shots in the nba last year

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

Same with Pascal. the league is a fucking joke

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

More like he forgot to compliment the refs this year

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

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

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

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

[–] jocro@alien.top 1 points 1 year 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.