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

It's r/NBA, if Embiid draws a ton of fouls and shoots 80% from the line, he's a flopper. If he wasn't good at FTs, he'd be ridiculed for sucking at the line.

If he didn't draw the fouls to begin with people would call him soft and afraid of contact. People just don't like Embiid.