1000% flop. I think might be a flip in there too
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I hope he feels like an idiot for that
No need for a flopping penalty. No call suffices. Great no call, but an easy one.
Nah he was just paying tribute to Dick Barnett
When a player falls down in a play, 99% of fans will say foul and 99% of the opposing fans will say flop. Truly, the refs should be compensated with millions because they have the hardest job in NBA.
I believe that’s a natural karate kick shooting motion.
He’s been studying under the flop GOAT for years now
LePappa taught him well. Fine him.
Not commenting on this even, but the NBA has been very unconvincing so far in its desire to stamp out flopping.
Sir, you are no James Harden.
LeFlop is teaching him well
Idk why we need a flopping rule…. just, don’t call a foul? If someone flops and doesn’t get their desired result, they’re probably putting themselves/their team in a bad position on the play and that’s punishment enough imo.
Agreed. Let them be shamed for it. Maybe they’ll figure out that flopping doesn’t work anymore and they’ll stop?
I love Reaves but yes, yes it should've been.
So… it’s a “flop” to show the hand-check that happened two different times that’s not being called. For a generation that complains about “well they took hand checking out of the NBA” he sure has his hand on Reeves hip all the way on his drives.
Imagine if he actually just took a shot.
Straight from Lebrons handbook. Except he ain’t getting no goat calls…
The choad got a big contract and now thinks he’s Harden
Nah just a shaqtin
Dude flops more than harden
Yes, it should have been.
I mean, it's a flop. Y'all are in here acting like he straight murdered someone.
Kicked all the way to the defenders chin. The defender just realized he doesn't have to guard Austin at all
You could hear someone scream "oh hell no" as he put it up lol
Wasn't the NBA supposed to crack down on flopping this year? Weren't there supposed to be penalties?
It's a flop, and it's cringe to watch, but really he just made the shot way fucking harder for himself for no reason, so I'm fine with it lol
As long as refs don't call it, players will learn to stop doing it.
I think the no call is appropriate
They don’t have to stop the game to call a flop, read the rules. https://www.nba.com/news/nba-rule-changes-2023-24-season#
IMO not at all. He jumped ai lettle off balance, fell. It's basically "nothing", "siga la pelota".
So the karate kick with the right leg was a product of being off balance? No, he was desperately trying to force contact…and failed/flailed.
I think if he did this while contact was being made, it's 100% a flop. Him starting the action without anyone touching him isn't a flop, just weird. but idk
Soon on one of those flops he will end up with season ending injury with enough time to think and realize that he can score a lot more by not doing that and avoiding injury.
Displaying Taylor Swiftian masculine energy.
I'm not sure I'd call it a flop, but they should have ejected him for trying to kick his defender in the face.
Textbook
I love that he did it after Allen backed off making it look even more egregious, what a clown.
Also what happened to the anti flop rule? Should’ve been a tech for PHX and a fine for Reaves.
You already know if they ain’t even pretending to care about this rule in preseason then we’re never seeing in the regular season this year.
Yes and the reason it wasnt called is only because the foot that he kicked out didnt make contact with the defender.
I was watching a game the other night and an NBA officiating rep explained the new rule with a visual ie. Marcus Smart. This will 100% be penalized this season due to the unnatural and exaggerated actions.
Vanilla Harden
Kd oh hell no killing me 😂😂
It appears from someone that played basketball he’s doing a fade then lost footing possibly. Giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Basketball is now soccer with hands, the way these dudes just throw themselves.
Suns player is lucky he didn't foul AR's foot with his face.
So much for the NBA fining this shit. There really needs to be a third party to review the refs blindness
Maybes it's a new trend on the tok or will be
Total flop but he was in the middle of taking a shot, I feel like he’d get the foul if he did that after someone lightly pushed him or something g
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