Red Auerbach was anti-flopping decades ago !!

[whatdidisee]

flopping is a bitch way to brown nose play the game right tired of seeing this in games man up

[edscottable]

they never played this way in the aba. as for the nba, this style of play robbed us of elgin baylor.

[edscottable]

this arrived at the nba, but was incubated in the amateur ranks. high school, college, internationally. in the mid-late sixties, seventies, early eighties, when people who played athletically were allowed to play, this flopping and under-cutting defensive method was instituted by coaches to have his team teach the other team a lesson. it's like punching a guy without getting in trouble. utah played this way with stockton and malone. the never won and i was glad for that.

[selmanadzovic1]

I'm European and my coach actually did teach me how to draw charges, and even flop, if you will. When I went overseas, I feel I was much more effective on defense because I knew how to take advantage of the rules. And let's not forget - flopping is not illegal in basketball. You can do it as long as you can get away with it. I respect Red, but I also disagree with him. I see flopping as a tool of the intelligent and crafty.

[zcarenow]

do u have the video of Red in a video tutorial with Bird, McHale, and another player?

[PhillyDippy5]

Red Auerbach was not a coach, he was the proffesor.

[13hbbh]

I remember Jeff Van Gundy's comment during the 2011 playoffs. He said "Guys should really stop flopping. I think they should call a technical foul on flops and add a $10,000 fine so that they remember"

[ry3304]

smart by mendy lols -

call a blocking foul on the damn floppers themselves...

that'll stop them right away....

of course that's probably not totally fair, but fines are hah ;.

[ry3304]

mendy rudolph lived in my building in manhattan years ago lols...

he was one of the first tenants with my dad r.i.p.

:./

[TimHowardII]

Reggie Miller was a perfect example of how to suck fouls after the pump fake, then lean into the defender, just so he gets a foul for two more free throws. Worst of all, he was a great three point and free throw shooter, and he is so lanky, a simple bump will knock him out.

[fraka899]

it is not ginobili, or varejao or divac fault. it's referee's fault, they call the foul ffs.

[oneyedthing]

oh and lastly im gonna line this to Paul Pierce' twitter.

[oneyedthing]

Genobili, Horry, Artest , Rodman, and Divac havent seen this video so there is no dislikes yet.

[dcbandnerd]

Awesome video. Red Auerbach AND my beloved Washington Bullets? Beautiful.

[cangriman0101]

fucking europeans...

[ptflats]

great video watching those legends of the game telling us to "Man up"

[eDub5750]

once in a high school game, i didn't flop, i just stood and took the guy running into me like a man. anyway, my coach yelled is ass off at halftime, and punched a locker. good for him he broke his knuckle. asshole.

[ptflats]

@eDub5750  Good for you, sounds like your coach is a control freak.

[dcbandnerd]

@eDub5750 Good man! You played the game honestly and like a man!

[MrBennetzen]

Unlike the NBA, the penalty for "flopping" under FIBA rules is a technical foul. (FIBA rules state that would count as one of a player's five fouls (6 in a 48-minute game in some countries) towards being taken out of the game.

[qaqitae]

this one is for chris bosh

[TRJ22487]

And here I always thought Vlade Divac invented flopping!!

[MrBennetzen]

@TRJ22487 Coach K, you may want to discourage this type of behavior.

[ajchuckster]

this is why ginobili sucks!

[getomyer]

This needs to be seen by every one who plays basketball.

[Rayla840]

@getomyer Even more so, the referees

[stefanswe]

Send this video to Ginobili, Robert Horry and the rest of the Spurs

[KOFSoldier]

@stefanswe And Glen Davis, Anderson Varejao, Paul Pierce (MVP of flopping) and others.

[OfficerInfusion]

@KOFSoldier rofl paul pierce

[stefanswe]

@KOFSoldier that's true

[therussiannerd]

@KOFSoldier cant forget about pau

[savannah92able]

@therussiannerd and Derek Fisher

[OfficerInfusion]

@stefanswe Anderson Varejao please.

[deanw0rmer]

I BLAME DUKE AND K

[skibothy]

larry was basketball jesus.... red was basketball god

[shaolinlueb]

everyone in the nba flops today. its sad.

[sclennans]

The Phoenix Suns are the perennial leaders in flopping aka taking charges. See the stats at 82games()com.

[heymomma888]

NO WAY wat about the spurs?

[sclennans]

Spurs are near the bottom of the list in FT attempts, year after year.

08-09: last in FT attempts

07-08: 27th(out of 30)

[heymomma888]

i think ur just hating on the suns, but oh well

doesn't change the fact that spurs are a bunch of pussy floppers eg robert horry and manu ginobili

[sclennans]

Can't accept the facts, huh?

Go cry somewhere else.

[heymomma888]

go play some real bball for once

at least i dont waste my time researching all that unnecessary crap

[timsk]

Maybe the ref(s) that gave Divac all those flops should watch this video.. For eternity.

[b34ntown4life]

yea nba is like the wwe :(

[freelancepimp]

I wish there was a video on what Paul Peirce does why driving to the basket. Oh and Chauncey too.

[cityofsoldiers]

I gave this video a 5, Because Red was so far ahead of his time, I completely agree with coah Auerbach, this definitely hurts the game.. And coaches were teaching me to flop in high school, and I refused to just fall down.. To bad the nba didn't catch this before it became an epidemic.

[supremacia9910]

awesome video, i wish the NBA would review games and fine them for every blatant flop they do