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Red Auerbach was anti-flopping decades ago !!

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  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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"

  • 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 ;.

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

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

    :./

  • 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.

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