Red Auerbach was anti-flopping decades ago !!

as the title

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• red
• auerbach
• boston
• celtics
• anti
• flopping
• foul
• pick
• offense
• defense
• teaching

[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

[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.