Jeff Van Gundy Has Had it With Flopping in the NBA
Nice little rant from Jeff Van Gundy Sunday about flopping: ”It just ruins the game! … we can’t find a way to eliminate this part of the game, or at least start to punish it! … I’m just sick of it! They’re obviously condoning this.”
I was with him up until the “suspensions” part. Then again, Van Gundy is prone to hyperbole – he was beating the “Knicks will pass the Magic for the 6th seed” drum again yesterday. [via @Jose]
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April 16th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Even called out Stern. Well done JVG.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
But how does he feel about traveling?
April 16th, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Hilarious. Flopping does kind of ruin the game for me. Not as much as obviously blown calls but it’s pretty bad
April 16th, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Pot. Kettle. Black.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:07 PM
ian eagle and fratello had a nice little dustup. probably duckworth’d
April 16th, 2012 at 2:08 PM
Not exactly a good example of hyperbole, JMac. Magic are playing without Hedo and Dwight, and they still have to play Philly, Boston, Utah, Denver, and Memphis, with one game against Charlotte. Meanwhile, the Knicks have Charlotte, Cleveland, and NJ coming up (with Boston, ATL, and LAC). I would not be surprised in the slightest if both the Knicks and the 76ers caught the Magic.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:08 PM
Pretty sure the Canucks and Penguins offer up classes on flopping. And, for those players in Europe, they can take lessons from all Italian soccer teams.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:08 PM
Technical for flopping, just as you can get a yellow card for diving in soccer.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:10 PM
They need to better train the officials in order for them to understand what is or is not a flop. Once that happens, they can just ignore them, causing the players to stop flopping.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:10 PM
That’s the problem. When someone like Derek Fisher flops and doesn’t get the call, he completely freaks out, acts like a petulant child, and practically forces the ref to make the call the next time.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:10 PM
Ryan Kesler has no issue with this.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:10 PM
lessons from all Italian soccer teams
can’t fake a heart attack
April 16th, 2012 at 2:10 PM
im sick of jeff van gundy calling the nba.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Spencer check your email.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Everybody hates flopping. Complaining about it isn’t news, come up with a way to eliminate it.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:13 PM
That was fun. I enjoyed that. How awkward.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:14 PM
I read “flopping in the NBA” and assumed I’d be seeing dong pictures.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:14 PM
So I had no clue Rex Ryan has a cameo in Adam Sandler’s latest abortion. Just as Rex had me after Hark Knocks, he loses me for this.
Vanilla Ice and James Caan also make an appearance.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:15 PM
gulp.
Did Ian Eagle Call Out Mike Fratello? [usatoday.com]
the ultimate duckworth
April 16th, 2012 at 2:15 PM
I like JVG’s point of “ignore it”, unless the flopper causes injury to another.
Manoman, JVG really aired out his grievance. Don’t piss him off, I guess.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:15 PM
SG…you send one more recently? i replied like 15 mins ago. the mexican staring leopards of southern sri lanka are too god damned cute not to share with everyone.
also, i feel like the zombiepacalypse would be an appropriate setting to have two leopards as pets. i give you veto power tho.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:16 PM
They are suddenly loaded and will win the Atlantic.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:16 PM
Ratings!?
April 16th, 2012 at 2:17 PM
Van Gundy is prone to hyperbole – he was beating the “Knicks will pass the Magic for the 6th seed” drum again yesterday.
Hyperbole is exaggeration for effect. That sounds more like a poor prediction.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:17 PM
No just that one. I got your reply two minutes ago. Stupid delay.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:17 PM
Must suck for Celtic fans that the Knicks passed them up so quickly.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Just about the cutest thing ever.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:19 PM
I’m cool with leopards although I think we’d have to work really hard to train them to both kill zombies and not kill us. I would hate for them to get infected. Can we have some foxes as pets?
April 16th, 2012 at 2:19 PM
Can’t watch the video at work but when the other guy dropped a “it would be tough because its subjective” and JVG fired back with a “technical fouls are subjective!” it was great. He was fired up and I agreed with his overall point.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Well that was certainly a controversial ending to a baseball game in Fenway.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
That’s damn near impossible to do in real-time without slowing the game down to a crawl. Unless they add a designated official whose only job is to watch for flopping.
The athletes are too big, the space is too confined, and there are too many rules. Still my favorite though, every sport has flaws.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Everyone needs to watch the video at the bottom of this link. Almost impossible to top that cuteness.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
He was fired up and I agreed with his overall point.
whether you agree with an opinion or not, at least it’s passionate and ballsy especially calling out the commish
April 16th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
I’ve had it up to HERE with these damn rickets.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Add after the fact review then. The league office surely has time on their hands when they’re not busy fining players for their wardrobe.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
fuck gmail.
im all for half zombie fort/half land locked noah’s arc. tho i don’t think training them will be that hard…they’ll just go by smell.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
I want one, or three.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:26 PM
If JVG had Manu, Vlade, Paul Pierce and Laimbeer on his team, he’d bitch about the refs somehow and praise their excellent defense. The further he gets from his coaching days, the more of an expert he thinks he is…
I hate him on TV.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:29 PM
Spencer one of my best friends just joined Mayfield/Sand Ridge!!!
April 16th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
During the rant go the 1:10 mark as Lebron drives the lane. He pump fakes, then moves both feet multiple times as he tries to draw contact.
If the NBA can’t get traveling called correctly, they’ll never get flopping.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:31 PM
fuckin’ a that’s fucking great. ive never played mayfield (but walked the course…looked awesome), but sand ridge is a fucking gem.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
I’ve had it up to HERE with these damn rickets.
take it easy. they only just bought the team two years ago
April 16th, 2012 at 2:33 PM
Flopping > Offensive players launching themselves at defenders (i.e. Blake Griffin) > Traveling
Just a casual fan’s perspective.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Spencer, remember that video of the eagle, the fox and the cats all hanging out on that lady’s porch in Alaska? She has a bunch of videos and in this one you can actually hear the noise the eagle makes to get the lady’s attention. It’s the coolest shit ever.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:35 PM
That rat is having a seizure. Get it some help.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:35 PM
My tool shed!
April 16th, 2012 at 2:37 PM
fucking awesome. those eagles are incredible…my god, i can’t believe they just swoop down and chill on her porch like that.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:37 PM
I’ve done the inverse. I love they have a few piano-top greens. I think he’s going to be booked up for a year or so with requests to play eventually I can maybe work something out…
April 16th, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Goddamn Eagles are amazing. I’m still trying to get a picture or a video of the one in my area. I’ve only seen him twice in about the past year or so. He has a nest in a near by reservoir. What a beautiful animal.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
i had no idea our area even had eagles…awesome.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
If an eagle was chilling at my porch, I’d get a gun and blow it’s dome off.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
It’s a golden eagle or brown eagle I believe. It’s not a bald eagle, I know that for sure.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Flopping is here to stay. You can’t take away the one defensive skill available to Steve Nash.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
a) fuck you
b) id turn your ass into whomever prosecutes killing of endangered species so fast you wouldn’t have time to fap to all the underage porn you keep on your cpu’s harddrive
April 16th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
I offer my assistance. Stiletto-heeled ball stomping is in order.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
they are threatened, not endangered
April 16th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
well fuck mantis anyways.
he’s now both threatened and endangered.
April 16th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
sg, you ever been to galena? there’s a set of trees there with 30 or so eagles swooping around
April 16th, 2012 at 3:54 PM
About 6 years ago, I saw an adult California Condor over the Grand Canyon in the early morning, when there were less than about 10 of them in the world that werent in captivity. One of the best things I ever seen.
If you enjoy birds of prey, I encourage becoming a very low donor to The Peregrine Fund. Great organization.
April 16th, 2012 at 3:57 PM
Exactly the low IQ mentality I’d expect from Pittsburgh.
/And meth. I’d expect meth in Pittsburgh, too.
//I’m so glad the Pens are losing in such humiliating fashion.