The NBA is great. Basketball is great. But flopping is one of the most annoying aspects about the game. It leads to so many excessive foul calls, which lead to reviews, which lead to super long games sometimes.
A lot of players do it, and you can’t really blame them because they’re rewarded for it. They absolutely should do it.
But what they should not do is call out other players for flopping when they’re doing it, too. That’s what Patrick Beverley tried to do after Monday night’s Clippers win over the Nuggets.
When talking about what it’s like to guard Nikola Jokic, he made sure to note the Nuggets center does a lot of “flailing” and putting pressure on the officials to make the right calls. He even compared him to Luka Doncic who, by the way, absolutely roasted Beverley in the first round.
Clippers’ Patrick Beverley on Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic after Game 3 win: “He presents the same thing Luka Doncic presents: a lot of flailing. He puts a lot of pressure on the referees to make the right calls.” pic.twitter.com/KB7Hs8dTsr
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) September 8, 2020
“He presents the same thing Doncic presents…Luka presents. A lot of flailing. You know, puts a lot of pressure on the referees to make the right calls.”
That’s hilarious coming from Beverley, who is absolutely known as one of the league’s most frequent floppers. NBA fans called him out on it.
Pat Bev btw pic.twitter.com/ubmOD9Taqq
— 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕠 🕷 (@MAN0MAGlC) September 8, 2020
Pat Bev complaining about flopping pic.twitter.com/sSq5OhK4ve
— . (@karanjn16) September 8, 2020
He foreal? pic.twitter.com/8xDGdBVhpl
— • (@BronAndBrow) September 8, 2020
Thats right, Beverly rarely ever flails in games trying to sell calls. Never seen that before.
— JC (@_bayareanative) September 8, 2020
Interesting observation… pic.twitter.com/KqCTY2fxja
— Seth Jefferies (@Xiutehcuhtli) September 8, 2020
Pat Bev: pic.twitter.com/n0aSYBdE2u
— Matthew (@maynardsson55) September 8, 2020
Talk about the pot meeting the kettle. Sheesh. Nikola Jokic also had the perfect response to it all.
Nikola Jokic on Patrick Beverley saying he flails a lot to draw fouls:
“They had 26 free throws. We had 10.”
— T.J. McBride (@TJMcBrideNBA) September 8, 2020
Fair point.
