I like Duncan's body language. He looks so confused. "Did I just throw an elbow and forget about it?"

The greatness of that Iowaggie gif is that the call is left up to Joey Crawford

Just a hardworking guy going about his business in the gifs below:









[This message has been edited by Ulrich (edited 4/30/2013 5:00p).]

Don't count. Not in rockets uniform.

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i wouldn't know what it's like watching my team struggle to break the cycle of mediocrity.

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That's true, you just had to watch your team tank an entire season to get a high draft pick.

Ultimate tankers sounds like a show my dad would watch on TLC.

Iowa

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A guy with Ginobili in his name is complaining about NBA players flopping. That's greatness

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Rocket fans are funny

Common knowledge spares tanked for duncan..all spares fans have done in this thread is deflect

People forget the Spurs went to the West Semis the year before and signed Dominique Wilkins to be the bench leader. Robinson played 6 games and Elliott was in for half. It wasn't like the team sucked the year before and was trying for the draft.

Maybe Robinson could have played some at the end but why risk further injury when he already missed most of the season and they were not playoff bound anyway.

[This message has been edited by ganondorf (edited 4/30/2013 10:37p).]

I don't think the spurs tanked, but even if they did I don't blame them. If you're not going to the playoffs you might as well suck ass and get good odds for a high lotto pick. I kinda wish Houston had done that instead of finishing 9th in the west the past 3 years.

It's kind of a weak and ****ty mindset, but as long as that is the way the system is set up, play it to your advantage

The Spurs didn't tank. For one thing, their winning percentage went up after Pop took over. For another, as already mentioned if they tanked they didn't do a very good job of it.

That team was built around Robinson on both ends, which made his broken foot and injured back disastrous. Throw in Sean Elliot (20 ppg all-star the prior season) missing half the season, and there was just no way they were going to be successful.

I don't like it when teams set out to tank early in the season, but once a team has clinched a lottery spot I have a hard time blaming them for giving up on the season.

Amazing how many mavs and spurs fans cannot resist posting on rockets threads

[This message has been edited by The d (edited 4/30/2013 11:50p).]

I edited my post because I felt it wasn't worth to argue with someone that trolls every thread That's all you do, obsess on rockets threads.

And yes, you are comparing 1984 to today. If you weren't you wouldn't post it on this thread when a rockets fan complains of a foul.

I guess because the rockets tanked when I was 2 years old, me or any other fan isn't allowed to complain about a foul or anything else ?

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Harden is the #2 flopper (and not in a good way) in the league right now behind Paul. 95% of the time, he's trying to get a call instead of making the basket.

Durant doesn't have to flop...he just gets calls.

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Link? Has harden gotten fined before?

Ill admit harden isn't perfect but to say 95% of
The time he's trying to get a call and he's the number 2 flopper is a stretch.

But obviously you think he's a bigger flopper than manu even when 99.9% of non spurs fans will disagree with you

[This message has been edited by The d (edited 5/1/2013 12:08a).]

Do you honestly think harden is the second worst flopper in the league or were you just trolling ?

mazag, the defender doesn't have to be set for an offensive foul to be called. Not every play is a charge or a blocking foul.

Yes, but when the defender is not set and reaches when Harden brings the ball up.. the contact is usually a foul. The solution is to always be ready, move your feet, and keep your arms vertical.

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Ill admit harden isn't perfect but to say 95% of
The time he's trying to get a call and he's the number 2 flopper is a stretch.

But obviously you think he's a bigger flopper than manu even when 99.9% of non spurs fans will disagree with you

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To first state that saying 95% is a stretch but then go on to say 99.9% of all other fan bases would agree with your opinion is a bigger stretch. Let's keep the hyperbole down a bit.

Manu used to drop to the floor a lot but in the recent years he's stopped doing it (as much). I agree that age has probably gotten the better of him in that regard.

At this time, Harden is ahead of Manu for sure in the flop department. You don't get to the line more than the master (Durant) without embellishing a bit.

Also, to say that Harden is fouled every time he goes into the lane is absured as well. Parker goes into the lane as much if not more than Harden and doesn't have near the free throw attempts. In fact, Harden has 792 and Parker has 330.

Looking at Hoop Data (per game numbers), Parker has 5.6 attempts at the rim and 2.4 from 3-9 feet. Harden has 5.8 and 1.4. In the same amount of attempts, and actually .8 more per game close to the rim, Parker really gets fouled 462 free throw attempts less?

Hoop Data only shows data for 59 games this season for Tony and 69 for Harden so that's why I used averages.

As Diet said, if the guy is on your team you are all out going to defend him. I believe there are multiple Spurs fans who have stated in these threads that they like Harden, myself included. Everyone just has to realize that he is in fact the new Manu and adds some extra flair for his contact in the lane.

Clearly we all agree on Chris Paul so that's something.

[This message has been edited by Ganondorf (edited 5/1/2013 9:01a).]

I think Blake Griffin is actually the number 2 flopper, but I'm having a hard time thinking of anyone else who flops more/worse than Harden.

The only reason you could say Harden is currently ahead of Manu in flopping is because Manu is old and injures his vagina every time he does it.

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flopping prime

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My all time flopping team..

1. Paul
2. Harden
3. Ginobli
4. Kirilenko
5. Griffin

Bench:
Wade
Pierce
Evans

No Vlade?