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December 28th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
JCARR says:
Ak-47 FLOP OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!
NO flagrant… the refs should know that Utah is a physical team. Better yet Matt Harpring is playing the wrong sport, he should be playing along side Urlacher in the Chicago Bears. Harpring is so juiced up he doesnt even know when he bumps into players. He lost feeling.
Good video@!
December 28th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
dank says:
whether or not dirk got fouled, and even with kirilenkos flop, dirk deserves to be suspended for WORST TEAM LEADER IN THE NBA, and 2nd least deserving MVP of the past 5 years, with Nash being 1st.
December 28th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
UncheckedAggression says:
The video was a complete waste of time. First of all, did they show the AK clip thinking that it justifies what Dirk did? And it definitely didn’t look like Dirk was being held down–we’ve all seen Dirk play and he never really gets off the ground for a board. Aside from that, it’s the same thing that happens at least a half dozen times in EVERY game. Some players are good at getting away with things like that. I’m not sure I agree with the suspension, but there are worse calls than those almost every night. Get over it.
Was there a video like this about the no-call last year in the playoffs with Brent Barry? Now that was a situation that deserved more attention. At least I think it was last year.
December 28th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Haqq says:
Fucking Harping, pulling a Critiano Ronaldo – What a homo.
December 28th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Amar says:
LMAO at good video . . . it doesn’t even show the imcriminating opposite angle of dirk hitting matt in the face with a closed fist. that’s by the RULES OF THE NBA an automatic ejection, F-2 foul.
sure, harpring is an asshole, and this one sided video is even worthy of negative campaign ad status, but it doesn’t even show what did did, which was actually requiring an ejection.
and the AK flop is horrible. i’m a huge AK fan, and that’s just sick — he apparently played solid D on dirk, but the only thing people will remember from that game is his flop on a non-foul. just sick. AK, you’re better than that.
December 28th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
wwill says:
Amar’s got it right on all 3 points.
December 28th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
F.L.A.S.H. says:
AK just proved that he is ugly as fuck, inside and out, and Hapring? i hate his guts, but i’d love to have him on my team cuz he PISSES ppl off (kobe, t-mac, dwade etc)
December 28th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Amar says:
the problem i have with this is that it’s not even like that even HURT harpring (his manditory flailing aside) . . . they should change the rules on this. dirk was just spazzing out himself and hit harpring by mistake.
i’m really pissed about the AK thing, because it’s breaking the rules. it’s not the worst flop i’ve seen, but it’s in the top 5 for sure — all time. he built up a rep for being a good defender, but if he does this he’s going to ruin that image. sure, battier and bowen are good defenders who also flop, but very few guys are allowed to do it with impunity.
as for that harpring fellow (who really is too physical), i’m surprised sloan didn’t put him in there in double OT to play artest . . . we all remember this, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBx8LSwqRpE
December 28th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
RonNation says:
rofl that you would even post this
December 28th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Gerard says:
Mavs fans are the worst. As a Spurs/Rockets fan, nobody does more whining than the Mavs. They refuse to believe that they aren’t good and this is just a typical reaction by them. Remember when Mark Cuban SUED DON NELSON for insider information after he used ‘knowledge he acquired while coaching the Mavs’ to beat them in the playoffs with Golden State. They feel so entitled, but haven’t done anything. I might not like the Jazz, but they’re still better than Mavs’ fans.
December 28th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
snoop_robb says:
NO… he didn’t deserve it, Jazzholes are the bitchassest team in the NBA, Harpring ain’t never looked right on a basketball court. He might look at home playin AFL tho…
December 28th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
dagwaller says:
Hahahaha. AK, that was pathetic!
I thought that dank was banished from this site or something? Too bad that he came back…
Anyway, yea, he deserved it, and this coming from one of his biggest fans. Just like I said with Nash recently, you have to be professional. Just because someone’s being a d-bag doesn’t give you license to hit them, no matter where you are in the world, no matter who you are.
December 28th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
snoop_robb says:
@Gerard – OH NOOOOO they aint.. Jazz are nooot better than Mavs fans, Jazz are the worst, aint nothin besides that.
December 28th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
BROGDEN says:
I LOVE Dime!
FLOPS will single handedly set the NBA 10 years back if HARSH punishments aren’t levied at these COTTAMN ACTORS!
December 28th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
MoxWestCoastRep says:
waaaah waaaah waaaah
December 28th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Amar says:
I think that every team’s fan base has a few people who are unbearable. no need to go into specifics . . . actually, scratch that, i’ve never met an asshole bucks fan.
December 28th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
dj ho says:
what a flop!
December 28th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Amar says:
lol, youtube is full of some great flops . . . check out this one by baron davis on a dead ball . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTdERYOtqsg&feature=related
December 28th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
KoBaybay says:
@ Amar, i havent met a bucks fan yet lolllll
December 28th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Amar says:
after youtubing, here’s my list of top 10 floppers in the NBA (no order):
* Bruce Bowen
* Manu
* Battier
* Kirilenko
* Wade
* (Horry)
* Raja Bell
* Kevin Martin
* Scola
* Nocioni
Hall of Fame Floppers: Vlade, Stockton, Ainge, Reggie Miller
Note: some of these guys are floppers on offense, others on defense
December 28th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Amar says:
@ KoBayBay — yeah, that’s the joke
December 28th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
dank says:
oh dagwaller common baby. i see your still drinking that haterade. you know you missed me. your being a d-bag, and it gives me enough of an excuse to put your boy down. quit riding that mavs penis boy!
December 28th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
JCARR says:
@amar
Agree with that list… Forgot one key guy though. Verajeao, he’s going the Flop HOF.
December 28th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Amar says:
yeah, dude makes it a top 11 list, i forgot sideshow bob. actually, i hate that guy just because of his flopping, and then the cavs announcers sucking him off for all the ‘charges’ he stands in front of.
December 28th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Mark says:
Hahaha at that Ron Artest clip Amar. I love Ron Ron and don’t think any of that really warrants T’s or ejections, but hey, rules are rules. Dirk’s arm slinging wasn’t anything major, but the rules were interpreted more severely to set a precedent for future players.
What makes me confused is Harpring’s quote afterwards: “[Dirk] just turned around and threw a nice little punch”. That was the worst ‘nice little punch’ I’ve ever seen. Has Harpring ever been in a legitimate fight? Guess you guys can tell I’m not a fan of Harpring at all.
December 28th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
dank says:
i dissagree with your list Amar. Im from Argentina and ill be the 1st one to jump up and tell you Ginobili is a flopping bitch, but Scola, and Nocioni dont belong here. those are 2 of the 3 guys from Argentina whove played in the NBA (carlos delfino is the 3rd but hes gone to Europe) who arent afraid to take a hit. youtube Scola eating shit courtesy of Rudy Gay, or nocioni getting into it with Dwade and Melo. Also, Dwade isnt much of a flopper. his only guilty pleasure is that as soon as he jumps, he takes out his legs from under him, and always falls. he loves to fall for whatever reason. But nocioni and scola are 2 guys who go hard night in and night out. their not afraid to get inside and take a hit. Ginobili is the same minus the part that he looks like hes fighting off bears, tryna win the Best Actress Oscar award
My list of floppers goes as follows:
1)Ginobili
2)Varejao
3)Fabricio Oberto (just look closely next spurs game)
4)Raja
5)AK
the sad part is that my top 5 list has 4 foreign players. what the NBA has to understand is that these players grow in a soccer-rich culture, where you try to sell a foul to the ref. what needs to be done is simple: severe sanctions, which Stern hasnt done shit about. he keeps saying their gunna crack down on flopping but i havent seen shit in 5 years. i think they should get serious or this shits gunna get worse
PS dirk is still a bitch, please give back the 07 MVP. thanks
December 28th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Mark says:
dank, depending on your view, the Virgin Islands may be ‘foreign’. I remember people saying the Spurs as the most diverse collection of foreign talent, and putting Timmy Duncan as a foreigner.
But that really doesn’t make any difference, I guess. hehe.
NO LAYUPS.
December 28th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
GEE...No freakin sauce man, no freakin sauce! says:
First off there is no greater flop in the history of floppindom better than Ak’s.
Dirk most def. deserves any suspension handed down. He needs to learn to control his emotions and concentrate more on “Straight up” shouldering his team and getting them where they need to go.
I also got a problem with Harpring not reacting or no on one the Jazz sticking up for dude. I mean that is your teammate and it’s freakin DIRK. Somebody should have stepped to Dirk and at least had words if nothing else.
Where is the enforcer for the Jazz?
Still Dirk deserves anything handed down.
December 28th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
dank says:
lol my bad, your right mark
December 28th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
dank says:
also i forgot, Raja did play soccer in college, and his wife is a soccer player so… my theory is flawless
December 28th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
E$ says:
no sympathy for Dirk, he has flopped many of times just like Ak-47. You wonder why you never see Utah jerseys outside of Utah?
December 28th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Amar says:
do people in utah even buy utah jerseys? i don’t know, i’ve never been . . .
AK has become a flopper of late, and this is something which is impossible to defend as an AK fan. when he was young, and was all about hustle he never flopped, i think something changed with him after all the injuries and he’s trying to play a more ‘cerebral game’, aka, one that does not rely on his natural athleticism (which he flat out no longer has . . .) GEE just feels bad because AK flopped a lot in the last playoffs against your Rockettes.
scola y noce — they are both warriors, but they also flop on occasion. just like how battier is great at taking charges, but he does also flop on occasion. maybe they aren’t top 10 in the nba in flopping, but some of the stuff that you can see on youtube may lead one to believe that they are good at it.
the sad thing is that i think harpring is the inforcer for the jazz (until sloan takes the handcuffs off of fesenko), so if someone steps to him, no one is going to prop him up, lol. probably because no one likes him on the team. also, the jazz do their best to annoy the other team into making mental mistakes while keeping their collective cool. the last time i actually saw a jazz player go a little nuts was when memo was going to punch the shit out of juwon howard in the playoffs a few years ago. the jazz did nothing when baron davis elbowed d-fisher in the back of the head, or took memo out when he was in the air. great “team mates” . . .
lastly:
NO LAYUPS!
December 28th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
GEE...No freakin sauce man, no freakin sauce! says:
LOL Amar nice spelling of Rockets hahaha! The last year playoffs are out of my memory. Forget the past and I’m focusin on the future. Lol
Still if Harping is the enforcer…lol that is a sad state of affairs for the Jazz.
Amazing thing is Jazz won that game and the flop and Dirk are getting the most press out of it lol.
Just like the Jazz kill em softly.
Even the sun shines though, …even the sun shines.
December 28th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Mark says:
HAHA. Amar seriously, I don’t understand that ‘no layups’ quote. What’s it referencing? It’s late 2008, but it might be my number one quote.
For good measure:
NO LAYUPS!
December 28th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
TomGfromCanada says:
i hate Dirk and like AK47 but wtf
December 28th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
rangerjohn says:
lmao
thats about all i can so to the mavs propaganda, i bet cuban comissioned some high school duechebag, A/V geek to make that vid.
December 28th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Ross says:
Flop.
If anyone on the Mavs deserved to be suspended, its Jason Terry for when he tackled Tony Parker in the air about a week ago, and made no attempt for the ball. Maybe this is the NBA’s make-up call.
December 28th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
wtf says:
dank u a hater – we talkin bout floppin n u bring up dirk? i think amar shoulda named a top 12 list for floppers, and put dank’s vag up there at number 12 hahahaha
December 29th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Amar says:
NO LAYUPS
is from this youtube vid, ron says it (loud enough to be heard on the tv broadcast) after a hard foul, it’s in the middle of the video. great stuff. the hand gesture after it makes it very quote worthy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBx8LSwqRpE
December 29th, 2008 at 12:09 am
the cynic says:
AK47 is gangster, that was a fantastic flop. Everyone needs to stop the flop hate; if a player is smart enough to understand the line of sight view of the referee to cause a turnover, smart move. Kobe and Wade flop all the time on offense and no one hates, because it’s the smart thing to do. I mean its not like AK47 doesn’t play good defense
December 29th, 2008 at 12:32 am
dagwaller says:
Well put, cynic.
December 29th, 2008 at 1:09 am
hadoken says:
the league needs to allow the refs to hand out technicals for blatant flops like kirilenko’s similar to how they give out yellow cards for diving in soccer. that is, if the refs can even tell that people are flopping bc i see atleast several horseshit calls EVERY game regardless who is playing.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:28 am
knocks says:
Stupid video….more stupid in the context that it’s being put in.
What has Dirk’s flagrant got to do with AK’s flop??? True, the flop was bad. Correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t the NBA started it’s fining for flops yet??? Or not? Either way, bad call, but that has nothing to do with the flagrant. If anything, the AK flop just ends up making the uploader of the video look like a sour grapes (and whiny) Mavs fan.
Then, you have that whole breakdown “Did you see it?” of Dirk getting outrebounded because of a skinny white dude’s hand in the middle of his back. Must not have been THAT big of a push or Sour Mavs fan wouldn’t have had to ask us, “Did you see it?” In any case, once again, what did that have to do with Dirk’s flagrant??? Two words: sour and whiny. Oh wait….that’s three.
Fact is. Dirk’s “spazzing out”, as one of you put it, and flailing his arms is going to be given a technical every time, especially if it connects with some dude’s face. Maybe Dirk should show a little more of that “spazzing out” intensity when going up for rebounds….Dallas would end up winning….and Sour Mavs Fan wouldn’t have to post this………and then Dime wouldn’t have to post this either.
Happy New Year.
December 29th, 2008 at 3:22 am
Mark says:
Amar: OOOH. I didn’t notice that. Thought it was an arbitrary quotation associated to Ron Artest, possibly for marketing purposes. K1X was his sponsor, but I haven’t seen any pictures to confirm since he’s been shipped to the Rockets.
But NO LAYUPS! makes a great T-shirt, I’m sure
December 29th, 2008 at 3:43 am
ian says:
ill admit im not the worlds biggest dallas fan or dirk fan but all of that was ridiculous!!
Stu Jackson needs to step down from the discipline part of his job…if a player had that job he’d know all the BS tricks..ak-47 is a poos
Ian H
December 29th, 2008 at 6:22 am
Flip says:
Man I can’t believe people keep on criticizing Dirk’s rebounding in this post…. he’s definitely one of the better defensive rebounders in the NBA…
That being sad, the flagrant foul was well deserved
December 29th, 2008 at 7:13 am
Jason says:
Good D on Dirk.. Hmm 6-10 FG 17 points before getting thrown out. yea that is good D. I heard sloan ask AK47 to mess with Dirk, that was his assignment. Sloan is Son of a bitch coach
December 29th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Lauri says:
FLOP!FLOP!FLOP!FLOP!FLOP!FLOP!FLOP!FLOP!
December 29th, 2008 at 10:48 am
RonNation says:
ROFL DIRK IS A GOOD REBOUNDER. YA OK.
Seriously though how if flopping any worse than a player jumping into somebody to draw a foul IE Kevin Martin every 2 gaurd in the league. That is just as bad IMO.
December 29th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Phillyfanatic says:
Umm…the music was good
December 29th, 2008 at 10:58 am
control says:
That flop is a perfect example of why the NBA is turning into shit. The commish has to grow a set of balls and let guys fucking play the game instead of promoting this bullshit. This flopping shit would have you getting your ass beat on a real fucking court.
December 29th, 2008 at 11:56 am
isotope says:
That was funny. The Ron Artest vid was even funnier. His offensive game is so ugly but he sure is an entertaining player. Tru Warrior!
The problem with flopping actually started when the NBA changed the rules to protect the ball handler. Now defenders cant play defense w/o getting called for a foul. Next thing we know, defenders are flopping and trying to take charges. If you want to stop flopping then allow SOME contact on ball handlers.
December 29th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
len-e says:
go MATT! dirk sucks.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Sweet Jones says:
that has to be the worst flop i’ve ever seen. AK47 should be fined. whatever happened to fining flops?
December 29th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
len-e says:
nobody fucking likes dirk for real. fines should be voteable on nba.com he he i’d vote for ak
December 29th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Amar says:
apparently the refs have some internal committee that reviews the calls made in each game, and adjusts how they call things as a result. there should be a committee that watches all the games and fines people for flopping — they may get the benefit of the doubt during the game, but make them pay for it. if you find that you flop less than 5 times in a given week, it’s $5000. if you flop 5-10 times a week, then it’s $7500 and you miss 1 game. if you flop over 10 times a week, then it’s $10000, and you miss three games.
there, flopping is fixed.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
BROGDEN says:
I agree with CONTROL — EFF DAT
I hate FLOPS
“…if a player is smart enough to understand the line of sight view of the referee to cause a turnover, smart move.” {— I JUST F#@&IN’ EARLED
December 29th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
control says:
Great suggestion Amar, but it won’t happen because the commish is a fucking pussy.
He’s gotta protect his product, and that means brushing anything negative under the rug…which also means the game won’t improve much because it can’t be self critical.
December 29th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Mark says:
I thought they were going to investigate obvious measures of flopping this season.
Did the NBA lie to us? Impossible.
December 29th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Kante says:
What a bad call! Sure he touched him but was it that big?
Dirk was getting pushed, smacked and smashed like hell in the 2 Games and the refs did nothing but gave Dirk Fouls for nothing.
Isn´t it normal for a human to react like that?
So sad to see that Dirk has no Lobby like others have (Kobe, Wade…)
January 13th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Lonnie says:
i wouldnt mind being under dirks big sweaty body lol.
January 13th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Lonnie says:
i wouldnt mind being under dirks big sweaty body lol.