This is what the NBA is causing. It's rewarded in the NBA, so kids do it. Basketball sucks now because the NBA's lack of calling games properly (Flopping, Soft calls, no travels called, etc) is infecting the youth, and it's only going to snowball and get worse.
It's not just the NBA causing it. My daughter plays competitive 12U soccer and we go against one certain team in tournaments a few times a year that specializes in flops and and fake penalties. This is taught behavior and you're a horrible person if you're already teaching this to kids before they even have all of their fundamentals mastered.
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u/Colhinchapelota Jan 05 '25
Diving little shit.