Blake definitely flops, but on that play against the Warriors, he went up full intending to do a dunk, and the Warrior player grabbed his arm and essentially pulled him down after he had already tried to jump up. Of course Blake would flip around.
Blake is fundamentally bad. That's why players with great footwork and strength will slow Blake down. His athletic ability and hustle are second to none, but he lacks the skills to be that number one option. Amare in his prime would wipe the floor with this kid.
^He's sound fundamentally except perhaps for his defense (which young players struggle with initially), and his shooting. Other than that, he's pretty polished. His handles in particular are amazing for a bigman.
Umm...every post player that has played against Dwight? I'm pretty sure he has to defend someone in the post every night.
Geez sometimes I forget how close the courtside seats are. They look definitely too close. I mean I don't even sit or stand that close to the sideline during pick up games.
Because as a society that is how our judicial system works. Just because you have been convicted of theft, it doesn't mean that if something is missing, you are automatically guilty of stealing it. Per your logic, Blake was smart enough to think quickly that when he gets fouled, kick his legs up knowing he will eventually hit the ground at one point. So he decides to use his head (instead of his arms) to cushion his landing. You seem to equate separate events equally. Each individual event is different due to different factors and one of them is causality.
Nice of you to use selective argument (also called cherry picking) by not putting any context as to why he was in that position. Why don't you show us the whole video to let us decide if he was just acting?
He didn't kick his legs when he got fouled. If you watch the GIF closely he jumped up and turned his back on the opponent just so he could scissor kick Lee. I don't even know why he did it, usually when people flop they do it to avoid serious contact, this guy seems to flop to inflict greater damage to his body than the actual foul. WTF, how does this guy not get a flopping warning?
Looked to me like a redux of the Suh Groinkick. Seems like dirty players let their appendages go crazy every once in a while. "They can't blame me! That was my foot, it's got a mind of its own."
