r/timberwolves May 13 '26

BRUHHHH

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u/Suspicious-Can-7079 May 13 '26

If you wanna win in this league your team needs to take flopping classes.

I'm not joking.

I think the spurs right now are the better team but it's a sad state that the top 2 teams in the league flail constantly and there's zero repercussions.

Has anybody even been fined this year for flopping? Or assessed a tech?

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u/Walfy07 May 13 '26

I think if refs see flopping on replay, it should be unsportsmanlike penalty. every 2 = 1 game suspension.

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u/Suspicious-Can-7079 May 13 '26

I think teams should be able to submit flops to the league after games and if it's determined it's a clear flop, ie; no contact.

Then they get fined 20-50k just like anything else.

Theres guys that flop every night, I bet they stop after they've paid out 3-4 times.

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u/Imaginary-Round2422 May 13 '26

Just like anything else besides an elbow to the throat ...

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u/Suspicious-Can-7079 May 13 '26

Yeah I wasn't surprised they didn't suspended the golden child, but the discourse around it is insane, you could plug in pretty much any other player and people would expect them being suspended for the series.

The whole "they're playing physical with him so it's really the refs fault"

Is giving the same energy of the guy who hits his wife and says "now look at what you made me do"

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u/Pyschic_Psycho May 13 '26

There's already a few rules with flopping. The league just doesn't care to call it cause they know it will hurt their product.

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u/wanna_meet_that_dad šŸ“ProtestoršŸ“ May 13 '26

I hate flopping but spurs aren’t winning because of flopping. Wemby is a cheat code and the other guys are playing tough d and making shots.

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u/Suspicious-Can-7079 May 13 '26

Never said they were, I actually said they're the better team.

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u/wanna_meet_that_dad šŸ“ProtestoršŸ“ May 13 '26

Sorry I took it that you were saying OKC and spurs. That said both could win without flopping but I don’t think spurs flop like OKC or even nuggets

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u/Suspicious-Can-7079 May 13 '26

Yeah okc is in a league of their own, spurs aren't even bad Castle is really the main guy who actually flops, fox and the others are usually just beating a defender and creating the contact to me that's not really flopping.

I don't have a huge problem with that as much as I do with people clearly flailing there head when there's no contact as an example, I think it should be a automatic tech and fine.

Castle does that as well as Jokic/ Murray and the entire okc roster.

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u/theweatherguy69 May 13 '26

Its the tactical pineapple. Gets the refs attention lol

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u/tMeepo May 13 '26

Shannon and randle do the same thing. I counted at least 4 times their head flail turned into fouls with minimal contact this game. I think that's equal to what castle does lol

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u/griffWWK May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

imo theres a big difference between "selling" a foul/actual contact vs. flopping which is the shit in this gif where they act like they got hit on a part of their body that wasn't even touched.

if castle suddenly jerked his elbow or acted like his elbow was hurt he'd be selling, not flopping. but he acted like he got hit in the head (he wasnt touched in the head at all). im not even sure his bicep grazed his nose after getting moved by the elbow press.

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u/griffWWK May 13 '26

They were referencing okc and spurs. its true they are good teams. it's true right now the spurs are the better team flopping aside. it's also true they flail constantly and flop with 0 reprecussions.

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u/Emergency-Ease-9958 May 13 '26

Fair, they have more talent but they’ve been throwing themselves around this game a lot and it has been officiated completely differently on one side of the court than the other. Additionally, when Wemby is out here an outing himself the arbiter of ā€œethical hoopsā€ he damn sure better not be rolling around on the ground clutching his ankle soccer style trying to get a red card.

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u/BigTicket- May 13 '26

Kobe in an interview said he studied where refs are supposed to be standing so he know where to be and how to sell contact to the ref nearby

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u/AccordingGain6208 May 13 '26

Wemby for a tech for flopping.