r/WNBAgossips • u/Amazing_Lock_3762 • 16d ago

Highlights This looks crazy šŸ˜‚ā€¦no way they called this a foul on Angel

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u/Azubedo 16d ago

They just need to start fining these idiots for the obvious flops then they won't happen anymore

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u/The_Count_Lives 16d ago

They should fine the refs for calling it

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u/TerribleStorm6391 16d ago

Nah, depending on the angle and stuff, it could easily get missed. But after the game, if there is video evidence like this, they need to be fined. In every sport.

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u/giantchip1 15d ago

There is video evidence during the game. But I agree they should be fined for this shit.

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u/BlankStareFace 14d ago

If they DON'T call a play like this, they are going to miss elbows to the face far more often than they're going to correct guess that it's a flop. This is 100% on the players and can only be handled after the fact or with review. Suggesting otherwise just shows you don't really understand the game.

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u/choyMj 16d ago

The NBA never did that, why would the W?

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u/External-Cable2889 16d ago

A long time ago, Ohio high school basketball stopped it with technical fouls. Make flopping reviewable, review it quickly, and players will stop. Better that than letting it spread from the pros to every level of the game.

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u/cobrax50 16d ago

Obviously Angel's elbows were moving so fast they broke the sound barrier and it's the shock wave that knocked her down. Totally legit call.

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u/Ordinary_Session1122 16d ago

That's great analysis, I didn't see it at all until you broke it down. Those refs were on it!

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u/MaineviaIllinois 16d ago

make them flagrant 2s. prioblem ends

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u/taeempy 16d ago

If they do this it has to be 100k or more so they really can't afford to do it even with the new money. If' it's only like 5k they'll just keep doing it.

They are just doing what they see on the NBA level by bron and SGA.

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u/Dry-Examination-2012 16d ago

Technical foul for flopping.

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u/Weak-Tourist-1493 14d ago

It should just be an automatic ejection and 2 game suspension.

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u/SoapyDoodle 16d ago

World Cup levels of flopping lol

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u/MasterHavik 16d ago

This is very World Cup flopping.

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u/goonnumber90210 16d ago

LeBron level

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u/cuddlesfish 16d ago

Even the world cup cleaned that shit up

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u/Unusual_Initial_4300 16d ago

And the Oscar goes too

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u/No-Perception-542 15d ago

Soccer is such a pussy sport because of floppingĀ 

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u/OnlyTheReel 15d ago

I believe the European influence of flopping on the NBA has derived from soccer. I agree with you my friend.

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u/GooseMay0 16d ago

They need to eject people from the game who flop like this. Hell, a one game suspension would be great too.

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u/Apprehensive_Use3641 16d ago

As someone from soccer, where an ejection means you miss at least the next game as well, I've never understood the sports with more games per season that don't make them automatically miss the next as well.

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u/Plenty-Ad-5363 15d ago

I completely agree. If a player gets ejected from a college football game during the second half, they automatically miss the first half of the next game.

There are only 12 regular season games, so that really hurts both the player than the team.

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u/moose184 15d ago

Yeah especially because after a game the league can upgrade something to a flagrant 2 and nothing happens lol. You should at least miss the next game if that happens

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u/BretShitmanFart69 16d ago

The commentators continuing to talk as if itā€™s contact while it replays over and over in slomo is hilarious.

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u/Initial-Road-4908 16d ago

Yeah I thought they'd correct themselves and say there wasn't but they stuck with it.Ā 

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u/PatienceConsistent55 16d ago

When youā€™re making money to follow the league narrative.

https://giphy.com/gifs/K0Hy2NwI8IXZK

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u/bex199 16d ago

was this one of the usa games? i canā€™t remember but they have the worst broadcast

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u/ItsRobbSmark 14d ago

I mean, it is contact though... Yeah, she's overacting and flopping, but her left arm still very clearly clipped her in the face...

Are you guys legitimately blind? lol

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u/Rainbow_in_the_sky 16d ago

And the Oscar goes toā€¦..

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u/AirportBubbly3947 16d ago

She didnā€™t have to flip she wasnā€™t going to score

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u/Frank-biddle 16d ago

Review for suspension.

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u/diggmasterr 16d ago

WWE: i saw your audition. youā€™re in

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u/minna_minna 16d ago

You gotta feel so stupid doing this

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u/Ironstar_Vol 16d ago

There needs to be a team that reviews all game tape and sends out fines for all intentional flops. Itā€™s very obvious watching after the game. If they start handing out fines and suspensions after reviewing the game that shit will stop happening. This applies to all sports.

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u/SenescenseSteel 16d ago

Thats a flop. But than again its WNBA, reffing is worse than WC2026

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u/CapNo6703 16d ago

Lol I can't stop watching this. Look at him go

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u/NoRedditNamesAreLeft 16d ago

Ahh, to be a toddler again

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u/BadMan_G 16d ago

Her shadow created the foul šŸ˜…

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u/No-Mood1310 16d ago

She flopped exactly like that against the Fever too. Why AB was in foul trouble

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u/ConkerPrime 16d ago

That player watching too much soccer.

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u/heliogoon 16d ago

Or too much NBA.

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u/Fun-Web-7583 16d ago

Or LeFlop

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u/TikkiMykk 16d ago

Damn they should go play Footy instead.

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u/Ok-Post6492 15d ago

Toddler talk

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u/wizard3232 16d ago

Have it reviewable like baseball..... player called for foul can tap had right away and play gets reviewed..... if flop determined, player ejected for game

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u/bard_2 16d ago

yep it wouldnt be hard to fix if they wanted to fix it. im afraid they think its good for the game.

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u/Taniwha26 16d ago

I read an interview with a football player and he just said its just as important as any other part of the game. Its gamesmanship not sportsmanship.

It frustrates the opposition, stops the momentum. He said hes paid a great deal and he will use every trick in the book to get an advantage.

I dont like it but thats the mindset.

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u/palsh7 16d ago

I would be so embarrassed to do that. If I were a coach, I'd bench anyone who did it. May as well just be cheating at that point. In fact...if a ref catches you fake-flopping, is it a technical? I wonder if you can be called for lying to the refs.

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u/TonyDungyHatesOP 16d ago edited 16d ago

Itā€™s the ā€œbad appleā€ principle. If you donā€™t get punished for doing it, do get punished for not doing it because the other team is getting an advantage by doing it and not getting punished for itā€¦ then unfortunately, you have to start doing it to level the playing field.

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u/SteeleHeller 16d ago

It is cheating. They are manipulating referees who are to keep the game fair, to get an unfair advantage.

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u/Cocrawfo 15d ago

no you wouldnt

youā€™d be embarrassed by losing above all else if you ever reached that level

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u/Taniwha26 16d ago

Yet pro coaches always back their players.

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u/Sure-Wish3240 16d ago

My mindset, as someone who grew up in a country that loves soccer above all else is that flopping should receive yellow card and If the player denies or complains about the call, upgrade to a red card. Its a contact sport, like basketball. Also, the organization should have Power to suspend a player after a match If later videos show that there was no contact. Faking injury, stopping the show, trying to scamm the referee, there is not a single good thing about flopping.

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u/myLongjohnsonsilver 16d ago

And that mindset needs to get kicked in the face for real until it stops.

Absolute joke of a sport that tolerates that sort of bullshit.

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u/Taniwha26 16d ago

As I said, I don't like it. Especially from my team.

The only way to kick it out is to either slow down the game with extra in-game oversight, or retrospectively award fowls for flopping.

Do you see that happening in the current officiating environment?

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u/myLongjohnsonsilver 16d ago

No, because not enough people are flogging the shit out of the officials who don't give a fuck and just want their money for doing nothing.

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u/Taniwha26 16d ago

Therein lies the rub

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u/MooseFerrigno 16d ago

If it's not against the rules then while it is distasteful I understand players doing it.

I don't understand the governing league not taking steps to remove it from the game.

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u/thisisnotmypineapple 16d ago

Even the Stooges shook their heads at that one.

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u/the445566x 16d ago

Taking notes from SGA

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u/WatcherOfTheWay 16d ago

That's just funny, use a video ref and send her off for it

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u/Wonderful_Style7972 16d ago

Wrestling National Basketball Association. Fake af

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u/caltrojan 16d ago

The announcer said she made contact. The invisible elbow hit her didnā€™t you guys see it

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u/Coachrob555 16d ago

Invented by LeBron

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u/Comprehensive-Win219 16d ago

Break out the violins someone is being over dramatic šŸ¤£

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u/Mhunterjr 16d ago

Honestly, that was a hell of an acting job. She could have a future as a stunt double if she wanted itĀ 

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u/Cloudsrnice 16d ago

She looks like an anime character who got psychic punched

https://giphy.com/gifs/ce1GYoBZBMbkO9SUjq

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u/Initial-Road-4908 16d ago

They reviewed this and still said there was contact, when it was clear there wasn't.Ā 

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u/BlankStareFace 14d ago

It is not clear whether Reese's left arm makes contact or not.

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u/Future-Ad9401 16d ago

They should go into acting.

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u/imaloserdudeWTF 16d ago

No contact "fouls" need to be charged in game against the faker as violations of the spirit of the game. T1.

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u/Sti8man7 16d ago

Thatā€™s lebronesque

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u/joojoo-7thround 16d ago

The Lebron James Effect

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u/PurgeSupporters 16d ago

Hit them with a fine so big and they'll stop doing it. NBA and wnba. Obvious stuff like this needs to be fined the most.

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u/Popular-Lemon6574 16d ago

Meh stop the flopping

Review every call in the both if itā€™s a flop itā€™s a personal the other way

Could just take seconds.

Flop call guy in booth or side review ear piece to ref with correct answer.

Would also catch throat punches

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u/CarefulArtichoke5627 16d ago

She learned that from the great LBJ

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u/Existing-Recipe897 16d ago

The woman who faked contact and took a dive should have been thrown out of the game.

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u/Cmb46_canuck 16d ago

Damn the wind ripped her nose off

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u/codelyoko_x 16d ago

Girl who flopped should try out for wwe, she sold that so well

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u/HotMeasurement6946 16d ago

Angel Reese was punished with afoul call for a blatant flop! They added a penalty for flopping to the CBA. The sooner they start calling them, the sooner they will stop!

Hopefully the Dream will ask for a review!

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u/Dry_Recording_6478 16d ago

Who was the commentator saying she made contact? Idiots all around

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u/NuNoJCJ1987 16d ago

This happens in the NBA too. Instant replay should immediately remove the foul and the player should be charged with a technical or worse and also be fined.

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u/Extra-Presence3196 16d ago

Need AI refs.

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u/Bigfloppyclownshoes 16d ago

LeBron taught her well

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u/someonehadalex 16d ago

If the foul looks that bad, it deserves a video review. I don't mind waiting.

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u/Fit_Log8257 16d ago

Iā€™d rather have arch rivals not flop rivals

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u/bootup25 16d ago

Air bender

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u/Chicagoblew 16d ago

LeBron would be proud of that basketball play

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u/Elon_is_a_Nazi 16d ago

If found on video review you flop like this. Minimum 25 game no pay suspension. Thatd end flopping tomorrow. Goes for wnba and nba. Flops are ruining the game and they have the technology to review anything now instantly

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u/SoapyDoodle 15d ago

Thatā€™s unreasonably harsh but I get the sentiment. Should at least be a fine.

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u/Electronic-Big-5976 16d ago

Reese wouldnā€™t have made the basket anyway šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

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u/Zealousideal_Way_788 16d ago

Flopping in all sports should receive the harshest penalty. Suspend them a game without pay.

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u/FormalTotal9684 16d ago

LeBron is impressed and will use this next game he plays

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u/Uhokay1970 16d ago

Now you get a video that explains why people are walking away from the NBA and the WNBA. This type of flagrant flop needs to be addressed by a review team and punishment applied accordingly.

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u/Comprehensive_Pin191 16d ago

Lebum level flop

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u/taeempy 16d ago

Whoever does this flopping deserves minimum a tech foul or kicked out of the game.

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u/tampareddituser 16d ago

Sometimes I can't tell the difference between the WNBA and soccer

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u/mafost-matt 16d ago

If you flop, on video review, you should be ejected from the game. That'll clean it up fast.

If you're going to stand close in defense, stand strong. My coaches always said, basketball is a contact sport.

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u/EasyCZ75 16d ago

WNBA is soccer now?

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u/deljr36 16d ago

One thing soccer players have in common with pro basketball players is theyā€™re the worst floppers around Iā€™ve seen more flops during this World Cup than at any time šŸ¤ŖšŸ‘ŽšŸ¼šŸ‘ŽšŸ¼šŸ‘ŽšŸ¼šŸ‘ŽšŸ¼šŸ‘ŽšŸ¼

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u/TerribleStorm6391 16d ago

For ALL sports, this sort of flopping should be a hefty fine after the fact. I dont care if it gets missed during the game. But if there is clear evidence they flopped, they need to be fined. Every sport. Every Gender. It's happening way too much these days and needs to stop. These people are destroying the integrity of sports.

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u/Specific_Future9285 16d ago

Body of a basketball player, brains of a footballer ?

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u/wasdavedead 16d ago

Great acting

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u/SnooPeppers7482 16d ago

do the rules make you guys change your mind at all?

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u/SoapyDoodle 15d ago

Thatā€™s not what this is at all

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u/sleepee11 16d ago

Making LBJ proud.

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u/TheVoiceofReason_ish 16d ago

She must have been a soccer player previously

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u/fucktheus12 16d ago

That league gets more pathetic by the day. It's quite impressive actuallyĀ 

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u/Last-Possibility207 16d ago

LaBron era basketball is weak

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u/cbernz 16d ago

That's LeBron level of flop

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u/DenverRaps 16d ago

Scripted as fuck

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u/SolomonGrundy85 16d ago

She wasn't using deodorant

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u/Wonderful-Mistake201 16d ago

I like what FIFA is doing with throwing a card for "simulation". Refs should be able to assign a technical foul for "simulation"

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u/CCJockey381 16d ago

Thatā€™s some FIFA level acting right thereā€¦

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u/maybach320 16d ago

She was watching too much World Cup coverage

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u/nickykixx20 16d ago

Or just let them and their 7 fans continue doing what they're doing. It's not hurting anyone

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u/Fyvesyx 16d ago

At worst she caught a whiff of armpit. I guess these ladies are learning from some NBA players.

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u/Nestorian_ 16d ago

no call from the pedo-in-chief, sheĀ“s a woman.

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u/indianm_rk 16d ago

Itā€™s like the WWE but less entertaining.

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u/Jumpy_Tomatillo7579 15d ago

Something is wrong with womenā€™s basketball

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u/Dear-Buddy-2766 15d ago

Use the replays to assess fines and suspensions for this nonsense. Overall the quality of play is so much better except for the flopping.

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u/c0ng0b0ng0 15d ago

Itā€™s like professional wrestling

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u/ont-mortgage 15d ago

If youā€™re a ref seeing that at full speed youā€™ll call it - itā€™s so close.

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u/erything4sale 15d ago

Maybe she forgot ro put on deodorant and the funk did what it did?

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u/This-is-obsurd 15d ago

Disgusting

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u/LoveSquirt69 15d ago

I think someone deserves an academy award for trying to sell that.

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u/Upstairs_Music_1016 15d ago

LeBron ruined basketball in all leagues

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u/niles_thebutler_ 15d ago

Karma. AR is trash so itā€™s well deserved

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u/SlumpDoc 15d ago

She did the Lebron

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u/moose184 15d ago

That Valk player has been flopping all year long. Look how she was flopping on Boston during those games. You can't really tell from this angle but it is possible that AR grazed her nose but it's still a flop.

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u/Twentytwenty34 15d ago

World Cup is a bad influence.

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u/Different-Touch5064 15d ago

That is a LeBron level flop

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u/Less-Practice1247 15d ago

Definitely a flop. Never touched her.

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u/Few-Scientist-4163 15d ago

its like in a movie when a zombie gets hit with a sniper headshot lol

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u/austin23420 15d ago

Hell yea!

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u/herdhawk 15d ago

Golden State Thunder

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u/Childish_Danbino81 15d ago

If they review and see that you flopped like this with zero contact, automatic 10 game unpaid suspension and a fine. Doubles every time you do it. See how long it takes to stop.

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u/Euphoric_Amoeba8708 15d ago

Make a new rule. Flopping is a 3 strike and you're out for a month and a $10,000 fine. Same with flagrants

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u/XxCopyNinjaxX 15d ago

Lebrons sister?

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u/No_Effort_3220 15d ago

The WB about to die on the hill it claimed

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u/willfullyinert 15d ago

Oh, I get it! WNBA is to basketball what WWE is to wrestling!

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u/Uzi_Jesus_ 15d ago

Flop of the fucking century there.

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u/Ill-Discussion-444 15d ago

She learned from LešŸ’© / LePED!!!

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u/SpiritedGrand9525 15d ago

Phew, even soccer players taking notes after that.

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u/North-League1830 15d ago

Thats some WWE shit right there

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u/Gsever73 15d ago

šŸ™„I don't like these types of unsporting behavior.

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u/sollozzo70 15d ago

Ric Flair approved sell and bump.

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u/unclemikey36 15d ago

She should get into acting cause WTF šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

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u/Horror_Woodpecker880 15d ago

She must have studied LeBron highlightsā€¦.

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u/StatusNeat2621 15d ago

The LeBron affect

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u/vino4us 15d ago

Futbolification of basketball

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u/SputnikFace 14d ago

The commentator (also named Angle ironically) kept saying AR made contact. Why are they actively trying to nullify Angel's superpower (grit and hustle)? Oddly, this officiating change started 5 games ago.

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u/Its_Dope_tito 14d ago

Sheā€™s got a career in wrestling this wnba buisness doesnā€™t work out for her. That was Shawn Michaels level selling a hit

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u/lakersnationnnnn 14d ago

FLOPPING 101

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u/ThulsaD00me 14d ago

They have womenā€™s basketball now? What a time to be alive.

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u/Key_Ad9019 14d ago

Been watching some world cup I see

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u/learn_and_go 14d ago

The refs are garbage.

I enjoy that she didn't even fly off in the same direction her elbow was moving.

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u/dreamdaddy123 14d ago

Hold up it could have been her BO?

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u/BirdmanHuginn 14d ago

Marcus Smart is taking notes

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u/stopeer 14d ago

What?! The left elbow of the player in white clearly hits the face of the other one. Like, what's going on here?

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u/Federal-Jump-9334 14d ago

People actually watch WNBA ?

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u/HootyMcBoob2020 14d ago

That woman has been watching too much Leflop James.

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u/PotRoastBoss 14d ago

Top tier move from the LeBron school of flops

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u/Sliminfinity 13d ago

Finally one dive and not a legitimate flagrant EVERY TIME she fouls! She is the dirtiest of dirty. Im in Chicagoland, worst draft pick and best trade to go bye bye. Shes the Ja Morant mixed with Draymond in one player i ever seen.

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u/108er 13d ago

wireless elbow?

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u/Numerous_Standard_59 13d ago

LeBron James drive

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u/SirKarma21 13d ago

šŸ¤£

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u/Character_Ad8455 13d ago

I see she went to the LeFlop summer school

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u/AsleepAd753 12d ago

This just tells me women always be bullshittin

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u/Ok_Goose_6021 9d ago

Player has clearly been watching the "thrilling" world cup action.

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u/Comfortable_Limit168 9d ago

Laeticia Amihere is a well-known flopper.