Tyrese Haliburton admits NBA players are being taught how to flop effectively

The NBA has plenty of talented teams and players who have taken over the league. In the modern NBA, the Oklahoma City Thunder are arguably the best team. They have an awesome group of players, headlined by a true mega star in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Despite being one of the most talented teams, they have plenty of critics who point out their ability to "flop", especially with SGA. While it is an overblown narrative most of the time, Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton does admit that flopping is something taught by NBA coaches.

Tyrese Haliburton reveals that coaches are teaching NBA players to flop

It is normal to exaggerate contact to generate looks at the free-throw line. That has been a normal way of playing basketball for a long time, but it seems people are not big fans of how players like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander do it.

His play style has been spotlighted as one of the worst ways to play basketball because it is considered flopping by many. While that is not the case, this has become a narrative that follows SGA everywhere he goes.

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With how top-tier scorers play, it is evident that they do well with how they generate ways to score. They can take their defenders off the dribble and beat them that way, like what SGA does regularly, but they can also exaggerate contact when the defenders' hands are on them.

"Yeah, for sure it's being taught. I don't think it's as much head coach teaching as much as it is like player development, even before you get to the NBA, it's just something you like, kind of work on by nature," Haliburton said on the Pat McAfee show.

"The best scorers are usually the guys who get to the free-throw line the most. It's definitely something they work on. Even in pickup, they're working on how they can draw fouls. I think that's a part of the game."

While a lot of NBA fans will dislike the fact that players are being taught to exaggerate contact, it is normal. There is a bigger spotlight on it now, but it has never been a secret because scorers have always done it.

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