@samfranklinbball: So many of the truly elite perimeter scorers did stuff like this on a consistent basis. It’s part of why they were great. Even Embiid used to do A LOT of this

_1iljojo :

My cousin said current Shai was worse than prime harden. Bro I watched a grown man guard harden with his hands behind his back because of the fouls 😭😭

blickyrubio :

Yall move the goalpost every time with Shai🤣 first it was”free throw merchant” then when u show he’s either 1st or 2nd in ppg without free throws then it was ”it’s not about how many, it’s how he gets them.” Then when you present to them that he’s doing the same thing every great scorer has done it’s “well everyone else foul baiting is actually looking for a shot” and that’s mostly because all people have access to from older players are curated and-1 highlights and compilations. It’s way easier today to find 5 clips from an SGA hate account showing him missing the rim on a foul bait attempt than it is to find Kobe or Wade doing the exact same thing in some random regular season game from 15-20 years ago because those clips were never clipped, reposted, and pushed everywhere the way they are now.

hesipullfromdeep :

i’m seeing the ball go in

&1 :

Been a Harden fan since he joined HOU and boy let me tell you. SGA hasnt even come close to the bullshit my GOAT was getting up to in the 2010's. Im not even sure SGA is a more egregious foul baiter than CP3 lol.

DCalltheway :

Nobody compares to harden 😂

Matt on the Mic :

Joel Embiid is the worst imo

broni740 :

Just as goofy as Shai! Your really defending his play? Kobe didn’t fall every time he shot the ball

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notice how the others makes the shot

Tom Czubat :

Kobe and D Wade would do triple pump fakes ALL THE TIME. Glad someone else actually remembers this 😂

kiloninerr :

foul baiting and flopping is completely different

gaz :

Only difference is SGA lives in a world with TikTok

Shawnyy🥀 :

They didn't go it on 70% of they shots that's what people getting at the concept not hard

eien :

who's falling to the ground every possession?

polymonkey :

You showed the difference in the clips. People don’t care about the number of times it’s done, they care about the gameplay quality. Every single shot was a genuine attempt and scored. We literally watch SGA just launch it randomly after foul baiting which is what people don’t want rewarded. Each of these clips everyone lands on their feet because it’s a real shot and not a fake one to get a foul.

OneTake :

Yea but did kobe flop every other possession and did he use to jump sideways into players just to get two fts

Evan :

Steph’s the only ethical scorer

NYCknicksNYCgiantsNYCyankees :

Harden Joel and Sga are by far the worst and just cause Kobe and wade did it too doesn’t mean they were as bad as them

S3hree :

Ppl forget bout early Trae Young as well 😂😂😂

Kele :

Wades my favourite sg ever, and yes one of his signature moves was the pump and bump into the defender in the air 😂 it’s just overblown the sga stuff cause of how much more media is accessible now and everyone’s on it.

Proteq :

b_frostee :

Foul baiting is fine. Flopping to the ground trying to get a call when there is no contact isn't foul baiting.

Rob Reiner :

Just said this to my friends

Cactus 🌵 Africanus :

Foul-baiting is very different from flopping (diving). Foul-bait is results in actual fouls, flopping (diving) is about lying that you were fouled.

SubmissiveToby :

foul baiting isn't the same as flopping though

Adam kwok :

That is different bro, sga did way too much. Have you seen Kobe , dwade fall 5-6 time during a game ? You are talking about something totally different