Famous Floppers
Vlade Divac earned a reputation as a premier flopper and is often found at or near the top of lists ranking the greatest floppers in NBA history. Even one of Divac's own countrymen and former teammates, Peja Stojaković, referred to him as "the father of flopping."
In college basketball, Duke was named by Sports Illustrated in 2009 at the top of its list of the "Top 10 Flops" of the 2000s—a list otherwise reserved for players, teams, or other sports figures who spectacularly failed to live up to expectations—because of the team's perceived tendency to flop in order to draw fouls.
Other players who have been named as premier floppers include:
- Danny Ainge
- Shane Battier
- Raja Bell
- Jarron and Jason Collins, named by Shaquille O'Neal in 2009 as the NBA's worst floppers
- Derek Fisher, of whom Divac said, "I think he does a better job of that than I do."
- Manu Ginóbili
- Robert Horry
- LeBron James
- Bill Laimbeer
- Kevin Martin
- Reggie Miller
- Greg Paulus (at Duke)
- Dennis Rodman
- Luis Scola
- John Stockton
- Anderson Varejão
- Blake Griffin
- Dwyane Wade
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