EVA, "Tony flops"

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Eva Longoria Admits Tony Parker Flops

Brett Edwards
File this one under, "tell me something I don't know."

Tony Parker's adoring wife Eva Longoria has made a habit of previously disclosing some things that maybe she shouldn't have, and it appears she's done it again by telling the world that Parker often fakes, flops, and/or exaggerates when he's fouled on the basketball court.

The actress admits it's tough watching her husband play for the San Antonio Spurs - because she never knows when he's really hurt, and when he's acting. She says, "Sometimes he acts to get the flagrant foul or, to sell the foul more, he'll throw himself on the floor and really play it up more than what it is. "I really don't know what the difference is so I'm like, 'Stop laying on the ground if you're not hurt. Just get up!' He's like, 'Honey, I have to stay on the ground sometimes.'

I know this isn't exactly a news flash, seeing as the Spurs are known for being among the worst floppers in the league. (See: Ginobili, Manu) But being accused of flopping is one thing, coming out and admitting it is something else entirely. Look, any way you slice it, flopping is cheating, plain and simple. Players that continually do it are looking to gain an unfair advantage by fooling the referees into thinking that there was a foul on a play where there actually wasn't.


It will be interesting to see if the refs take this piece of information and make it much harder for Parker to get to the free throw line. If I were an official? After hearing the fact that a player is openly admitting that he's cheating like this -- and intentionally making my job harder in the process-- I would need to see blood before sending him to the foul line in the future.

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/...-parker-flops/

[Kori Ellis]

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