It's not just Griffin; everytime CP3 stutter-steps through the lane, he's looking over his shoulder to see if he can brake-check a defender into an And-1 over-the-back foul. He didn't play last night, but Billips has a few pet moves of his own; he almost ALWAYS gets high-five fouls on his jump shot and is dangerous with the pump-fake-jump-into-you move with the shot-clock running down.
If you have a favorite player on any team, I can literally draw you a picture of certain moves they use to curry the favor of the officiating. Even us, bro. Think Monta REALLY gets hit hard enough to go sideways and wipe-out on all these lay-up attempts? That's a favorite of Blake Griffin, Manu Ginobli, Chris Paul... Any dude who goes to the hole hard will occasionally use the mid-air flop to get calls. That's what worries me most about trading Ellis; seeing him show up on the Mavericks or Bulls and suddenly get all these calls that he's not getting in Golden State.
Griffin also employs the cheerleader-kick-flop on reach-ins (which nearly every post guy does; including David Lee) aaaaaand he mugs the official on his foul calls (then he charges the basket the very next play, trying to get a return call... And only the greats really get this call; Kobe, LeBron, Durant, they can all go get a foul after they are charged with one. Griffin wants THAT kinda love from the officials.
In Kemp's day, when men were men, players played with scruples. Everyone started flopping after 2000. Seriously. I can't hate on Blake Griffin for dealing with the times; I can literally name 20 players who flop harder and more often than Blake.
AND he gives me Kemp-level dunks! I just can't dislike him...
