And the Oscar goes to…
Lance Stephenson is a lot of things. New York native, 1st-round draft pick, great guard, decent shooter. He is however, unanimously, the NBA’s greatest living flopper. That title used to belong to LeBron James–or Dwyane Wade (maybe it was a Heat thing?)–but considering the events of recent NBA play, Lance is the clear-cut favorite. After his epic flop in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals (as seen above) in which he either 1. pretended to be asleep or 2. played dead after getting bumped by LeBron James–oh, the irony–Lance has returned for his follow-up act: an act of violence against himself. In the above video, Lance is seen trying to fight around a screen set by the Golden State Warriors’ Harrison Barnes as Draymond Green dished out a pass to a streaking Klay Thompson. Lance, not to be screened, uses the slight bump from Harrison Barnes as an excuse to slap himself in the mouth, and go flying to the ground. The kicker is, did he draw the foul?
Yes. Awesome.
