I never said Shaq was a flopper. He always looked like the biggest player on the court. In his early days in the league, he was still a raw and slow professional player. When a usually smaller defender played quicker, quality defense and stood their ground, Shaq would try to go to the basket for his shot, which usually sent the defender crashing to the floor or all the way off the court. With him being raw, he would lose his concentration and miss a lot of shots. In turn, he and some of his coaches complained to the refs that he was getting fouled on most every play, though it was usually him doing the fouling. A defender has every right to his position on the court. If you are standing your ground and a Mac truck turns and knocks you head long off the court and they call you for the foul, would that not piss you off? As time went on, defenders would absolutely foul him on purpose because he was a terrible foul shooter. No, Shaq was too big to be a flopper, but ass headed enough to be a complainer to get his way with the refs. That's my two cents, that's the way I saw it, and that kind of play was mostly responsible for me not giving horse shit about the NBA anymore.
