It’s been an roller-coaster season for Jordan Williams; the ups and downs of the early season have lately been replaced by a slow steady incline.. But things took a sudden twist in last night’s game against the Pacers, when Williams had to leave the game with “concussion-like” symptoms. While the injury is dubbed mild, Williams is likely to miss Friday’s game.
But, there’s more!
HoopIdea, TrueHoop’s initiative to make basketball a better game, has promoted an aggressive campaign to put an end to flopping. As a result, HoopIdea posts their #FlopOfTheNight, and last night’s winner was: Jordan Williams!
As Beckley Mason of ESPN.com so eloquently puts it:
He (Williams) does a great job of getting his feet in position, but instead of actually defending the Pacers’ Tyler Hansbrough, he elects to have a seat under the basket. Hansbrough looks up, realizes that his previously perfectly positioned defender is now lying down, and dunks.
Two important notes:
- Jordan Williams does have his feet in good position.
- And he’s also guarding a guy nicknamed Psycho T.
Here’s the fine work in flop:
Also, Jordan Williams was not alone in his flopping, as perhaps in a #FlopOfTheNight first, Williams teammate and fellow Net DeShawn Stevenson was spotlighted for an egregious attempt at floppery. Take a look at the full post here to see Stevenson’s flop.
HoopIdea has put out some of the more awesome and innovative content over the past couple of months and you should seriously be following if you’re not already. The best part is, HoopIdea craves good ideas, from anyone. You can join the conversation by visiting and following HoopIdea in any of these locations:
- Facebook: Discuss your ideas for reforming the NBA draft
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