Falling down to act as if one got fouled. Happens in soccer too. Source from CrossoverChronicles, and post, How To Fix The NBA's Flopping Follies Written by John Karalis on 08 June 2011. The NBA has a problem. The flopping is out of control. And not just the kind where a guy gets brushed and falls down like he's been shot kind of flopping. The kind that Anderson Varejao, Manu Ginobili and Derek Fisher are all known quite well for. No. Now the NBA, thanks to Miami Heat's LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in the 2011 playoffs, has to deal with guys flopping without even being touched.