JJ Redick is never one to shy from speaking his mind on virtually any matter and often uses his podcast, The Old Man & the Three, as the microphone. On his latest episode on Monday, Redick delivered one of his spicier takes.
While chatting with “bubble correspondent” Duncan Robinson of the Heat, co-host Tommy Alter posed the question of who was the biggest flopper in the league after a brief discussion on Marcus Smart. While Robinson hesitated to answer, Redick dove right in.
“The obvious ones that stick out are like Marcus Smart and Pat Beverley…I feel like Kyle (Lowry) to a degree, maybe, is good at exaggerating contact. I think Harden is good at exaggerating contact. But, to me, it’s not necessarily flopping, it’s more of a skill because often times, like, there’s the really egregious flops or the really egregious calls for, let’s say, a player like Harden where you look at on tape and are like ‘Man, that really wasn’t a foul.’”
Patrick Beverley has certainly been under fire in the last week after the Clippers bowed out of the playoffs in dramatic fashion, blowing a 3-1 lead to the Dallas Mavericks in the second round.
Beverley took plenty of heat from the Blazers backcourt of CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard, largely because of his antics, after the Clippers’ Game 7 loss.
@patbev21 I guess I should extend this Cancun invite since I haven’t made my arrangements yet 😂😂😂
— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) September 16, 2020
My last tweet before I finish this glass. They did vote they ain’t wanna play no more. . . But I didn’t think they was gonna go out like that 😂
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) September 16, 2020
Smart’s antics haven’t led to quite as much criticism as he isn’t nearly as vocal toward opponents as Beverley is. But that doesn’t change the fact that the two have built these types of reputations for themselves.