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[Carlin] Paul Reed on defending Anthony Davis: “He’s a big flopper so make sure I don’t get in foul trouble early. He’s gonna be flailing so I gotta make sure I stay out of foul trouble.”



> Davis attempts 5.9 free throws per game to score 22.1 points per game. The 5.9 attempts per game is tied for 24th in the league while Reed commits 2.0 fouls per game in his 13.4 minutes per game.

> Davis is a top talent while Reed is a very good defender off the bench. He should be able to hold his own in this contest on Monday.

[Source](https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/2023/11/27/sixers-paul-reed-discusses-keys-to-defending-lakers-anthony-davis)

by iksnet

41 Comments

  1. ThunderBobMajerle

    Fuck the lakers and all but who is Paul Reed?

  2. KaseyOfTheWoods

    Bball Paul, trying to set our expectations ahead of time, smart

  3. TheRealPdGaming

    has davis ever been known as a flopper? i feel like he is just so lanky that when he gets hit, he goes down in slow motion, which looks like a flop, even if it isn’t.

  4. youngweeb111

    Kettle calling the pot black or however the saying goes

  5. AD is attempting 5.9 free throws per game this season and 7 in his career

    Embiid is attempting 11.7 free throws per game this season and 10 in his career

    Edit: Another cool fact: Embiid has taken 176 free throws this season. LeBron and AD have combined to take 191

  6. burnerbabyburns

    I follow the NBA pretty closely and I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone call AD a flopper before lol

  7. lakers082433

    I thought for a second it was Paul Rudd. I was like why did he say this lol.

  8. AD bleeds from his face and arms just about every single game and still only shoots 6 free throws per game compared to Embiid’s 12 💀

  9. _chadwell_

    Not sure Reed plays enough minutes to worry about foul trouble

  10. Bababooey98

    Is Embiid hurt again or something? Why would Paul Reed care about foul trouble when he plays 10-15 minutes a game?

  11. LovetheNBA23

    Scrub plays like 10 mins a game. He won’t need to worry about foul trouble.

  12. NbaAllDAYger

    He doesnt flop but Yell alot gotta lower my speakers .. its the same with Siakim you can hear them scream through the screen.

  13. i mean if he said Lebron is a big flopper I would be like ‘ok trashtalker’ but AD? Interesting

  14. Did he think they asked about his teammate? Lol what

  15. This is HILARIOUS! Man’s called AD a flopper with Embiid as his team mate. This dude is a comedian 😂😂😂.

    Seriously though, both Lebron and AD can flop and literally get clotheslined and both combined attempts will be only half of what Embiid will have at the line for just screaming and falling to the ground.

  16. Says the guy whose teammate is Joel Embiid. What a joke

  17. thescottreid

    Have you ever considered that AD is like a clumsy giraffe with a chronically injured body and that’s why he’s constantly falling over?

  18. romanticynicist

    This is the same Bball Paul who said his plan for last summer was to add 15 inches to his vertical.

    I love the guy, but I’d take anything he says with a big grain of salt.

  19. bayarea_fanboy

    Say the same thing with different words and it wouldn’t create a headline: He’s good at creating contact and selling it to the refs, so I need to be careful to not foul.

  20. at_least_u_tried

    Bball Paul turns into Steve Kerr when Embiid flops though

  21. randy88moss

    Is this guy stupid? AD was probably going to sleepwalk to 17-10 this game….now he’s going to be engaged and put up 30-15…..I can almost guarantee it.

  22. raceforseis21

    Why would Paul Reed be concerned about foul trouble…?

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