Where to start. Street intelligence informed us of a possible HTFU one week ago when the Cavaliers traveled to Boston to face the reigning champs. Check the “hard foul”:
Looks pretty bad right? Take another look, at the 43 second mark where we see poor Varejao on the ground clutching his head and face like a wounded Italian soccer player (the sport of Soccer deserved an entire HTFU for itself). Then, as soon as the ref’s whistle goes off for the flagrant, he suddenly bounces back up and starts throwing his weight around. It’s almost as if he was… I don’t know… acting.
Wait, Anderson Varejao acting? Has this happened before? Our research indicates it has, approximately four hundred thousand times before.
Pretending to take a charge:
Flopping while looking at the camera for dramatic effect:
Flopping as an alternative to playing defense:
Flopping on a freaking jump shot:
Flopping just because you’re retarded
Flopping when your opposition player isn’t even looking at you:
Flopping against Bobby Jackson (should never be necessary):
You’ll notice that in each of these photos Varejao isn’t just acting. He’s acting extremely well. These don’t look like bumps from the physical game of basketball. These look like the effects of an atomic blast shock wave. It’s hard to be that good at flopping. Coach Van Gundy once commented that Varejao’s hair helps his flopping ability, but it goes deeper than that. Varejao is a one-in-a-million natural born flopper. You cannot practice flopping and hope to be this good. You are born with it. Not even Kevin Bacon, a tremendously good actor, could match the dramatic feats of one Anderson Varejao. And for this, we wholeheartedly award Anderson Vaerjao well-earned HARDEN THE FUCK UP.
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i wouldnt use that video as an example of flopping, feigning injury yes, but he didnt even get a chance to flop since baby basically tackled his head first.
He didn’t say it was a flop, he said it was an example of him ‘acting’.
I’d say it’s a pretty good example of VJ’s need to HTFU and stop playing like a pussy.
there are lots of videos of Varejao flopping. but i like that one. it shows us a man torn between dealing with pain and the need to act, and acting won out. Essential Varejao.
good job HTFU Police.
you could have awarded this HTFU to Varejeo at any point in the last few seasons. the guy is a serial flopper, always will be. the funny thing is he gets credit for his “hustle” plays, but he has no toughness whatsoever. he is overrated, if that’s even possible. i can’t believe he even gets a game.
also, those pics are hilarious. they are all so similar!
Those photos should lead to the NBA instituting the ‘Varejao Rule,’ whereby anyone named Varejao can never have a charge call go their way.
Re: flopping. This is the NBA’s fault, not Varejao’s. V is doing what he has to do to get the right call. If a player commits an offensive foul and V doesn’t flop the ref will rarely, if ever, make the right call and call the charge. Unfortunately, the NBA is forcing V to overreact in order to get a correct call.
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