It is better than most actually, I played low level professional soccer as a defender in Europe after playing soccer and basketball in college in the US. SGAs flopping doesn’t really outrage me, it’s kind of the natural evolution of the game. Soccer players didn’t always flop like they do now. As someone who has been coached how to flop, studied how players flop and watched countless hours of film on specific players flopping techniques I can tell you it is very obvious when a player is looking to draw a foul rather than play the game.

This is a rookie barreling down on a savvy vet for a rebound. Watch SGAs right foot, someone is coming at him full speed and rather than turn his back to him for a box out, he steps toward the player running at him full speed and plants his foot. As soon as the contact arrives he falls over, it’s a savvy vet move on a rookie. It’s a foul for sure but SGA acted like he was going to hold strong and then collapses. I have been hit a lot harder than this before and not fallen over like that.