Anderson Varejao: Acting-Flopping Is an Embarassment to the NBA

Anderson Varejao is a pathetic individual, and his actions have to be stopped by Commissioner David Stern.

It has gotten out of hand. In the game tonight with Cavaliers facing the Celtics in Boston, it was absolutely embarrassing to watch Varejao—as an NBA fan and for the league itself.

Now personally, I have no vested interest in either the Cavaliers or the Celtics. Honestly, I was hoping for the Cavs to win, but it doesn't upset me that the Celtics won.

During the second quarter, Varejao caught a pass and went up for a layup, but Glen Davis wasn't going to allow him to have an easy lay up...he was going to make him earn the point. Davis made a play on the ball, but also accidentally grabbed Varejao around the shoulders. In the process, most of the contact that occurred was actually Davis getting the ball.

Varejao, though, acted like Davis injured him, even though it wasn't that hard of a foul. It was not a flagrant foul and it shouldn't have been called one, but it was and Davis was actually ejected from the game.

If you notice after Varejao sells it to the officials he got hurt he immediately gets up to go after Davis. Does that really sound like someone was hurt on the play? No. In fact it seems more premeditated and that is why Varejao is a pansy.

Because of Varejao's reaction, Zyrdrunas Ilgauskus got in the face of Davis, and LeBron James and Ray Allen had some words after James ran up to protect Ilgauskus.

The officials Ed Malloy, Eddie F. Rush, and Zach Zarba, made the decision that James, Ilgauskus, and Allen would get technical fouls, and that Davis would be ejected due to the flagrant foul.

It's understandable that the series got testy because they are battling for the top spot in the East. Yet, to have Davis ejected because of the underhanded tactics of Varejao is completely ridiculous. When the flagrant foul is reviewed, it's going to be rescinded by the league.

This leads to the main problem, and that is what should the NBA do about actors and floppers like Varejao. The answer is simple, like the illegal defense rule before it got changed to the three second rule, each team should get a warning about a player flopping, or in this case acting, when there's very minimal contact.

If, after warning the player, someone else flops, or acts, then a technical foul should be called and the team that it happened to should get the free throw.

This will help the NBA get rid of the problem of not only Varejao acting and flopping, but other players who seem to not try to play defense and hope that an offensive foul is called.

If you missed the play here's the highlight of it and Hubie Brown is dead wrong. Here's the play by Davis.