""If you wanna be a great player, you gotta sell your soul. You gotta be a flopper. If you wanna be an MVP, you wanna be top of the top, you gotta sell your soul and just be a flopper."- Jaylen Brown pic.twitter.com/Cc6foIuiBZ- Riley ❄️ (@rileysbetter) December 9, 2025"
"Flopping has been a spot of contention in the NBA for years, as this season has seen the highest average number of free throws per game since the 2007-2008 season, with 24.8. As these numbers increase, Brown seems to have a point regarding the correlation between MVP and free throw numbers. Last year's MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, was second in the league in free throw attempts per game (8.8), and this year he is averaging 10.2 attempts. He is only behind Luka Doncic in this stat at the moment, who, coincidentally, is third in the MVP race."
"Along with Gilgeous-Alexander, the 2022-2023 MVP Joel Embiid is infamous for looking to draw fouls. He was also second in the league in the year he won, averaging 11.7 per game."
Jaylen Brown has assumed primary scoring duties for the Boston Celtics with Jayson Tatum sidelined, averaging 29.1 points per game and rising to 10th on the NBA MVP ladder. The Celtics improved to 15-9 and have won eight of their last ten games. Brown said achieving MVP status often requires flopping, saying top players must "sell your soul" and "be a flopper." The league is seeing a surge in free throws, averaging 24.8 per game, while recent MVPs posted high free-throw attempt totals; Brown averages 7.1 attempts per game.
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