SGA's Flopping Is Turning the NBA Against OKC | Covino & Rich on Dan Patrick

The SGA flopping narrative has officially gone mainstream — and Covino & Rich break down exactly why the Oklahoma City Thunder are becoming the NBA's most unlikable team. After the Spurs destroyed OKC 103-82 to tie the Western Conference Finals 2-2, the conversation has shifted from "boring" to "unlikable floppers." Courtside fans are holding up Oscar trophies, wearing bubble wrap, and chanting "flopper" — and social media compilations are piling up by the hour.

C&R compare OKC's style to watching Floyd Mayweather box: technically brilliant but impossible to enjoy. They break down why casual fans at Memorial Day barbecues are gravitating toward Wemby and the Spurs as the likable underdogs while SGA — a two-time back-to-back MVP — keeps hitting the floor when nobody touches him. The bigger the stage, the more your identity gets defined for you. And right now, OKC's identity is being written in real time.

Covino & Rich fill in for Dan Patrick on Fox Sports Radio | Memorial Day 2026

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 — "OKC's new identity: unlikable floppers"
0:13 — Spurs dominate Thunder 103-82, series tied 2-2
0:42 — The urgency problem: why OKC came out flat
1:30 — SGA flopping compilations are taking over social media
2:24 — Oscar trophies, bubble wrap, and "flopper" chants
2:44 — OKC is like watching Floyd Mayweather box
3:28 — "He's like a hot girl claiming she's a nerd"
4:24 — Identity takes time: casual fans are finally catching on
5:45 — Being exposed on the big stage — the old tweets analogy
7:04 — No one cared about SGA flopping until now
7:34 — Wemby: the alien everyone wants to root for
8:08 — Good guy vs. villain — OKC is the bad guy
8:37 — "Chet Holmgren has always had a punchable face"
9:02 — Holiday weekend casuals are choosing the Spurs