Fisher is NBA's best flopper!

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Or the NBA's toughest defender, depending on how you see these things. But according to the always entertaining 82game.com, Derek Fisher just outflopped Milwaukee's Andrew Bogut to take the league's annual unofficial Vlade Divac Most Valuable Flopper award.

Fisher drew a league-leading 54 charges this year. Bogut drew 53. Third place went to Sacramento's Mikki Moore, with 51, Memphis Kyle Lowry and Portland's Joel Przybilla had 47, while Denver's Allen Iverson chipped in with 46. Who says the Nuggets don't play defense?

As it turns out though, Fisher was kind of lucky to win the award this year. Last year, Cleveland's Anderson Varejao drew a ridiculous 99 offensive fouls. This year though, he missed about half the season due to a protracted contract holdout and injuries.

In 2005-06, Phoenix Raja Bell won the award by drawing 76 offensive fouls.

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