San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginobili is now 39-years-old and may be playing his final season in the NBA.

He has won four championships and has been selected as an All-Star twice in his career. Despite these achievements, he is also infamously known as one of the all-time greats at flopping.

However, when asked about his infamous reputation, he looked back on who first called him that and also admitted that he doesn't feel like he flops that much.

“Yeah, I don’t like talking about myself. But I don’t think (I flop) that much. I had that year in 2005 where my reputation started to go up because George Karl started to say it and he said it to a million newspapers; you know because I had the long hair and all of that. But I don’t think I was. If you look at tapes in my last 10 years, maybe eight, you’re not going to see much. Maybe in the beginning I was a little more exuberant. But I used to attack the rim constantly and I was 200 pounds, and I was going against guys who were 280, whether it was Shaq (Shaquille O’Neal) or guys like that. I was taking a lot of hits. But if I was, I don’t do it consciously.”

Many may not agree with his statement as he has flopped a lot of times in the past and got players called for fouls they did not commit, but he has proven that it's all part of the game and is something that just came out naturally from him and not done on purpose.

The league has become more strict when it comes to faking fouls and even issuing fines to players who are caught doing so during games.