Flop

flop=a player that goes down with little contact in order to draw an offensive foul
brick=a shot with terrible form that results in a miss
prayer=a shot attemted from outside the normal range of a player usually with the clock running out ...

Earle, Jimmy - Coaching the Flip-Flop Basketball Offense, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1969.
Earle, Jimmy - Complete Book of 1-3-1 Basketball, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New Jersey, 1969.

Flop over the wrist to get backspin on the ball for a nice soft shot. Later, when a player can jump higher, the palm can face skyward and lay the ball up softly off of the backboard with very little spin. Try not to spin the ball and be too "fancy".

The hand will flop forward and down, staying in line with the basket if there is no tension in the wrist. This gives Accuracy.

3. The defender should be vocal and yell when the contact occurs ("OH!!!")... and make an academy award "flop" back onto the mat! You've got to sometimes sell it to the ref.

See also: Basket, Basketball, Ball, Front, Point