NBA Players Are The Softest Athletes In Pro Sports | Don't @ Me w/ Dan Dakich Dan sounds off on NBA players being the softest pro athletes of any sport. He compares the NBA to NHL players toughness and how Adam Silver has ushered in this wave of soft players. The NBA has had a flopping issue for years and I believe much of the discourse we have seen during this year’s playoffs, especially between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers is due, in large part, to the league refusing to