Hack A - Rule Change...

[ace3g]

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The NBA just announced new Hack-a rules.

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[Spur|n|Austin]

You're too quick ace!

[apalisoc_9]

Not a whole lot of change tbh. Teams donylt usually start hacking till the 4th.

[GSH]

Learn to shoot a damn FT. Ultimately, that's what the game is all about - putting the ball through the metal ring.

How about this? Each team can designate one player that doesn't have to shoot his own FT's. But that player can't shoot the ball. Ever.

[Silver&Black]

Not really that big of a change, IMO. I can live with extending it to the last 2 minutes of every quarter.


Just glad they didn't change the rule completely to accommodate 3-4 players who can't shoot free throws.

[rastaspur]

Could have been worse. Im fine with these minor tweeks

[south side spur]

Which idiot jumped on a player's back to commit an intentional foul?

[TheRemix]

Which idiot jumped on a player's back to commit an intentional foul?

Chris paul, out of a free throw

[tholdren]

Learn to shoot a damn FT. Ultimately, that's what the game is all about - putting the ball through the metal ring.

How about this? Each team can designate one player that doesn't have to shoot his own FT's. But that player can't shoot the ball. Ever.
lol you mean have players with skill? nba lets these guys travel and carry every possession. why in the hell would they hold players to a skill standard? Height standard only in the nba.

[Old School 44]

My rule change would be if you do not shoot at least 60% for the season (100 ft minimum) half your salary will be donated to charity.

OR

If you are on this list, (Dwight Howard, Clint Capela, Andre Drummond, DeAndre Jordan...) you cannot participate in any meaningful games.

[DMC]

Doesn't matter. Timmy's gone.

[Canyonero]

Meh.

They should call those flagrant like they do in FIBA.

[Em-City]

Which idiot jumped on a player's back to commit an intentional foul?

delly does that shit...
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[TheGreatYacht]

Well, thankfully the Warriors have no one to hack.... Or we'd really be fucked the way Pop over does it

[NameLess Scrub]

Doesn't matter. Timmy's gone.


:depressed

[siraulo23]

im not a fan of the 2nd point

[raybies]

Which idiot jumped on a player's back to commit an intentional foul?

nerlens noel did it to andre drummond

[james evans]

Well, thankfully the Warriors have no one to hack.... Or we'd really be fucked the way Pop over does it
they also have no shot blockers

[K...]

This actually helps us as we will be in the market for scrub bigs for several years on now.....smh timmy retirement blues.

[sasaint]

Learn to shoot a damn FT. Ultimately, that's what the game is all about - putting the ball through the metal ring.

How about this? Each team can designate one player that doesn't have to shoot his own FT's. But that player can't shoot the ball. Ever.

Perfect! :toast

[sasaint]

im not a fan of the 2nd point

Me neither. A legitimate foul trying to fight through a screen? Terrible over-extension of the rule. This will have far more impact than the other tweaks. It will alter the possible outcome of some games, prove extremely controversial and have to be repealed. Under this rule, a team that is behind with time running out incurs a huge risk in employing extreme pressure to create a steal or a turnover. Huge shift in favor of the team trying to protect a lead.

[GSH]

lol you mean have players with skill? nba lets these guys travel and carry every possession. why in the hell would they hold players to a skill standard? Height standard only in the nba.

Well you got me there. I keep forgetting this is the New NBA. :lol

[Texas_Ranger]

Lol changing the rules cause 3 guys can't make a FT. :lmao this league...

[GSH]

Lol changing the rules cause 3 guys can't make a FT. :lmao this league...

That's because it's not about playing basketball - it's about delivering a "product". It's the same reason they let every guard in the league carry the ball on every damn play.

Catering to people who can't play the game, because opposing teams take advantage of their lack of skill? That doesn't make any sense in the context of basketball. It's like the designated hitter rule. Baseball fans like to see guys hit the ball. So if one guy can't? We'll just let someone else bat for him. I don't think this will fuck up the NBA as badly as the DH did baseball. But it's a start. It sure as hell sends a message what they're about.

[Obstructed_View]

Which idiot jumped on a player's back to commit an intentional foul?

There was a gap in the rules that allowed people to commit an intentional foul while the ball was in the air in the last two minutes, and it was considered a loose-ball foul (over the back) rather than an intentional foul. If they'd just called a technical the first time someone did it, which it is, none of this shit would be necessary.

[DAF86]

Not a whole lot of change tbh. Teams donylt usually start hacking till the 4th.

Not really. Many teams do the hack a somebody to get the last shot of a quarter. For ex: if there are 16 seconds left and the Clippers have the ball, teams tend to foul Jordan to get the last possession of the Q. This eliminates that strategy.

[Phenomanul]

Somewhere DeAndre Jordan and Andre Drummond are smiling...

[TampaDude]

Today's NBA... :lol

[Kikoluna]

What's the rule in 5 words?

[SpursforSix]

What's the rule in 5 words?

don't intentionally foul bad shooters

[GSH]

What's the rule in 5 words?


Fans want shot-blockers in games.