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When Nelson did that with Bruce in 03 nobody said anything
Talking about losers, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you besomewhere with Nash, Amare and Raja?
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When Nelson did that with Bruce in 03 nobody said anything
You can't make this up. Teams have been employing Hack-a-Shaq for a decade. Don Nelson has been intentionally fouling players for like 25 years. And now that the Spurs use it, the NBA looks into changing the rules.
The NBA usually waits for the Spurs to win the championship before changing rules. Maybe this is a good omen . . .
lol @ the idea that no one has used this as much as the Spurs. Don Nelson did this to Bowen more in ONE GAME than the Spurs ever used it in the entire series.
This is such a crock.
You guys just don't get it! It's not about Shaq, it's not about the "SPURS' . It is about a tactic that hurts the game! It's not basketball and it hurts the integrity of the league. It was amplified by being done on one of the NBA greatest stage, at a time when the Suns vs. Spurs match up was the featured and most anticipated match up in a very compe ive Western Conference. The hack a shaq turned that match up into a spectacle, a circus, a joke. It hurt the league not only on the court it also hurt the league in the pockets. The league MUST change the rules so that no other NBA team will ever be able to hurt the game like that again.
It disgusted the long time NBA fans and it turned off the casual NBA fans who then found something else to do with their time. Excellent decision by the league to look into changing the rule, the Spurs left them no choice!
where's your team? oh ya that thats right
Since this is only being discussed for the first time when the Spurs used it, I submit that it IS about the Spurs.
And I just have to say once again how proud I am of Pop for doing it. I hope it made televisions switch off all over the country.
I think I agree with the Laker dude. Hack a shaq has been used for well over a decade, but popavich abused it don nelson style on a very large stage.
Great, a rule change for a fat ass that's only going to be in the league one more year, whoopdefriggindo.
The problem is people are fouling away from the ball/play. If shaq has the ball, people could foul him all they want for all I care. I think it should be a freethrow if you're in the penalty and the ball back.
LMAO crying about Hack-A-Shack...
NO, what is really hurting the integrity of the game is that the NBA constantly tries to bail out lazy players who never practice their freethrows. If players have made it to the NBA, I expect everyone of them to at least have some work ethic to practice their freethrows. They are FREE for a reason and it disgusted the long time NBA fans (like me) who knew that some NBA stars getting paid millions of dollars cant do something that local YMCA ballers can do.
Last edited by Matchman; 05-09-2008 at 12:51 AM.
It's not a problem except for one ty, over the hill fat ass out in Phoenix that the league still seems intent on propping up as a star for some reason.
Where was the league when Phil Jackson and Don Nelson were taking turns playing Hack-a-Bowen one year in the playoffs? Why not the problem with it then?
Shaq sucks at free throws. He should get his ass in the gym and practice, not cry to the league (along with his team) and look for a friggin' handout. That's lame.
anybody notice the one time pop went to hack a chandler?
he went 1 for 1 and didnt use it after that.
Chandler is a much better shooter than Shaq. You have to be REALLY ing bad for this strat to work. Thats why they don't need to fix it. Doing it against Chandler is bad.
Where was the league when Phil Jackson and Don Nelson were taking turns playing Hack-a-Bowen one year in the playoffs? Why not the problem with it then?
It became an issue when the Spurs did it. As you point out, they didn't invent it, nor have they used it as much as some other teams/coaches. But when the Spurs use it successfully, it becomes a problem.
The inquest, and the recommendation to change the rules, has and will come from the Compe ion Committee. Which, not coincidentally, happens to be headed by Stu Jackson.
He has a hard-on for the Spurs, and he's not afraid to use it.
If the Spurs were a baseball team, MLB would outlaw intentional walks after the Spurs won the World Series.
Was that actually an intentional foul? I mentioned it in the game thread but I was just joking.
They did it once with about 1:30 to go in the first half. They brought Horry in who fouled Paul quickly to put them into the penalty then he immediately fouled Chandler on the next inbounds.
Perhaps you'll change your mind when Stern makes the rule retroactive one year and orders the series to be replayed.
Spurs are so good, they force rule changes. When Mark Cuban started crying that his boy Dirk couldn't drive to the basket, the league started emphasizing the hand-check rule. Now, Pop figures out how to stop Shaq, and the league wants to change the rules again.
What's next? Outlaw the pick and roll? Outlaw the bank shot because Timmy's too good at it? Outlaw players from Argentina? Outlaw point guards being allowed to score in the paint? Outlaw players who are as old as Robert Horry? .....etc.
Since this year's Spurs team isn't as good at finishing out quarters as previous teams have been, it kind of makes sense to disrupt the other team's rhythm just a bit, especially when the other team is thinking "oh , here it comes".
I don't like it against anyone but the Suns. It would be fun to do it against the Lakers a bit just as an extra little " you" to what's his name.
Yohoo!!!! Princess Pimp is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now, let's get serious in pimping the princess, Spurs fan. We're going to have fun.
By the way Princess, if you did not flunk your algebra, you'll notice that it is not possible for Spurs to get swept now.
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