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Hack-a-Jordan is going to be essential in this series, tbh..I hope Pop does it all game, every game..
The more you foul (ad infinitum), the less clippers have to work on offense (less tired), the less they have to use their apalling bench.
Hack-a-Jordan is going to be essential in this series, tbh..I hope Pop does it all game, every game..
So you think letting the Clippers run their offense of 1.1 pts per possession is better than fouling DJ and his .8 pts per 2 FTs huh
Do we hack a jordan...yes please.
isn't hack a jordan supposed to make tom play hawes?
Hawes has almost entirely played himself out of the rotation, which is kind of an impressive feat on a team where Auscrub Rivers is getting legitimate minutes
Same goes for us tbh. Less Belli the better. Spurs honestly stand to gain more from standing around watching FTs, as three of our core pieces are old as .
$11 million/yr and the dude can't hit the rim smh.Do we hack a jordan...yes please.
Hack away Pop Hack away.
Has hack an anything been a convincingly effective strategy in NBA history, ever? I mean, even with Shaq it's not like you can say it ever cost him a playoff series, right? Did hacking DeAndre even work in the regular season? I seem to remember losing the game against the Clippers it was heavily employed, and if anything the interruptions felt like they disjointed the flow and momentum of the Spurs offense.
I mean, correct me if I'm wrong but our defensive rating is higher than our offensive, right? Shouldn't we just focus on stops and leave hacking for extreme strategic situations with little time? Not just trot it out as a standard move?
I don't think I agreed with its use against the Pelicans today, honestly, it didn't help our attempt at a run or anything.
And besides, it started with Shaq because he was an offensive juggernaut AND a poor freethrow shooter, it was all you could do to try to limit his scoring, you can't say the same about DeAndre or Asik.
Maybe it worked on Josh Smith, though? lol
Pop will be hacking him every qtr, tbh.. Even if Splitter isn't healthy enough to play this series, he will still be out there to use his 6 fouls on DeAndre.
Error's 6 fouls are crucial this series...
Bonner imo it will ensure his +/- goods
on offense, hespreads the floor
+/- goods. never forget
Pop doesn't just trot it out as a standard move. If our defense is poor and the opponents offense is hot then he uses it to slow the game down. The Spurs still have to execute though, tonight they didn't. It just means that anytime the Clips get on a roll Pop can always slow the game down and give the team a chance to get their together. Or if the Spurs are trying to hold onto a lead down the stretch.
If Jordan intentionally tries to miss every second FT attempt, do you think the Clippers would be better off?
He should be already in gym working on his stroke
...maybe he would even hit more of them if he tried to miss.
The point of hack-a-player is to get the opponent out of an offensive rhythm, see what hack-a-josh smith did to harden, he didnt manage to touch the ball the whole quarter and when he tried to close the game down the stretch, he has no rhythm at all. This works especially well against players that needs to hold the ball, dribble for 20secs every possession to get into a rhythm.
Hack-a-shaq didnt work because shaq was their best player and puttin him on the line lets him touch the ball and shoot every possession, thus he gets into a rhythm instead.
Getting a team out of its offensive rhythm is part of it, but some times you want to have the other team pull the fouled player from their line up. Jordan is a shot blocker/rebounder. When he's out of the game, it makes it easier for the Spurs offense.
It's always a viable strategy when pro basketball teams trot out monsters that fail at the easiest part of BASKETBALL.
If you handle a ball every day and can't put that ball into a hoop that is TWICE the diameter of the ball and only 16 feet away... uncovered... get off my get dem floor. FREE throw. FREE points. Jesus...
Almost any male fan of NBA age with an ounce of cooridination can be taught to make over 50 %, it's the ONE thing that ordinary BBall players can do on a level similar to the guys they are watching.
No, no I'm sorry... get the fck off my get dem floor ya get damn oaf.
The Spurs used it extensively against Shaq in smashing Phoenix in the 2008 first round.
If the refs call one-sided games, yes, you will see Pop implement this strategy pronto, much like he did against the Rockets last week.
I think Adam Silver will take a serious look at the hack-a-player strategy and do something about it in the next year or two. It's not good for the game, and no one enjoys watching it. I'm a Pop fan and a San Antonio fan, and it still makes me cringe when it's used. I think at some point the league is just gonna say that if a foul is clearly intentional, then it should be called an intentional foul, which would eliminate the effectiveness of the strategy. What could be more "intentional" than a foul away from the ball on a player who's 20 feet behind the play? Just call it what it actually is, and that would put an end to it.
God no! I cant stand when anyone does this and it ruins the flow of the game. More often then not it s up both teams. Just Let the players play
A couple of points.
1) I agree Silver and the owners will look at this issue, and ultimately I think they will come to the conclusion that teams can intentionally foul X number of times before it goes into a situation where they get a free-throw and the ball.
2) Disagree that its bad for the game, and I personally have no problem watching it. It certainly changes the rhythm of the game, which can be good or bad as far as flow, but it is one of the few strategic choices in a game where individual talents and match-ups are the predominant deciding factors in each game's outcome. I have a bigger problem with making a decision to cover-up a select few players deficiencies (in this case FT shooting) and justifying it under the guise of entertainment, affecting the flow of the game, ect. Especially since that justification could be used to alter a number of rules to the detriment of the overall game. Example: Some players are poor dribblers, should they be allowed an extra step when driving to the basket? After all, dunks are more entertaining than some lost ball out of bounds, a travelling call, or some fumbled shot attempt.
Personally I feel its disingenuous to the spirit of compe ion to marginalize skills that several players work hard to maintain (shooting % in general, and ft % in particular) in order for other players to stay on the court and utilize their own skills (in this case DJs defense, rebounding, ect).
Jordan is shooting 39.7% from the free throw line
I don't like hacking when it's done on more mentally strong players who can nail free throws in the playoffs. But Jordan is shooting sub 40% and is a career 41% shooter. Hacking is going to be used a lot.
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