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It's butthurt to think someone is unfunny? OkShut it down... the race for 2015 Defensive Poster of the Year is over. This got gets butthurt about pretty much everything.
Imagine if the Clips beat us, face the Rockets in the 2nd round, and both coaches employ the "hack" strategy liberally. It'd be 4 hours of a bad free throw shooting contest for six or seven games. Silver would have a heart attack
It's butthurt to think someone is unfunny? Ok
Hack a Jordan should be utilized from the start until Doc pulls him.
Excellent tactic to make the Clippers lose rhythm
I totally do not get the opposition to this strategy.
It apparently is taken as a given this occurs because of the coach who orders it, not the coach who orders the gorilla on the floor who can't perform a basketball basic therebye GIFTING the opposition a weapon.
You want shorter games...
Take away the fouling at the end of games allowing for a 3 for 2 trade off "catch up tactic " as well.
5 personal fouls and your out. I'm sure the league can think of many others...
Last edited by pgardn; 04-17-2015 at 02:16 PM.
I'm not quite sure how low a FT% needs to be for the Hack-a-Shaq strategy to be effective, especially once you factor in things like flow, crowd energy, and improved FT shooting from frequency. For what it's worth, Jordan shot 39% at the line this year. In comparison, Shaquille O'Neal had a career FT% of 53%, while his absolute worst season was 42%. Until Jordan proves he can handle the pressure and develop some FT shooting rhythm, I would think it's worth the risk.
The other element to consider is Tiago's questionable health. If he's not quite right (and we can't guard Blake Griffin), we might as well hack during the first couple games in LA to undermine their offense as much as possible.
The hack a Jordan will take the air out of the Clips high flying offense by not letting them into the air. Boring but serviceable.
and yet he still went 4-10 from the line.
Takes the crowd out, too
From everything I've ever heard about jordan he just can't hit them in games and is actually fairly competent at them in practice. Just mentally weak.
Then it is the coaches duty to get him off the floor.
You can't make a 3 foot putt, get off the PGA tour.
FT shooting is a part of the game.
Dont need a rule change, simple.
Going to be looked at and going to be nothing really done about it.
Hit your free throws at 60% clip and no team will implement the strategy. Its the NBA, making a ing free throw at some decent rate should be tantamont to being an NBA player.
We'll see...
I recently re-watched one of the ESPN 30 for 30 do entaries-- the one about the Bad Boy Detroit Pistons, and my thought was that I'm really glad the NBA doesn't allow that kind of play anymore. Laimbeer and Mahorn were genuinely dirty players who really weren't against intentionally hurting somebody to get them out of a game. Back in the day, some people would say, "well, if you're not tough enough to take hard fouls, then you shouldn't be in the NBA," but I think there's a big difference between a legitimate foul and a clear intention to hurt somebody. It's the NBA, not the NFL. The league is better now that it doesn't allow cheap shots, clotheslines, etc... I understand fouling a poor free throw shooter involved in the play, but fouling someone without the ball who's 50 feet from the basket is just not basketball. Even Pop admits he's doesn't like it, but employs it because he can.
Pop admits he does not like it because if he stated he thought the strategy was legit if the opposing coach was stupid enough to put a non basketball player on the floor this would totally go against his credo of not criticizing opponents. The Spurs spend so much time on fundamentals I don't believe for a second he really thinks what he has said.
The truth is if you want a rule change you opt for putting gorillas on the floor instead of basketball players. I'm personally tired of watching athletes who can't play the game.
Bonner can shoot a three if necessary, what is Reggie known for?
Beaverfuzz....my .
You obviously haven't spent enough time in the Rectory of Reggie Williams.....here you go. You're welcome in advance....
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...eggie+williams
We'll hack whom we wish, when we wish.
I hope we do it the first Clips possession, tbh.
The Rectum of Reggie Williams? Ok,
what's great about this strategy is the more bs fould the clips get, the closer they get to bonus
Puting a heavy flopping team into the bonus just doesn't seem like a great idea to me.
Yeah but at least the Clippers will be tired.
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