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You:
a) make the free throws or not & coach does nothing
b) coach calls a time-out & stacks his lineup w/ shooters, sits you on the bench & loses his rebounding
It was Bumping the Bruce people..... Alot of the time people were doing those half shoulder tackles that Wade does to people to him....
Also how do you lead the league in 3 point shooting and can't make free throws? Please explain this sometime on espn Bruce.
You:
a) make the free throws or not & coach does nothing
b) coach calls a time-out & stacks his lineup w/ shooters, sits you on the bench & loses his rebounding
I am not na fan of this strategy as a whole, but it is allowable in the rule book and it hss helped to win games, So I don't mind it. That said these are professional athletes and they should be able to make free throws, next to a layup/dunk it is the easiest shot on the court.
I'm certainly no fan of it either. I rue the day that Pop executes any strategy that was developed by that NBA coaching fraud - Don Nelson. However as others have stated, players need to make their free throws then the opposition cannot employ that strategy.
All that said, I would like to see a team employ that strategy against LeBron James in the 4th quarter of the Finals. The FT line in a pressure situation IS NOT somewhere LBJ likes to be.
I was a fan of it yesterday. It's demoralizing to your opponent when it works and gives you extra possessions. When Pop fouled Evans intentionally, it was the end.
What was Del Negro supposed to do ? Take him out and humiliate Evans or keep him in and let Evans be humiliated by Pop ?
As someone else posted: Make your FT's.
He should have taken him out right away. Del Negro coached awfully as a whole, not just this instance.
Take the time to learn to make your freebies and no one would ever implement this strat. FTs are a part of the game, hack-a-shaq is exposing a weakness, it's no different than clogging the paint against bad 3-pt shooting teams.
When this tactic was used against the Spurs via Bruce Bowen, it worked at the beginning. But then Bruce got better and I remember one game where the opposing team kept fouling Bruce and he made 7 of 8 freethrows! Backfired big time, and they quit doing it. Soooooo...bottom line...MAKE YOUR FREETHROWS
Yeah, when KMart made both and laughed at Pop, I did not like it
If it generates wins, who cares?
The actual physical requirements to make a FT can be done by Grandma off the streets. But she cant make a layup or dribble or dunk.
These are professional athletes. The most essential part of the game is putting the ball through a hoop that is twice as big. If you are a "role" player, and you cannot perform this incredibly difficult mental task, you should be taken off the floor when it matters.
And its not just about form, its about being consistent under perceived pressure. Did Rick Barry have bad form? I dont see anyone using this form anymore. Some guys cannot maintain a consistent stroke, and some guys cannot maintain a consistent stroke because of mental issues... Then get off the course. You can drive, but you cant putt on a straight line from 2 feet.
Last edited by pgardn; 05-20-2012 at 12:23 PM.
It's not going to work with the thunder
Rest your players in back-to-back regular season games.
Answer reporters' questions with short unremarkable answers.
Foul poor free throw shooters.
Pass up an open shot for a better shot.
Sign smart role players over expensive stars.
Stay off everyone's radar until the playoffs.
Play team defense.
Keep your cool.
Shaq was all laughs there in the beginning but he wasn't laughing later in the game when the Spurs continued to hack him.
That's the problem with the strategy. It's a gamble. Plus the teams uses up team fouls.
Purposeful fouling is used constantly at the end of the game to regain possession. So this is purposeful fouling in order to force a coach to rethink a lineup, regain possession, and change tempo.
You are a big guy and you defend and rebound well. We, the oppositon, would like you on the bench. You are unable to carryout one of the most essential skills in basketball, shooting. We are better off without you on the court. You are basically a big specialist. We are now using your lack of skill in a very basic area of basketball to hurt your team.
Funny, I never saw this strategy used on Yao Ming.
There are plenty of ways the NBA could use to cir vent this tactic with more rules. I dont think they will as the tactic can backfire.
I like the tactic on occasion.
It is brilliant. It slows the game down for both teams which can be a detriment but almost always can backfire...
Kinda makes me think of Sun Tzu's Art of War.
If you haven't read this literature it basically breaks down the 13 chapters into military warfare strategy and tactics... Not relevant in basketball of course, but I can imagine if there was a book of stratagem for hoops it would fit in as a footnote of sorts.
I am definitely in favor of it. If it gives your team the advantage, it is stupid to not take advantage of an opponents poor FT shooters, plain and simple. Well done by Pop last night, absolutely.
Here's the math. Average NBA points per possession is a little over 1. If a player averages X makes per free throw (X is a fraction, like .75 if you are a 75% shooter), then he'll average 2X points per deliberate foul and two FTs.
Therefore, if a player's FT shooting is 50% or less, mathematically it's advantageous, because you are giving them on the average 1 point or less on that possession. (Actually it's a bit more than that, because occasionally his team will rebound a missed FT and score. But let's ignore that for now.) And that is less than the NBA average of over a point per possession.
So who shoots 50% or worse? DeAndre Jordan, for one.
Not really a fan of it neither but it really makes sense against Clippers when you see how bad Jordan and Evans are shooting their FTs.
It's killing their momentum too!
So funny to watch the hack-a-shack during the opening tip against Suns!
I would imagine the Clippers are a team that averages more than the avg. team per possession as well.
You get all these guys with great athletic ability that cant do what is supposed to be a fairly important part of basket ball.
Ball into basket.
Its also a fairly direct statement to the player getting fouled. I dont think you can do something simple. Prove me wrong.
Questioned directly about it, Pop basically says off.
LOS ANGELES – When somebody asked him to explain his reasoning for deliberately fouling Reggie Evans in the fourth quarter of Game 3 on Saturday, a puzzled look crossed the face of Gregg Popovich,
“Because he’s not a good free throw shooter,” said the Spurs’ coach.
When the chuckling in the room finally stopped, Popovich went on.
“Look, I’m not trying to be a wise guy,” he said. “I just don’t know what else to tell you. We weren’t going to foul Chris Paul. I’m sorry to be a wise guy, but I fouled him for a reason. It’s not pretty. Basically, it’s ugly, but it’s part of the game. My job is to win.”
http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2012/0...ws-his-wisdom/
I think Pop would really tell the complainers to , after that game. The Clippers' offense was really in rhythm, and the Spurs couldn't buy a stop - right up until Pop went to the Hack-a-Reggie. That's what won the game tonight. If the Clippers don't like it, they should hire a shooting coach for Reggie Evans.
Pop bullied vinny into playing small ball.
It works well to be honest, Clips had the momentum, fast tempo until this one.
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