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I'm better at English than any person alive.
Hack a shaq isn't really a problem. It rarely ever happens over the course of a season. NBA overreacting by even looking into fixing it.
I'm better at English than any person alive.
Quite a feat. Everybody else dieded?
I'm still trying to figure out how the being a software developer has anything to do with the discussion
I agree. Makes no sense and doesn't fix the problem.
Its absolutely a problem.
Teams shouldnt purposely try to "break the rules" to exploit an opponents weakness.
Its leads to over-coaching (by guys like Popovic) and an extremely un-watchable game.
Free throws or ball out of bounds for fouls off the ball. Problem solved.
Make your free-throws. The NBA shouldn't help out bad foul shooters. Thats moronic.
They're called freebies for a reason... it's meant to be an easy point lol
Not the coaches fault if you're a professional making millions and you can't do what any average middle schooler could
The only problem is the overpaid gorilla that can't practice fundementals of the game.
I think it is funny that people want to protect the bad free throw shooters. When Bowen was getting hacked, it didn't bother me. You have to be able to make your free throws. It really is that simple. Changing the rules because of a only a few players basketball deficiencies is ridiculous. I also think that it is funny that people complain about the hacking strategy when the last couple of minutes in a close game turns into the same ing thing anyways.
Its not changing the rules because some players cant make free throws. If a player has the ball, then by all means foul him and put him on the line.
But stopping play every time the opponent get possession of the ball is bad for the game. We pay to see athletes pay basketball, not to watch coaches try to exploit loopholes in the rule book.
Like DSF said, it's less to protect the players and more to stop coaches from making the opposing team rely on freethrows. Constant fouling is bad for the NBA as nobody wants to see that unless they're a fan of the team doing the hacking.
Just have it changed so if a team keeps doing the hack a shaq then the team just gets to choose who shoots the FTs so we can actually watch a game of basketball and not FTs.
Free throws are part of basketball. They are actually pretty damn critical. I don't understand how people can complain about deliberately fouling players, when offensive players deliberately run into people to get free throws. For example, Harden probably has attempted more free throws than entire teams in the NBA. Doesn't that slow down the game too? There have been games when I see Harden/Durant/Westbrook attempt 20+ free throws. Yet nobody complains about it ruining the games "rhythm".
If you are going to complain about defenses intentionally hacking, then you should also complain about offensive players generating too many free throws because it does the same thing as hacking. There is more entertainment value watching a bad free throw shooter shoot free throws than there is a good free throw shooter shooting his.
Nonsense.
"Running into players" is an offensive foul. Like Harden, Durant gets fouled because he gets hit when hes shooting which is "against the rules" and thus he gets free throws.
Thats not even remotely the same as Popovic fouling Jordan the second the ball is in-bounded when he doesnt even have the ball. This is breaking the rules on purpose because of a loophole in the rule-book.
Its crap basketball and they need to change it.
If it is breaking the rules, it wouldn't be allowed. Sending Jordan to the line 10 times is no different than Harden/Durant or whoever getting to the line 10 times.
but the nba is the best league in the world with the top400 players..
lol gettin rid of hack a scrub to protect ty ft shooters who get paid big bucks...
intentionally initiating contact with the intent to get a foul called.
its the same thing.
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