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Could the Players Association do something to stop Stern from doing everthing he wants?
Much of the NBA is discussing Dwight Howard's inability to hit free throws, and the tactical opportunity that it creates for Los Angeles Lakers' opponents to foul him early and often. Even if Howard is nowhere near the action, if an opponent grabs him, it is Howard who must step to the free-throw line, and he'll bring his career 58 percent average with him.
"I would have liked to have seen the rule changed to make the last-two-minute rule the whole rule," he said. "It was getting to a point last year where, [in the] first period, they were just grabbing players. I think that's ludicrous.
"We tried to change it to any time in the game because last year I guess it was everyone was fouling Tiago Splitter early on and the committee didn't want to do it. And so that's just the way it is. Because the reality is that there are a lot of basketball purists -- and I understand that point of view -- who say, 'Hey, why don't you learn to shoot foul shots? You're supposed to be a pro.'"
http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/b...1ce9q&wjb=
(lifted from the NBA Forum, thanks Danny.Zhu)
Could the Players Association do something to stop Stern from doing everthing he wants?
I wish Stern would try and be a little discreet sometimes. Seriously, it's appalling how much he helps certain teams.
Like he gives two s about Tiago. Hack a Howard messes with his plans for Heat/Lakers.
Wow. Can he be any more blatant?
He was several years ago when he said his dream Finals would be Lakers vs. Lakers. I'm not sure you can GET any more blatant than that.
Why ? It`s kinda funny, when guys earning 15+ mil cant make free throws. They`re the one that should be embarrassed.
Stern should also ban fouling to stop the clock or preventing dunk, layup. Crowds love dunking.
Yes, there should be a fine any time you make a layup instead of a dunk.
It is is certainly against the spirit of the NBA.
Stern wears many hats. He's the commish, the GM for the Hornets/Pelicans, coach for the Spurs, and now NBA ref.
At some point he's got to have a conflict of interest with all his meddling.
Tiago should be the example for how to deal with the hack-a-whoever strategy: work on your damn free throws.
Edit: just looked up Tiago's FT% this year: 72.6%. Not bad!
Who is part of the committee that shot it down? NBA GMs and owners?
Owners, I believe. The committee referred to in Stern's quote is likely the compe ion committee.
He has been talking about this for several years. Nothing really new.
He was pretty good during the season last year too. We don't know if he will still hit them during the playoffs.
Stern still bending over backwards for the TV networks....probably screws up all the deadball timeouts since first commercials come after 6 min mark I believe?
Instead of running commercials soon...this potentially pusher then back an extra ten minutes with all the clock stoppage from fouling.
Its always about the money.
The real problem isn't Hack-A-Whoever, it's the blatant use of fouls in general to stop a play, either because the player is about to make a layup or dunk, or because the team is behind late and needs to get the ball back.
If you're going to change the rules, put in a rule where the coach can elect to take the ball on the side rather than shooting FTs. THAT will cut out the deliberate fouls both on and off the ball. And shorten the games. And cut down on free throws which are the most boring part of the game anyway.
Didn't he had a wrist injury before the playoffs?
Lets just take all the strategy out if the game.
I know, screw the playoffs lets just have a dunking contest. ing
Is anybody really surprised by this?
I'm surprisedStern
Stern has lost his mind tbh, he should retire already.
What's up with the Jew stuff? Pretty damn tacky.
He did. And that's why the rule was changed to Hack A Shaq being up to the two minute mark.Is anybody really surprised by this?
I'm surprised
Wouldn't be surprised if Stern somehow found a way to change the rule mid-season.
This wouldn't even be an issue if Howard was in Brooklyn.
Good point.
Also, this is complete and utter bull ."We tried to change it to any time in the game because last year I guess it was everyone was fouling Tiago Splitter early on and the committee didn't want to do it. And so that's just the way it is. Because the reality is that there are a lot of basketball purists -- and I understand that point of view -- who say, 'Hey, why don't you learn to shoot foul shots? You're supposed to be a pro.'"
IIRC, the only team to employ Hack-A-Splitter was OKC, and that was late in the Western Conference Finals. Not only would they have not even remotely considered a rule change into the Finals, but they sure as weren't going to do it if it was helping set up their Durant vs. Lebron matchup.
The only reason Stern references Hack-A-Splitter here is because it would make his agenda entirely too evident if he mentioned Hack-a-Dwight.
I can't stand this ing guy.
I disagree with the whole conspiracy theory.
Stern hasn't liked the hack a ... for years. The reason is simple: that's ugly to watch and hurt the NBA product. He is, without a doubt, saying the truth about his last try with the Splitter case as an example of why it hurts the game. Now, he is suddenly talking about that just because journalist are asking him question about it. That's all.
Personally, I agree with Stern that the rule must change. Hacking a player is again the spirit of the game and is ugly to watch. The whole "they just had to work on their FTs" is BS to me. For some players, even with hard work, hitting FTs is damn hard. Ben Wallace has a 0.414 FT% and i don't see how you can call accuse of laziness given what he has done.
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