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This is exactly what I was thinking!
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I can't believe the OP is making such a big deal about Hack-a-Shaq. Dude, the Spurs would have won by double digits last night anyway, because the Suns had NO ANSWER for Parker.
...I bet I could hit FTs at a higher percentage than Shaq. If he's too stupid to try and improve his game, then he deserves to get exploited. I see nothing wrong with Hack-a-Shaq. It's just one part of Pop's overall strategy, a strategy that has worked brilliantly so far.
GO SPURS GO!!!!!
The Hack-a-Shaq is a non-issue in my opinion, because the Suns could NOT guard Tony and Manu, PERIOD, END OF STORY.
Change your ing team - we don't want laker fans like you - you are just another stupid idiot that knows nothing about basketball. As much as I hated Hack-a-Snaq when Snaq was on the Lakers, his lack of fundamentals caused the problem, and the problem stopped when he hired a free throw coach - Snaq's own selfish vanity caused him to stop using a free throw coach so he brought this on himself - intentional fouls on poor free throw shooters has been part of the game long before Snaq started playing.
The Spurs coaching staff (and players) have turned the Suns into a bunch of whining basket cases. What a wonderful job with the Hack a Shaq. Brilliant.
If Phoenix (or more specifically Shaq) had a problem with it, perhaps practicing free throws would take care of it. There is no law against practicing FTs, is there? He has been in the NBA for 15 years, so he'd had ample opportunity to improve.
Fat boy would rather go make "Shazamm" or whatever that awful movie was.
Aggies Hoop put it best. Its like forcing someone who can't go left actuallt go left.
Our history of being hacked? Don Nelson got the Mavs to hack Bruce Bowen in the second quarter of game 1 of the 2003 WCF, to erase a 17-point lead and pull the game out at the end. The Mavs pulled the same crap on Bowen in game 2, where Bruce hit like 6 in a row after spending extra time working on his FT stroke. Shaq better do the same if he doesn't want to see it again.
Once again: Why employ hack a Shaq against the Suns? Because them, that's why. They proved over the last twelve months that they can't handle a straight up beating. They think the rules don't apply to them. They think they are owed something by the rest of the league. They've more than shown that the Spurs don't need to go out of their way to make sure the Suns are treated honorably. They need to be ing humbled. Right now most of them sound like they are. One more embarassing loss for them and the first footnote on this year's championship run can be written.
Don't worry. You won't have to watch it past Sunday. There won't be any Shaq around to Hack.
But to put it in terms you might understand. The way to win is to exploit your opponents weaknesses. Snaq FT shooting just happens to be the achilles heel of the Suns. Pop is just doing what he is supposed to do to win a series. And isn't that why the games are being played? Not to be kind to Snaq. Not to be kind to the Suns.
Doesn't Shaq have a handicapped right wrist from an injury?
With Haq-a-Shaq, are the Spurs, model franchise, abusing a handicapped person?
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Bump... Did using hack a shaq disrupt our own offense in game 5 tonight?
Is it played out yet?
Should it be fixed?
if he would learn to make a ing free throw and this wouldnt be an issue...bottom line,point blank....why change the rule to bail out suck ass shooters.
Tonight was the best use of Hack A Shaq yet. Totally killed the Suns in that second quarter.
That it did as well as our own offensive flow for a little while... So I'm not ing I just don't ever want the Spurs to rely on this instead of good defense...
And I do want a rule change in the future, to take this option away from the game, because it undeniably detracts from the viewer experience. And I think it hurts our mentality.
It disrupted ours, but it killed theirs, and we have a 9 point lead (versus being in the hole a couple of buckets). I'd say it's worked pretty damn well so far.
I agree, if a spot up shooter can't watch to see if someon'es feet is under his own when he lands, that's his fault if he breaks an ankle.
closet suns fan... he can't shoot... it's working for us
It's not our fault Shaq can't make FT's.
Stop the whining, it's been played out
I'm so glad this series is over. I will go down on the record as being against it, and I stand by that.
Why I hate it:
1) It's weak.
2) It's ugly.
3) It sets up our defense to fail later in the game, since we relax while we hack away.
4) It can disrupt our rhythm as much as theirs.
5) It's a legal loophole that we are exploiting.
6) It's too effective in taking the other team out of the game.
7) It can bite us in the ass when they make it.
That's my assessment, and I do hope the NBA changes it.
It works. Thats all that matters.
Who gives a ? It's over.
Whether you like the strategy or not, the NBA should not change a rule just to cover one player's significant fault.
That would be liking making it illegal to throw low & away sliders because they end up in the dirt and make Alphonso Soriano take ugly swings. That's weak baseball...
Yep. Maybe if Shaq had made a few more of his FTs, then they'd still be playing.
FT's are a fundamental part of the game. Like dribbling and passing.
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