gp2015 wrote:GP2 wrote:2019nbachamps wrote:What the heck was Maxey thinking? He said he didn’t know Kyle was missing on purpose but he made no effort to go for the rebound. Just terrible effort there that cost them the game. No excuse to stand with your hands on your hips in that situation.
Not to excuse poor effort, but how often do guards dive in from the perimeter on a free throw? Especially if they aren't given a heads up on it being an intentional miss?
Considering the game is on the line during a playoff game and the free throw was never guaranteed in the first place, he should have been prepared to fight for the rebound.
The thing is if you watch Kyle and read his lips after he drew the foul, he turns around and is walking to the ft line and he is telling his team he is going to miss the second one. He did inform his team, now maybe Maxey wasn't paying attention or whatever, but Kyle straight up did tell them, and told them sneakily even before he set up to shoot the first ft, I knew it was coming but young guy like Maxey has to go through the learning steps to get his head in the game