bwgood77 wrote:Jdiddy701 wrote:I don't know - I kinda agree what Shaq is saying. It doesn't always work. I think it helped the Clippers vs the Spurs when they were doing it.
I hope they don't change the rule.. Players just need to learn to make freethrows. Period.
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Don't like this argument. The rule as it stands, and the way it is exploited would be similar to the nfl having a rule where if a team committed a penalty the other team was rewarded a field goal try, taking away their chance at a td. So if they were inside the 1 yard line with first down, the defensive team would take the strategy of committing the penalty, forcing them to kick a field goal.
The whole mentality of "They don't have a higher probability of getting more points if we don't commit a foul/penalty, so lets break a rule to benefit us" is ludicrous.
The hack is a pretty clear case of an unintended consequence too, it's not like they considered it when they implemented the bonus. But the issue from a spectator pov (seriously just watch this clippers rockets series, any semblance of good basketball ends up with us watching some 7 foot oaf shoot free throws) is that we want to see less free throws, much like any business, you eliminate the unnecessary first, and the hack is first and foremost the unnecessary.
