no, they should get rid of hugging a guy at half-court when he is completely out of the play - why make it illegal under 2 minutes, but it's ok prior to that? Just modify the rule to make the hack-a-namebadfreethrowshooterhere garbage. It's like Sam Wyche's teams faking an injury to slow down no-huddle offenses - it's taking advantage of a rule that isn't well defined.
Or maybe just do away with the 2 minute rule and make it for the whole game. If you intentionally foul someone who DOES NOT have the ball, the team that got fouled can elect anyone on the floor to shoot the free throws. I've watched some games turn into snoozefests because people start intentionally fouling DeAndre Jordan or Dwight Howard in the third quarter. It's incredibly boring. And while it makes sense strategically, there's no reason for that to exist as a strategy since it takes away from the true measure of the game. There's more to basketball than free throws; if there wasn't, no one would want Dwight Howard on their team. So make a rule change to get rid of the cheesy tactic of fouling away from the ball.But it happens the last two minutes of every game that's close - but since they can no longer Hack-a-ProHack@FTShooting, they do it to the ball handler. If you remove the intentional hack, then you might as well get rid of all non-shooting fouls, and only provide possession. Maybe we should just implement the penalty box a la hockey!
Or maybe just do away with the 2 minute rule and make it for the whole game. If you intentionally foul someone who DOES NOT have the ball, the team that got fouled can elect anyone on the floor to shoot the free throws. I've watched some games turn into snoozefests because people start intentionally fouling DeAndre Jordan or Dwight Howard in the third quarter. It's incredibly boring. And while it makes sense strategically, there's no reason for that to exist as a strategy since it takes away from the true measure of the game. There's more to basketball than free throws; if there wasn't, no one would want Dwight Howard on their team. So make a rule change to get rid of the cheesy tactic of fouling away from the ball.
Eh, the point of sports is for those players to win a championship. It doesn't have to be entertaining, simply has to work. The hack-a-player strategy has existed for decades, and it was employed to stop a team from going on a run. I find it amusing that someone paid several million dollars a year can't make at least 70% of his FTs.
Metta kind of got screwed there. He went for the ball. I wonder if he got the flagrant for the push at the end?
No doubt he's a punk, but that was in no way at all a flagrant.
Unfortunately, I didn't get to see what happened in this game.
Lol, showing Mitch Kupchak on the big screen
That's messed up haha
^Feeding the post or not, Bynum only had four rebounds tonight. That is just pitiful.
Except Kobe Bryant pretty much dominated, and Bynum just doesn't seem to be reliable.Lakers didn't feed the post again and paid for it again. They will keep having these embarrassing eliminations as long as Kobe shoots like it is 6 years ago still. Whoever they bring in won't matter until he accepts he isn't the man anymore.
Don't let matchups fool you into thinking the Spurs or Thunder are better than the Heat. The Spurs are obviously playing well, but they were also fortunate to play two straight series against teams that do NOT play defense. That works out well for them. The Thunder are a fast team and played two straight series against old teams.
Both are really going to be tested in the WCF, and they won't look like such world beaters.