Idea: How to get rid of Hack-a-Shaq in NBA

[salwan]

Idea: How to get rid of Hack-a-Shaq in NBA

Learn to shoot free throws

-- Rent Free Mail

[Ariza4three]

The sequence of fouling someone on purpose away from the ball is deemed an unsportsman like foul as it is not a basketball play, 2 shots and ball on the side IIRC. Like Maga mentions, it's a very easy fix and it works just fine in all the worlds basketball leagues except for the NBA.

It's not unsportsmanlike when you are taking advantage of a player's weaknesses during the game. The goal of basketball is to win the games. And this strategy may help you win the game. Plus, this basically gives the team shooting FTs a chance to get FREE points. If a person is a terrible defender, the opposing team will exploit that and continue attacking when that said defender is guarding their best slasher/shooter. Same thing with FTs.

Part of the game is to shoot free throws. These are paid professionals getting paid millions of dollars. They either need to keep practicing or devise another method of improving FT% whether it's underhand maneuver ala Rick Barry or like someone else said, banking it.

[Levity]

just make the hoop as big as a trashcan. duh.

[Nets fan 93]

They're NBA players. It's their job to play this sport. They should know how to make free throws

[Eric Cartman]

What is the Clippers record when they hack Jordan?

[ZenMaster]

It's not unsportsmanlike when you are taking advantage of a player's weaknesses during the game. The goal of basketball is to win the games. And this strategy may help you win the game. Plus, this basically gives the team shooting FTs a chance to get FREE points. If a person is a terrible defender, the opposing team will exploit that and continue attacking when that said defender is guarding their best slasher/shooter. Same thing with FTs.

Part of the game is to shoot free throws. These are paid professionals getting paid millions of dollars. They either need to keep practicing or devise another method of improving FT% whether it's underhand maneuver ala Rick Barry or like someone else said, banking it.

I disagree, to me it is very much unsportsmanlike to commit a foul on purpose away from the ball, it's not a real basketball play as the game is supposed to be one team trying to score and the other team trying to stop them on defense.
The game was always meant to have free throws as a punishment when committing a foul on a player in the act of shooting, or after a team has committed too many fouls as a team, hence the negative word "foul". It was never meant as the strategy it is used now because the way defense is played, PPP calculated etc.
Like another poster mentioned, a golden rule of sports is that there should be a punishment committing acts outside the rule book of a given sport, when that is not the case anymore you need to change the rules.

[Nanners]

Idea: How to get rid of Hack-a-Shaq in NBA

Learn to shoot free throws

-- Rent Free Mail

This. The NBA should not be protecting bad free throw shooters.

[Eric Cartman]

there should be a punishment committing acts outside the rule book of a given sport

Dude, you are given them FREE POINTS, from 15 feet away, there is no one in front of you when shooting a free throw, it literally has the word "free" in there, hell there are players that go out of their way to get to the free throw line (Harden and Durant) cause it's such an effective and easy way to get points .

[Ariza4three]

I disagree, to me it is very much unsportsmanlike to commit a foul on purpose away from the ball, it's not a real basketball play as the game is supposed to be one team trying to score and the other team trying to stop them on defense.
The game was always meant to have free throws as a punishment when committing a foul on a player in the act of shooting, or after a team has committed too many fouls as a team, hence the negative word "foul". It was never meant as the strategy it is used now because the way defense is played, PPP calculated etc.
Like another poster mentioned, a golden rule of sports is that there should be a punishment committing acts outside the rule book of a given sport, when that is not the case anymore you need to change the rules.

But isn't giving the opposing team a CHANCE to get free points, punishment, which is what intentional fouling would do? I mean it's a low probability, but at least it limits any grey areas (subjectivity of intentional fouling)

All players have different FT% (of course). That still doesn't make giving the team chance for free points as punishment any different whether it's a 90% FT shooter, 75% FT shooter, 66% FT shooter, or a 38% FT shooter. Ball goes in or goes out. Shit happens.

[Eric Cartman]

We wouldn't be talking about this bullsh*t if these guys shot free throws underhanded. That way, the worse you can shoot is 75-80%. For confirmation, try it at your local basketball court.

[ZenMaster]

We wouldn't be talking about this bullsh*t if these guys shot free throws underhanded. That way, the worse you can shoot is 75-80%. For confirmation, try it at your local basketball court.

I see your arguments but they are circumstantial(not sure if correct word). Teams have calculated that it is to their own advantage committing fouls on purpose against certain players at certain times.

Like with the Clippers:

If you are behind and want to have as much time left in the game as possible you can foul D. Jordan on purpose because of the following factors:

1) You don't allow the Clippers to play offense for more than a few seconds = more possessions.

2) Jordans point per free throw is not higher or the amount higher it is than the Clippers overall PPP on offense is washed out by the fact that they can only play offense for a few secounds at a time.


If it was ok and within the rules to foul someone on purpose because he cannot make FTs, then why even have a 6 max foul limit on individual players? Why not just have complete games of players shooting free throws instead?

[Eric Cartman]

Why not just have complete games of players shooting free throws instead?

We already have those:

Thunder vs Rockets

[Mass Debator]

Allow the player to take 3 free throws

[Rooster]

Let the player who is intentionally fouled without the ball to shoot a technical free throw and his team to keep the possession.

[HomieWeMajor]

Idea: How to get rid of Hack-a-Shaq in NBA

Learn to shoot free throws

-- Rent Free Mail

Real spit.
Ni99as need to spend more time working on their free throws than linking up with chicks off instagram. Yes we know the lord blessed you down below but that ain't what's bringing home your bacon.