re: NBA Hack a Player new rules?

Clint Capela is inexcusably bad at free throws. How can you call yourself an NBA player if you shoot below 50%? Why don't they work on these skills more?

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Rockets and especially Clippers fans are pushing so hard for this it's sad.

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Don't forget the Pistons fan.

Not really a good example.

Looks like there will be change this offseason.

Here's Adam Silver's recent quote on it:

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“Even for those who had not wanted to make the change, we’re being forced to that position just based on these sophisticated coaches understandably using every tactic available to them,” Silver said. “It’s just not the way we want to see the game played.”

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The best way to discourage them is to be a competent shooter of free throws.

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Doesn't discourage them from fouling at the end of the game to save time:

Fouls should never be a punishment to the team getting fouled. As of now, it's a punishment for when you have somebody that can't make them (which I'm semi okay with) and when you have the lead at the end of the game.

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Doesn't discourage them from fouling at the end of the game to save time:

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Not the same thing.

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Doesn't discourage them from fouling at the end of the game to save time

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I'm ok with that. It's a strategy that has a fair risk/reward balance.

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Fouls should never be a punishment to the team getting fouled. 

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The foul is not a punishment unless the team cannot executed a basic, uncontested shot that is gifted to them.

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As of now, it's a punishment for when you have somebody that can't make them

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They aren't punished for being fouled, they are punished for not being good in a fundamental component of the game. That is a good thing.

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and when you have the lead at the end of the game.

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Again, it is not a punishment. It is a well balanced risk/reward scenario that often injects strategy and excitement into end of the game scenarios.

It's a strategy that literally makes it impossible for one team to actually play basketball. The strategy cannot be countered by the other team. Lets say a team like the Warriors who can drain three like nobodies business is down. If they start fouling, the other team only has the option to shoot for two points. Meanwhile the other team still has the option for three points each possession.

There's no way to justify that is fair. If you want to argue that it makes it entertaining then fine but it's not entertaining to me when one team is literally forced to do one thing.

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Fouls should never be encouraged

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Free throws should never be missed

This type of play makes for a phenomenal product...should encourage rules changes to see more of it, actually.



Here you have a team, shooting a FT, dictating to the other team how their next possession is going to play out before they even have a chance to inbound the ball.