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re: Should basketball coaches be able to decline free throws?

Posted on 1/27/16 at 10:34 am to
Posted by StrongBackWeakMind
Member since May 2014
22650 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 10:34 am to
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They aren't guaranteed to make the shots, so the other team has a chance to get the ball with no point loss.
Exactly. Committing a foul can be used to gain an advantage. Screw that. Give the coach an option: take the foul shot or retain possession.
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If you just keep giving the other team possession, that gives them an unfair advantage over and over and over again.
Then don't foul.
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That makes every single foul in the game irrelevant and therefore pointless to call them.
Explain.
This post was edited on 1/27/16 at 10:36 am
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134026 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 10:38 am to
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Exactly. Committing a foul can be used to gain an advantage. Screw that. Give the coach an option: take the foul shot or retain possession.


By that silly logic, football teams shouldn't be allowed to intentionally commit a delay of game penalty to give their punter more room to operate.
Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
40900 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 10:40 am to
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Committing a foul can be used to gain an advantage. Screw that.


This goes against the core values of the game of basketball.

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Then don't foul.

Then Make your Free Throws
Posted by StrongBackWeakMind
Member since May 2014
22650 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 10:43 am to
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That makes every single foul in the game irrelevant and therefore pointless to call them.
Explain.
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