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re: Should basketball coaches be able to decline free throws?
Posted on 1/27/16 at 11:19 am to ballscaster
Posted on 1/27/16 at 11:19 am to ballscaster
quote:If you are lunging for the ball, then that's not an off-the-ball foul. On-ball fouls in the penalty are always free throws.
You don't get it. Down 8 with a minute left, and I'm lunging for that ball willy nilly. Most likely I'll foul you, but so what? A foul doesn't hurt me here.
See the problem?
I assume we're talking about trying to eliminate the "hack-a" strategy from the game, and only talking about off-ball fouls.
This post was edited on 1/27/16 at 11:21 am
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Posted on 1/27/16 at 2:46 pm to Asphodel
quote:Not under the OP's idea. The team can decline free throws in this hypothetical. It's unrealistic and would make the ends of games far worse than they are now.
If you are lunging for the ball, then that's not an off-the-ball foul. On-ball fouls in the penalty are always free throws.
quote:Hacka occurs in probably less than 1% of all NBA games. It isn't some epidemic. There are four non-all-stars in the NBA who get hacked. That isn't worth changing a rule.
I assume we're talking about trying to eliminate the "hack-a" strategy from the game, and only talking about off-ball fouls.
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