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re: Should basketball coaches be able to decline free throws?
Posted on 1/27/16 at 11:49 am to Goldrush25
Posted on 1/27/16 at 11:49 am to Goldrush25
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No one can deny that it makes the game unwatchable.
Sure...but why is it unwatchable?
One reason...guys refuse to learn how to hit even a mediocre percentage of free throws. If every player on the floor was hitting 70+ percent (which is without question attainable for any NBA player willing to bother to put in at least a bit of practice at it) this strategy would cease.
I guess this is the middle aged white guy in me, but I swear to holy hell I'll never understand why guys refuse to become better FT shooters...if only for their own personal stat line! shite...you can learn to throw a god damned tennis ball through a basketball hoop if you stand there and practice long enough...other than thinking it's unimportant there is no excuse for not doing the same for this part of the game.
Now, with that...get off my lawn!
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Posted on 1/27/16 at 11:52 am to GeauxTigerTM
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If every player on the floor was hitting 70+ percent (which is without question attainable for any NBA player willing to bother to put in at least a bit of practice at it) this strategy would cease.
It is not without a question attainable. Several factors come into play for bigger guys, especially length and the mental aspect of the game. Harder to be precise with a longer lever
Plenty have put in the work and can't consistently hit 70%
No amount of hard work will make up for the 10+ years of not working on their perimeter game either and coordination tends to come later for them
Those type of players are going to have a much lower ceiling, which I would put in the 70% range at best
This post was edited on 1/27/16 at 11:59 am
Posted on 1/27/16 at 12:00 pm to GeauxTigerTM
Making the free throws doesn't always solve the problem when teams are hitting 3s without letting the other team use any clock.
No where in my op did I mention the NBA. This idea came to me while watching college games last night.
No where in my op did I mention the NBA. This idea came to me while watching college games last night.
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