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

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A foul puts a player in jeopardy of being disqualified,

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But it takes 40 before a team runs out of guys. Average team commits what?--20 in a game?

If I'm down 8 with 1:00 left, I have my players foul asap. The other team just keeps inbounding because they want to run clock. It's terrible. The idea is unrealistic because of this inevitability.

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Not to mention the coach of the team who is up can choose to shoot them. It's weighing the risk/reward of either having to inbound the ball with no chance at any points vs. taking a shot for a point or two but them not being guaranteed.

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So your idea is good pending the players of the universe actually being good free throw shooters? Kind of like what we have now?