Andrew wrote:While I understand that point of view and can't entirely disagree - if you don't want a weakness being exploited, do what you can to eliminate or minimise that weakness - it doesn't change the fact that it's not playing the game as intended, quickly and deliberately committing an infraction on every play outside of a stop-the-clock crunch time situation.
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shadowgrin wrote:Andrew wrote:While I understand that point of view and can't entirely disagree - if you don't want a weakness being exploited, do what you can to eliminate or minimise that weakness - it doesn't change the fact that it's not playing the game as intended, quickly and deliberately committing an infraction on every play outside of a stop-the-clock crunch time situation.
Not practicing/making your FTs can be considered not playing the game as intended either.
Andrew wrote:shadowgrin wrote:Andrew wrote:While I understand that point of view and can't entirely disagree - if you don't want a weakness being exploited, do what you can to eliminate or minimise that weakness - it doesn't change the fact that it's not playing the game as intended, quickly and deliberately committing an infraction on every play outside of a stop-the-clock crunch time situation.
Not practicing/making your FTs can be considered not playing the game as intended either.
An inability to make free throws points to lack of skill and possibly a lack of dedication to one's craft. Not making your free throws doesn't mean you aren't playing the game properly, it just means you're not playing it (or at least one particular facet of it) very well. Not trying to do anything about it suggests a poor work ethic and/or bad practice habits, but again that isn't a case of not playing the game as intended. It's definitely not the same as constantly and immediately fouling a player without the ball, who may not be anywhere near the play, in order to turn the game into a free throw derby.
Andrew wrote:An inability to make free throws points to lack of skill and possibly a lack of dedication to one's craft. Not making your free throws doesn't mean you aren't playing the game properly, it just means you're not playing it (or at least one particular facet of it) very well. Not trying to do anything about it suggests a poor work ethic and/or bad practice habits, but again that isn't a case of not playing the game as intended. It's definitely not the same as constantly and immediately fouling a player without the ball, who may not be anywhere near the play, in order to turn the game into a free throw derby.
shadowgrin wrote:Same can be said to hacking an offball player constantly. They are not playing one facet of the game very well (defense) so they can gain possession back faster and execute their offense (lol D'Antoni).
shadowgrin wrote:It may not be pretty and what most fans don't want to see but you can't blame the fouling team for taking advantage of a weakness in the opposing team repeatedly.
Andrew wrote:A cheap tactic that doesn't involve making a play on the ball
shadowgrin wrote:It's cheap just because it doesn't involve the ball and gives the fouled player a chance to shoot an open unguarded shot in the game?
Might as well not allow defenders to deny the ball from offball offensive players if not making a play on the ball is considered cheap.
Andrew wrote:You enjoy seeing poor free throw shooters being immediately fouled away from the ball, bringing the game to a grinding halt for free throws every trip up the floor? To each their own I guess; personally I prefer the game to be a bit more free flowing than that.
Andrew wrote:It's a cheap tactic because instead of actually playing through the possession and playing defense, you're just immediately fouling away from the ball to send a poor free throw shooter to the line, hoping they'll miss both attempts so that you can get the rebound.
Andrew wrote:Oh come on, that's a ridiculous comparison. That's not even close to being the same thing and you know it.
Andrew wrote:Criticism for this is nothing new, it hasn't suddenly become an issue that needs to be fixed.
Andrew wrote:They've taken steps to curb it in the past - the aforementioned two minute rule - now they want to curb it further. Fair call, I say.
shadowgrin wrote:I do agree that it slows down the game like how some games crawl near the final minutes with a foulfest to keep the score close but I don't dismiss it as cheap just because it's not aesthetically pleasing. As much as I enjoy seeing a 'free-flowing' game I also enjoy how teams would counter each other's plans in securing the win. If I only wanted to watch a free-flowing game then I'd just watch D-League games instead.
NovU wrote:Of course but let's not act like this criticism would have arised on a surface this big if it wasn't for one single superstar from the Lakers going 7/18(hence a couple losses), which in my opinion Dwight and his team have to deal with just like all past players/teams did.
NovU wrote:Ultimately I'd rather have Dwight and Lakers handling this in their own power than borrowing the league's hands. I am personally more interested to see what the Lakers are gonna do about this than to see the rule changes. Maybe the Lakers can bring free flowing game back by themselves... or the league does it for them.
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