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lebron spouts alot of fiction.Didn't Lebron say he could shoot 90% from the FT line if he wanted to?
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The other thing about the hacking strategy is it completely stops fast breaks, semi-transition and forced turn overs. No easy buckets.
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lebron spouts alot of fiction.Didn't Lebron say he could shoot 90% from the FT line if he wanted to?
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lebron spouts alot of fiction.Didn't Lebron say he could shoot 90% from the FT line if he wanted to?
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He also said he could average a triple-double in a season if he really wanted to. I don't believe it.
Lebron is a Hell of a basketball player, but it's ridiculous for him or people to really believe he can fill a stat sheet like that on a nightly basis in todays game. It's just not happening.
As for the free-throw discussion: If they're putting in the work towards improving their free throws and still not seeing tangible results, then something needs to change. It's either form, the way they hold the ball or even their follow through. The bottom line is, if you're really about improving something you have a deficiency in, you'd look into every avenue available that leads you towards improvement. It just doesn't stop with shooting an X amount of free throws in Y amount of hours.
If I was Dwight Howard or DeAndre Jordan trying everything to fix my free throw percentage and still cant, then I'd consider trying to shoot them underhand or just go for the backboard. But like many others have previously said, it's a pride thing and their pride is more important than their teams success.
Which isn't surprising, because those guys are two losers who haven't amounted to jack **** in their NBA careers.
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I would just adjust the rule to not have it allowed until the 4th. Give the team the option to shoot or inbound in quarters 1-3. I'm not trying to sit through 3 hour games again. I didn't get out of the arena until after 11PM in that Spurs series. There is no reason a 4 quarter game should last that long.
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disagree. there is only a handful of teams who really suffer from the hack-a strategy. so we're supposed to change the rules for EVERYONE to help out 5-10 impressively poor FT shooters?
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there wont be any rules changed to help 3-5 teams ... 1-3 bad FT shooters in close games
that's downright stupid
fix your shot or stay off the court in crunch time
that's downright stupid
fix your shot or stay off the court in crunch time
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Charles Barkley Rule.
Also, if only a handful lf teams suffer from it then that means the rule won't have an effect on most teams. What's the downfall, you force teams to actually defend?
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This is huge. How it affects the hacking team's offense on the other end. This is what killed the Spurs in the Clippers series last year. Going against a set defense during every hacking possession with no fast break opportunities. Pop might be the GOAT but I thought he blew the series last year with all the hacking.
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Lol nah. If you can't shoot free throws, you get fouled. How often is up to the opponent. It's that simple.
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Didn't the NBA change the rule because of havk a shaq? Isn't that why you can't foul under 2 minutes now?
It's not like the NBA hasn't changed the rules for "a handful of guys". The league has a history kf creating/changing rules for individual players
It's not like the NBA hasn't changed the rules for "a handful of guys". The league has a history kf creating/changing rules for individual players
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Shooters can't cross the free throw line
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Do you know why that rule exists? Because Wilt used to just throw it off the backboard, catch it, and dunk.
How dare the nba make a rule because of a single player. The other guys should have just learned how to stopp it.
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The Thunder are gonna win
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championship preview.
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stop. they changed rules because one player was exploiting it and they didnt want everyone else to follow. everyone isn't getting hack-a-shaqd... becuz theyre in the nba and are expected to be able to shoot the same free throw your local diabetic at LA fitness can. cut it out.
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next thing u know, dude will propose no more sliding for home plate in baseball, becuz 4 players have sensitive kneecaps and they can't slide as far.
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You have no idea how ridiculous this makes you sound. This literally happened
You can no longer collide with the catcher/block the plate because ONE player broke his leg.
Unless this was a joke of some sort
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ummm sliding is still allowed man.You have no idea how ridiculous this makes you sound. This literally happened
Unless this was a joke of some sort
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ummm sliding is still allowed man.You have no idea how ridiculous this makes you sound. This literally happened
Unless this was a joke of some sort
Google the Buster Posey rule, my man. All it took was for one man with a "sensitive" leg to change the way catchers play their position now. One of the msot exciting plays in baseball wiped away. You can no longer block the plate. You have to give the runner a clear lane to the plate or it's an automatic run.
All because of one guy. Crazy, huh?
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come harder Melo.
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[quote name="FlyerThanDelta"]So this is ESPN Top 100 Rank so far
83.
84. Dennis Johnson
85. Dave Debusschere
86. Chris Bosh
87. Chauncey Billups
88. Billy Cunningham
89. Yao Ming
90. Paul Arizin
91. Mo Cheeks
92. Nate Thurmond
93. Lenny Wilkens
94. Mark Price
95. Marc Gasol
96. Bobby Jones
97. James Harden
98. Gail Goodrich
99. Kevin Love
100. Shawn Kemp[/quote]This list is going to accomplish nothing positive in here.
83.
84. Dennis Johnson
85. Dave Debusschere
86. Chris Bosh
87. Chauncey Billups
88. Billy Cunningham
89. Yao Ming
90. Paul Arizin
91. Mo Cheeks
92. Nate Thurmond
93. Lenny Wilkens
94. Mark Price
95. Marc Gasol
96. Bobby Jones
97. James Harden
98. Gail Goodrich
99. Kevin Love
100. Shawn Kemp[/quote]This list is going to accomplish nothing positive in here.
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In Melo's defense, he ended up throwing one down on a very similar play later in the game. One of the stronger finishes I've seen from him in a while. (Not sure Gobert was in the game on that one though)
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