heard this on the radio the other day, and saw some so called highlights of the end of a game.
hosts admittedly hate the NBA and consider it useless for the first 3.5 quarters.
they went on to criticize many games being boring as hell at the end due to the instant foul strategy dragging the final minute to a screeching halt.

so my question to the NBA faithful, how often does that strategy work?
even when i somewhat followed the NBA, i used to just flip to something else and check the score later, but i never remember seeing or even hearing that it worked out.

 

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People who say that NBA games are boring and pointless for 3.5 quarters aren't NBA fans at all, end of story.

That's like saying Hockey isn't worth watching until the 3rd period. Football isn't worth watching until the 4th. Baseball isn't worth watching until the 9th. These people aren't fans.

To address your question, the NBA can be frustrating to watch when too many fouls are being called. But to me, it's no worse than Football with its 10 seconds of action then 3 minutes of commercials. Real fans put up with the lame parts of the game.

If you want the closest thing to non stop action there is in sports, watch Hockey. It's really good about having continuous action and very few breaks between.

 

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there we go...i dont like you again...
you didn't address my question at all!

 

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Oh, sorry. If I'm guessing what you mean correctly by "instant foul strategy", Yes that strategy works sometimes. FT shooting is a legit part of the game and teams live or die at the FT line all the time. It's the reason players like Rondo and Dwight aren't as effective as they could be...they're two of the suckiest FT shooters in the NBA. Hack-A-Shaq is a strategy that famously worked and Hack-A-Dwight is a strategy that many team defenses employ now.

If a game is close till the very end, FT shooting often slows the final minute down, but it also allows for some exciting last minute plays as well as overtime situations so it all kinda balances out at the end

 

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Now if they could only play basketball again...

 

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You mean like back in the good old white days of basketball?

 

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hack-a-shaq worked often

hack-a-shaq wasn't just the final minutes though...that was an any time thing...and didn't start with shaq.

 

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But it makes normally dominant big men like a Shaq or a Dwight much less potent in the final minutes of the 4th quarter. Team defenses, knowing that they can just foul them and they'll struggle to hit 2 of 2 every time, do so and in so doing severely slow the game down.

 

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Racist much?


My favorite NBA team of all time was the 1980's era L.A. Lakers.


The NBA has been in a long, steady decline since the Pistons won in '89 and '90.

 

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