Re: NBA Off Topic Thread
I don’t disagree with most of this, I don’t know that it bothers me as much as you, but I’m not arguing any of those things.
I’m saying “the game sucks because too many fouls and free throws” doesn’t hold weight because their are less fouls and free-throws than ever.
People foul hunting, shooters being too protected, weak flagrants, too many replays, that type of stuff is a legit gripe for sure.
I will say, I don’t think foul hunting is all that “new”.. I think it looks different. Jordan flying through the air crashing into dudes with his back to flip the ball over his shoulder backwards and get free-throws from it was a popular tactic for every player until they implemented the verticality rule. Defenders were just as hamstring in those instances, what are they supposed to do when they are straight up and players can draw fouls with their backbones? Lol.. I know again it looks different, but Reggie was doing the same thing all modern players were doing now before some more rule changes. And while he looks like an outlier that’s only because he was the only player really taking those types of shots. Other players didn’t really have defenders chasing them to close out on three point bombs like players now, like Reggie then. Had that been the case you bet your *** we’d have the same issues we have now, same we had with Reggie, same as the dudes flying into defenders at will, just more of them occurring 25 feet from the rim rather than 5 feet.
I don’t disagree with most of this, I don’t know that it bothers me as much as you, but I’m not arguing any of those things.
I’m saying “the game sucks because too many fouls and free throws” doesn’t hold weight because their are less fouls and free-throws than ever.
People foul hunting, shooters being too protected, weak flagrants, too many replays, that type of stuff is a legit gripe for sure.
I will say, I don’t think foul hunting is all that “new”.. I think it looks different. Jordan flying through the air crashing into dudes with his back to flip the ball over his shoulder backwards and get free-throws from it was a popular tactic for every player until they implemented the verticality rule. Defenders were just as hamstring in those instances, what are they supposed to do when they are straight up and players can draw fouls with their backbones? Lol.. I know again it looks different, but Reggie was doing the same thing all modern players were doing now before some more rule changes. And while he looks like an outlier that’s only because he was the only player really taking those types of shots. Other players didn’t really have defenders chasing them to close out on three point bombs like players now, like Reggie then. Had that been the case you bet your *** we’d have the same issues we have now, same we had with Reggie, same as the dudes flying into defenders at will, just more of them occurring 25 feet from the rim rather than 5 feet.
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