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BigGameDamian said:
I hate the hack a Jordan or whomever it maybe. I'd be down for a change such as: If a team does the hack a ___ to the same player 3 times for an easy way out the other team gets to choose who to shoot free throws or just give the ball back. Problem is most people don't like change even if it is for the better.
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Better? That's bollocks. If a guy sucks at free throws, then the other team should be able to exploit that weakness.
 
BigGameDamian said:
Well I guess we better get rid of Ed Davis then.
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Dude, you should broaden your mindset. First, Plumlee is like 85% from FT for the last few games? Dont know the number, but I watched the games, so I know its high. This is a guy everyone was castrating after the first few games because of his FT shooting.
Second. How many times has Ed Davis been to the line or been hacked on so far??? Ummm none that I know of as far as hacking.

Not concerned as a Blazer fan and dont want the rules to help poor shooters as an NBA fan. Sorry man, Not saying your stupid, but the idea is simply stupid.
Kinda like saying MR. X golf Player has a shitty putter, so lets make sure he can "Place his ball" 10 ft from the cup on every green regardless of where his chip ends up.
Or its like saying, this team is great at offense and defense, but has a shitty special teams, so when they go for a field goal, lets let them sub in a quarterback and....
Really now. How can you be in favor of changing the rules to help out those that suck? Basically marginalizing the game into mediocrity...
 
The one positive I've taken from the losing streak is both of their freethrow stats getting a bump...I get the idea they're working on that
 
BigGameDamian said:
I hate the hack a Jordan or whomever it maybe. I'd be down for a change such as: If a team does the hack a ___ to the same player 3 times for an easy way out the other team gets to choose who to shoot free throws or just give the ball back. Problem is most people don't like change even if it is for the better.
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How about this; teams have the option to decline the free throws and instead just take the ball out of bounds. It counts as a non shooting foul.
 
Orion Bailey said:
Why punish the team that is playing by the rules? If a coach doesnt want to be a part of it then that player needs to either be taught how to shoot better FT's or be [pulled from the end of the games.

I am not a fan of the hackawhoever either, but I absolutely dont want to make it easier on a team if they cant hit thier free throws. If they suck at the line, thats on them. and alls fair in love and war! :)
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That's what I thought a year ago when it was only DeAndre and Dwight. Now there's a half dozen players in the league. There will always be some poor free throw shooters. They are already punished when teams foul them with offensive rebounds or when Stotts did it to Drummond in a pick and role. So changing the rule doesn't eliminate their disadvantage as poor FT shooters.

There will always be bad FT shooters in the league. Teams just didn't realize what a good strategy it was back in the Dudley era.

If anything I want them to replace all free throws with one attempt, speed up the damn games. FT shot counts for 2 points, or 1 for and1 or 3 on 3pt attempt.
 
Draco said:
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This is how the forum should show up to the game that the Blazers give us the box for.
 
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Let's hope the Blazers tank is more successful than this guys.
 
By definition, a foul is against the rules. An intentional violation of the rules is cheating. Quit pretending otherwise.

Hack-a-whoever is no different than flopping.
 
oldmangrouch said:
By definition, a foul is against the rules. An intentional violation of the rules is cheating. Quit pretending otherwise.

Hack-a-whoever is no different than flopping.
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Cheating is an intentional violation of the rules coupled with an intent to avoid detection. This is simply an acceptance of the codified consequences for a specified rules violation. If the league wanted to prevent this particular rules violation, than it is up to them to make the corresponding consequences less palatable (ie, Draco's suggestion of allowing a team to decline free throws).
 
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1 less win and 1 more loss and they would be in teh #5 position. They just have to be a little better about losing an additional game here and there.
 
TBpup said:
1 less win and 1 more loss and they would be in teh #5 position. They just have to be a little better about losing an additional game here and there.
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Just think where we could be if we lost both LAL games! :MARIS61:

Nice to see SAC pull out a win! C'mon DEN!
 
Aminu is doing his best to ensure the ride is smooth.
 
People who judge fans for accepting and rooting for tanking need to wake up. It's no better or worse than fans who are still rooting for the playoffs. They're still fans. They're still supporting the future of the team. They're still watching the games and rooting for the team. They just have a different outlook than you. The fans that completely check out on the team when they're losing are the fans that suck. They buy up the tickets when the team is successful. They make excuses for why they come and go. They flooded the market with playoff tickets after we got down 0-2 to the Spurs.
 
I can accept my team isnt championship bound this year.

I cant accept not giving your best and sucking on purpose to weasel a better pick.

A winning culture starts with work ethic and dedication. You dont build those things throwing games.

You play your best and if it's not good enough then help is on the way. I believe that's how our leader lillard is approaching this season and thats why I respect him and know we are in good hands.

Rooting to tank is no better than lebron ditching his home town to ring seek. Its cheap and unimpressive.
 
Natebishop3 said:
People who judge fans for accepting and rooting for tanking need to wake up. It's no better or worse than fans who are still rooting for the playoffs. They're still fans. They're still supporting the future of the team. They're still watching the games and rooting for the team. They just have a different outlook than you. The fans that completely check out on the team when they're losing are the fans that suck. They buy up the tickets when the team is successful. They make excuses for why they come and go. They flooded the market with playoff tickets after we got down 0-2 to the Spurs.
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You can spin that both ways....thinking that intentionally losing is good for the future is ignoring the 9 year old kid who just saved up for his Lillard jersey too...that's also the future of Blazer basketball. Thinking that a magical draft pick is more valuable than getting young players some playoff experience is also debateable...if you are supporting tanking...expect a large segment of fans to disagree...If I root for the playoffs...fans who want a high draft pick will probably let me know..I can handle it
 
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