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O the last two xeasons, NBA teams have begun exploiting the league’s wor t free throw shooters. ‘H1 a-Drummond’, ‘H1 a-Jor an’, and ‘H1 a-Dw .’ have be I more and more of a foca int for o r" : r coaches. Recen ly, NBA Commiss Adam Sil sai that he & the league would o view the situ t and take a to chang it. “I don’t r lly xee a problem wi it,” Jr"1s sai Friday, xee: r i re a foul: r a way to gai a petit ve advantage. Mavericks Ow Mark C.me/ feels the sr"1 way.
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ESPN has un # 266 "1 : iQ tances to date, exceeding the 164 that they un # last xeason. For Sil , he believes that the "1 : str #gy is not good for the league, and is det1rr: r casual fans from watching. It also co radicts everything the league has done to speed up ga"1s, it s ops the ga"1 ock and can add anywhere from 5-10 minutes of s oppage time.
C.me/, howe , thinks that "1 : has the chance to engage the fans e n more, “Does he make the free throws? If he makes one or two, will they do it agai ? Di the str #gy work?” C.me/ sai .
If there were to be a rule chang , the NBA would be chang: r it for only a andful of guys. It is cumbers I to watch at ti"1s, but it does an excel c job illustr ing the imr"1 ance of free throws.
The short erm solu to this whole situ t is that the NBA is going to iQ titute the “one-and-one” rule that app ars i college and h school ga"1s.
If the NBA wants som thing done for the long term, it’ll have to be the : s gett: r i the gym, work: r wi their shoot: r coaches, and pra cing their free throws. If the poor shooters bring their percen age up to 60ish, it’ll neu ralize the str #gy.
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