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TrollyMcTroller
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Penalties.
I love that in football a team can decline a penalty. I think the game would be much better (especially the end) if teams could decline foul shots.
You'd still have a momentary stoppage of play when the whistle blows, but the coach should be able to decline fouls shots and just maintain possession. It would totally eliminate any advantage gained by "strategic" fouling at the end of games. That would mean in a close game you'd get to see actual basketball being played the last few minutes instead of a free throw shooting contest that takes an extra 10 minutes to run 0:57 off the clock.
I'd probably suggest something like this:
If a foul is whistled, the personal foul (and team foul) will be assessed to the player regardless if free throws are taken or not.
If the shot clock is under 0:25, then an extra ten seconds will be added to the shot clock if free throws are declined.
It's not even that I hate watching free throws. I just hate the mentality of "well, we couldn't take the lead by playing good basketball, so fuck it, let's start breaking rules and hope that gives us enough of an advantage to win."
I love that in football a team can decline a penalty. I think the game would be much better (especially the end) if teams could decline foul shots.
You'd still have a momentary stoppage of play when the whistle blows, but the coach should be able to decline fouls shots and just maintain possession. It would totally eliminate any advantage gained by "strategic" fouling at the end of games. That would mean in a close game you'd get to see actual basketball being played the last few minutes instead of a free throw shooting contest that takes an extra 10 minutes to run 0:57 off the clock.
I'd probably suggest something like this:
If a foul is whistled, the personal foul (and team foul) will be assessed to the player regardless if free throws are taken or not.
If the shot clock is under 0:25, then an extra ten seconds will be added to the shot clock if free throws are declined.
It's not even that I hate watching free throws. I just hate the mentality of "well, we couldn't take the lead by playing good basketball, so fuck it, let's start breaking rules and hope that gives us enough of an advantage to win."