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New rules in place to curb hack-a-shaq

owner Mark Cuban told ESPN he voted against new deliberate foul rules.

"Rewarding incompetence is never a good business strategy," Cuban said.
 
I'm glad the league changed this rule for 3 players out of 360. If you can't make a free throw, take a seat on the bench, period.
 
This rule change is almost worthless in terms of its 'benefit' to the Pistons/Andre. It just extends the 'last 2 min of 4th quarter' rules to all quarters. Teams will just start fouling Andre once he gets the ball now - if he is even on the court in those situations. Van Gundy has shown him that he wont be in the game late unless he can make a measly 50% of his FT. That should be his target, and while that number would still be pathetic/worst in the league, it is still 15% better than he shot last season....

you shoot 35% from the FT line, there are zero rules to help you.
 
This rule change is almost worthless in terms of its 'benefit' to the Pistons/Andre. It just extends the 'last 2 min of 4th quarter' rules to all quarters. Teams will just start fouling Andre once he gets the ball now - if he is even on the court in those situations. Van Gundy has shown him that he wont be in the game late unless he can make a measly 50% of his FT. That should be his target, and while that number would still be pathetic/worst in the league, it is still 15% better than he shot last season....

you shoot 35% from the FT line, there are zero rules to help you.

I don't even know if Andre gets 30 minutes a game this year because of the foul shooting, Boban and Baynes are a luxury to have.
 
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