How would you fix the hack a Shaq problem

[Denis998]

lern2shotm8

[RockinRyA]

Wait so we remove three pointers too because some players can't shoot threes?

[Endless Paradise]

Make your free throws. It's not really a problem.

[GC003332]

Hit them where it hurts, in the hip pocket, every free throw they miss that drops their percentage (below 50% as an example), they have to donate $1000 to a charity of the leagues choosing.See if that gets them motivated to practice.If they have mental issues at the line get them to pay for a sports psychologist out of their own wages.

[Who]

Wait so we remove three pointers too because some players can't shoot threes?

I'd love to do something to lower the number of 3 pointers being taken.

I hate how many shots are being taken from long range these days. Less interesting seeing guys spending so much times far away from the hoop and missing so many shots.

[slamtheking]

I don't see it as a problem.  they're getting paid millions.  let them actually become proficient at a skill required for that job besides just being tall. 

It may not be exciting basketball but it's a legit strategy and I'm glad Brad took advantage of it recently to drive poor-shooting bigs to the bench. 

[Kuberski33]

My solution is simple, you can't foul the guy unless he actually has the ball. Problem solved.

It does wreck the flow of the game.  But it also works.  When Brad did it vs Detroit, the game changed and the Celtics got back into it.
I like your solution. 

[Kuberski33]

I'd love to do something to lower the number of 3 pointers being taken.

They've talked about removing the corner 3.  That's the easiest one to make, so I'd like to see them experiment with that.  The positive thing about the 3 is good shooting teams are never out of a game - and a game can change quickly.  Plus it opens things up and creates more lanes for cutting which ultimately makes for a more exciting game.  The game is better now than it was a decade ago, that's the thing.  But a few less 3 point shots would be fine with me.

[BitterJim]

Make off ball fouls when your team is in the bonus more like technicals, by letting the team have anyone on the floor shoot them

[footey]

give the team the option of taking the ball out of bounds instead of shooting the foul shots, and re-setting the shot clock.

[csfansince60s]

I'm with those on here who say "DON'T fix the 'problem'", because there is no problem in terms of equity or fairness.

It's like we're living in some Harrison Bergreron world here where we have to hide/mask/compensate for someone's inadequacies, for what purpose? To make everybody equal? Is that what we really want? I don't.

These guys with free-throw woes have some pretty serious skills in other areas which teams value highly, otherwise they wouldn't be in the NBA. Do we need to change things/rules for the rest of the league to offset the skills the poor free-throw shooters have over others, like maybe raising the basket 3 feet to compensate for the height of these guys? Or maybe instead of a 3 second rule, how about a 1 second rule? Pretty Silly.

This is a list of some of the top 15 of the Associations worst free throw shooters in history as of 4/15:

Rondo (15)
Okafor (14)
Dwight (12)
Bill Russell (9)
Shaq (7)
Wilt (5)
DeAndre J (2)
Ben Wallace (1)

None of them nor anyone else on that list nor the teams that they play/played for nor their fans get any sympathy from me. Take the bad with the good ( and there's a lot of good in these players), and as others on here have said.....learn to shoot free-throws...or not...

EDIT: Source: http://www.thesportster.com/basketball/top-15-worst-free-throw-shooters-in-nba-history/?view=all

[KGs Knee]

Wait so we remove three pointers too because some players can't shoot threes?

I'd love to do something to lower the number of 3 pointers being taken.

I hate how many shots are being taken from long range these days. Less interesting seeing guys spending so much times far away from the hoop and missing so many shots.

I agree.

The three point shot has too much influence in today's NBA. The NBA also really messed up when they changed the hand checking rules and illegal defense. Now we have a bunch of pint sized guard running around like it's playground basketball. It feels more like the And1 league than professional basketball.

I much preferred the basketball of previous eras where the big man had more influence. Nothing is more entertaining than watching good post play.

[KGs Knee]

2 FTs + the ball for intentional fouls.

Yeah, this could be something to explore.

Because essentially that's what happens on 99% of these 'hack-a-whoever' fouls. Intentionally fouling a player without possession of the basketball should be penalized more harshly than normal fouls. I mean, this is basically the rule in the last 2 minutes of the game, so why not just extend it for the entire game.

[littleteapot]

I'm with those on here who say "DON'T fix the 'problem'", because there is no problem in terms of equity or fairness.

It's like we're living in some Harrison Bergreron world here where we have to hide/mask/compensate for someone's inadequacies, for what purpose? To make everybody equal? Is that what we really want? I don't.

These guys with free-throw woes have some pretty serious skills in other areas which teams value highly, otherwise they wouldn't be in the NBA. Do we need to change things/rules for the rest of the league to offset the skills the poor free-throw shooters have over others, like maybe raising the basket 3 feet to compensate for the height of these guys? Or maybe instead of a 3 second rule, how about a 1 second rule? Pretty Silly.

I don't want to mask their weaknesses, I just know that punishing guys like Andre Drummond for not being able to shoot doesn't get them to improve and I'm sick of watching him chuck the ball off the rim. It's not entertaining for me.

[KGs Knee]

Yeah, it's not about "masking" anyone's weaknesses (FT shooting), it's about penalizing teams for committing a non-basketball play. Intentionally fouling a player not in possession of the ball should not be a legitimate part of the game. You're committing a rules violation with the hope of gaining an advantage, that's wrong.