Hopefully Dwight will be playing his normal 30-something minutes a game once the playoffs start and this will be a non-issue. We can talk about Dwight's free throw shooting in another thread. BTW, I thought the meme was pretty damn funny.
Agreed. It's almost like they told the ref "When he comes down the court we going to intentionally foul him . . . and the refs give it to them with the mildest touch . . .which is bullsh!t QUESTION: If Dorsey runs out of bounds. .. . can they foul him there? These fouls are unnecessary I think in this situation - perhaps he should have Ariza or someone run with him and set a pick . . . .. *if* the person going after Dorsey touches the guy in any way . .. but no foul is called until Dorsey is touched .. . I'd go BALLISTIC and get kicked from the game. If you going to call that bs touch foul on dorsey . . .call it for all my guys Rocket River
I just read the whole rule, plus some other sections that might apply. They are all unnecessary and don't occur in the normal flow of the game. I'd like to hear an argument for these not be flagrant fouls given the definition.
Spoken like a true fan. Everyone else is acting as if the sky is falling. Put it in perspective and those guys really should practice their free throws. Not everything is the coach's fault. On the other hand, I do believe we ought to start Nick Johnson for the remainder of the games and have him practice his three point shot.
to the extent we have to play dorsey in the playoffs (which seems inevitable, given that he's the only other player that can play the 5 in anything resembling a traditional lineup): why don't we just plug him in to start the 2nd, 3rd, and/or fourth quarters? Hack-A-whatever means nothing unless you're in the bonus, and you won't hack Dorsey to get into the bonus. You basically just need dorsey to get enough minutes to prevent dwight from getting totally exhausted. Say 10-15. Sure you lose lineup flexibility this way, but that seems worth the tradeoff here. Of course, then you can do Hack-A-(Smith/Jones/Dwight), but that's a much less effective play. The difference between their free throw shooting and dorsey's is enough to render the strategy unappealing.
A simple solution is to have dorsey in bound the ball after a made basket and never get back in the court. The opposing player will wait for him to go inbound only to find out dorsey is not going back inbound, but it is a bit too late. Harden or whoever brings up the ball needs to hurry up and get down the court making it essentially 4 on 4.
The other way is to have whoever is bringin the ball upcourt stay close to Dwight or Dorsey. Once the opposing team is about to foul Dorsey, just throw the ball at the basket. Sure there is a risk of the ref not calling it in the act of shooting when Dorsey gets hacked, but hey, Rockets should try that. They might get 3 FTs.
Another way is to have another rocket player screen Dorsey to give him time to 'escape' opposing players trying to foul him. Hopefully, the Rockets have gotten a shot off before this.
This was not addressed earlier... I read the rules on players on court and out of bounds in regards to the play... The consensus was that it is not addressed. I say have Dorsey run out of bounds all the way down court after the inbound. Then setup under the basket when it gets close so we can get a good shot during the foul for the three point play... Thoughts?
Looking at the lazy fouls. . . . if someone screens for him. . . . . and the defender touches the screener .. . . .then goes on to get a cheap foul on Dorsey I'd complain on why I did not get a foul on the screen . . . which would have been more contact most times Rocket River
