OMG its annoying............... Just let them shoot.......they have to touch every bodys hand before they can shoot again......... Then they will but there hands behind there back to touch someones hand and it want be there......why put them in that situation...... Is this a rule..........everybody have to do it? Shoot both free throws one after the other........and be done with the your time at the stripe Dont have intermission so your teamates can give you a high five on making a free throw Wait....they do it even if they miss Is this to comfort them and give them confidence to make the next one..... It just really bothers me....... Any takes on this???
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Its a sign of team work. We did it in grade school and high school. Call it the "its all good man make this one" hand bump. The fact that it bothers you is unsettling. Why should it bother you?
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I know.... It's somewhat like................. Your posting style....right? As for your answer, they do it for a sense of comradery. The free throw line can produce a very isolating feeling, especially in tense moments of the game. Why is this in the GARM?
It wasn't prevalent in the 80's NBA, but one time I saw a player shoot a free throw and his usual forward movement brought him over the FT line so he stuck his hands out to his teammates to make it look like he went over the line to get high fives. As the 90's progressed I saw it became a staple to FT rituals. FTs are about rhythm and repetition, high fiving is part of that repetition now. I think it's part of the game now like staying down until your teammates help you up, back in the day you just got up if you were alright, today even a minor fall you stay down until teammates help you up. I haven't seen NBA players wear caps or sunglasses on the court yet though.
Man, I figured we would have to wait until at least after the Finals were OVER before we were subjected to these brutal off-season posts. But the Finals haven't even been decided yet, let alone been played. This has to be an all-time record. And dude, clearly you've never played competitive team sports, otherwise you would understand camaraderie. It's not like it even takes away from the game, it's just something that players do to give each other props, or let each other know it's all good.
how come it wasn't anywhere near as common 10-20 years ago then, as v3.0 said? there wasn't camaraderie back then? I think it all depends on the generation you grew up in...the way it is today, just isn't what I was used to seeing and experiencing in the 80s. so I find it totally strange just like the original topic creator maybe it also has something to do with the fact that I hate when teammates do this to me when I shoot free throws, I like to be left alone and focused
i don't really care for it one way or another.. some players prefer not to get high five because they're superstitious or what not.. but like another poster said, it's a form of support for your teammate
Haha, Andrew Bogut is the man. The only thing that bothers me is when Tim Duncan takes 30 seconds to shoot a free throw, then misses it anyways.
It's not as annoying as some players taking forever to "prepare" for their fts. Duncan and Kidd come to mind. But nobody beats Adrian Dantley, who used to massage the ball for about 15 seconds, then bounce it a couple of times, and then massage it some more...
the player at the line only has 10 seconds to shoot it. not 15 or 30. just 10. it's just a team thing to encourage the player at the line. and wrong forum
Time Tim Duncan next time he shoots free throws. I know its the rule, but that doesn't mean every player follows it or that the referees necessarily call it.
This almost makes me want to have Nachbar foul Karl Malone, just so we can count to 10 while he's at the free throw line.
bahahah that was great, but this is the dumbest thread ever, they are just comforting each other after a shot if this irritates you something is wrong with you
I wish all players would finish both their free throws at exactly 30 seconds. My Tivo experience would be all that much better.
