"Hack-a-Shaq" No More...

The Spurs repeatedly fouled O'Neal away from the ball both to put a poor free-throw shooter at the line and disrupt Phoenix's offensive rhythm. The tactic worked on both counts as O'Neal missed 32 of 64 free throws in the series (50 percent) and several Suns, including Steve Nash, admitted the ploy affected Phoenix's flow.

There's no way they can rightfully stop it. 

The only solution to Hack a Shaq is for Shaquille O'Neal to learn how to shoot free throws.  Since he's just wasting away and gaining weight and collecting paychecks he's not going to learn .. therefore the ploy will continue to be exploited.  Let's face it .. the only thing cheap about the Hack a Shaq strategy is that after fifteen or so years in the league Shaq still can't make 50 percent of his free throws.

The Spurs tried it on Tyson Chandler in game one and he made his two free throws.  They haven't used it since. 

Im in the same line of thought of you on this.

Im just reporting on what is happening on the thread but my opinion is that players in the NBA should be good enough to convert...

But at the same time fouling is technically against the rules, and exploiting a teams weakness by fouling is cheap...

There are two sides to it.

GoHornets

The Spurs tried it on Tyson Chandler in game one and he made his two free throws.  They haven't used it since. 

They also tried it on David West but he knocked his down too, the same night he went off on them....

Too lazy to practice free throws? You guys are morons. For as long as Shaq has played basketball, don't you think he has tried to work on his single most important flaw? You idiots actually think Shaq never practices free throws? If the man can't make his free throws in the 10+ years he has been in the league, he will never learn.

Hack a Shaq should be legal, when he has the ball that is. To foul him off the ball, like right when the ball is thrown in, is middle school tactics. This is the NBA, crowds pay for their entertainment, not to see some 300+ lb man go to the line every possession.

The Spurs are dirty, and Pop's hitmen (Horry, Thomas, etc.) have no role on their team besides to go out and waste their fouls. Come play for Pop! So the only game time you will have is to go down and push Shaq in the chest when the ball is inbounded!

The game is getting boring and horrible, I know I know, if I don't like it, don't watch it right? Well I don't watch it, but this is a message board where people can vent their thoughts, so get over it.