Free Thrown Attempts down 5.3 attempts per game league wide after all-star break.

[kg01]

3 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

 

 

So the refs made an arbitrary decision to do this? The ref influence on games is a big deal!

"See, see this why Tray ain't scored in 3 weeks!!!" - eggsperts

Couldn't resist.  You know they pumpfaked themselves into writing the headline before realizing. 

[AHF]

4 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

 

 

So the refs made an arbitrary decision to do this? The ref influence on games is a big deal!

This doesn't sound like an arbitrary decision:

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The NBA shared with teams one of league’s focuses in competition committee meeting had been on offensive players hunting for fouls and veering off paths into defenders – and how those recent points of officiating emphasis have impacted a decrease in league scoring

That sounds like a deliberate focus on rules that weren't being enforced and a resulting change in ref behavior consistent with that point of emphasis.

[JayBirdHawk]

I hope they also curb the exaggerated head flop.

 

 

[RedDawg#8]

On 3/16/2024 at 12:50 PM, kg01 said:

"See, see this why Tray ain't scored in 3 weeks!!!" - eggsperts

Couldn't resist.  You know they pumpfaked themselves into writing the headline before realizing. 

Nah, but leave it to us Hawks fans to ignore a league wide trend that coincided with the timing Trae’s injury and attribute 100% of our defensive improvement to him being out.

We don’t write headlines but our agendas can be just as bad sometimes.

[kg01]

23 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

I hope they also curb the exaggerated head flop.

 

 

"Nah, we'll just wait for Trey to come back and focus in on him." - Refs