When did slapping hands after every FT become the norm?

[bdreason]

I'm thinking the late 1990's? I don't remember teams doing it in the late 80's or early 90's.


If it's a big play, I don't mind it... but in the middle of the game, and a guy misses a FT, and the whole team comes together?


C'mon son. :facepalm



I remember reading about one guy who actually improved his FT % by not slapping hands after every FT. Apparently he was already thinking about slapping hands before he finished his FT (moving towards the middle), and it was actually hurting his form. :oldlol:

[L.Kizzle]

The 80s I wanna say. I know in the 60s they went right into the shot after they got the ball. No routines except for like Baylor.

[kurt_rambis]

didn't some college teams start doing it first? definitely don't remember seeing it in the NBA until the mid 90s, at the earliest

i really hate it. slows the game way down. watch some free throws from the 60's, 2 shots take like 8 seconds

[bdreason]

The 80s I wanna say. I know in the 60s they went right into the shot after they got the ball. No routines except for like Baylor.


I don't think it was that early.

Here is Lakers vs. Pistons NBA Finals 1988;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ3QzPZk7-g


First FT's are at the 3:20 mark. Nobody even thinks about slapping hands after Worthy's FT. And again at the 4:40 mark, nobody tries to slap hands with Salley after the FT miss.

[I<3NBA]

i only really :facepalm when they give each other low fives even when the player misses his free throw. i mean, cmon!

[Whoah10115]

I've wondered about this for a while. It's so stupid.



I watched a lot of old games in the Summer, and in the 80's I didn't see guys communing together. It's stupid.

[senelcoolidge]

I've asked myself that question too. That's kind of recent. I boycotted the NBA from 2001-2008 and before that when I really followed the NBA through the 90's I don't remember players doing that so much. It's like the league officials told the players you need to do this. I don't care for it, I don't like things that are forced.

[bmulls]

I've also noticed Dirk always grabs the ball after the first FT and dribbles it once before giving it to the ref. If the ref catches the ball first, he'll take it and dribble it once and give it back.

[Matty2Cool]

idk but carl malones routine annoyed the *** outta me

karl mother****er karl f u iphone

[webberz0044]

I'm not gay (not that there's anything wrong with that) but what happened to the butt slap? I remember jordan used to spank at least 10 players each game during the 90's.

[JtotheIzzo]

It happened sometime in the last ten years.

Kind of annoying when I play with guys who expect this, or expect me to high five them when I am shooting. Frankly I don't want some other dude's sweat on my finger tips pre-free throw when I have worked diligently to dry them. I normally just clap loud a couple of times instead of high-fiving but other times I feel like I have to high five the muthafakka.

[keep-itreal]

I'm not gay (not that there's anything wrong with that) but what happened to the butt slap? I remember jordan used to spank at least 10 players each game during the 90's.

literally or figuratively?

[tomtucker]

It happened sometime in the last ten years.

Kind of annoying when I play with guys who expect this, or expect me to high five them when I am shooting. Frankly I don't want some other dude's sweat on my finger tips pre-free throw when I have worked diligently to dry them. I normally just clap loud a couple of times instead of high-fiving but other times I feel like I have to high five the muthafakka.

agree 100%............and what about steve nash and all the other finger-licking players..........yuck

[Rake2204]

This is actually an interesting thought. I never paid close enough attention to realize that at one point it wasn't the norm. I'd say for most of my basketball viewing years (1991-2012) I feel like it's been present in some way or form but then again I clearly am likely just assuming as such. I know when I was in high school (1998-2002) it was common. But now that I've gone back and watched some older clips (1990 Pistons/Bulls) it's quite apparent it didn't exist on the same scale back then. In fact, in the small portion I watched, all free throws were self-contained.

Interesting phenomena. I personally did not like high-fiving teammates between free throws. I liked concentrating on my own success.

[theaussieguy]

its called rythym. You just do it. Like you always shoot FT's in the same motion. Never screw up the ryhtym man. Its awkward tho when a player puts his hand behind him without looking, and the person comes running like 20 feet to high five them by which time the player has stopped putting his hand out. So he gets there and just has to pat him on the back lol.

[bagelred]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFDF96hwTE

[Blue&Orange]

Boozer does it right, he high fives and keeps the hands dry

http://www.maniacworld.com/Carlos-Boozer-High-Five-Fail.gif

[stax]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc11PUnFgkQ

[Xiao Yao You]

If it's a big play, I don't mind it... but in the middle of the game, and a guy misses a FT, and the whole team comes together?




agreed

[Punpun]

No, it's important. It deepens their bonds. It was shown that teams that wer eway more physicals towards each other were better in the long run that team that didn't.

[Crown&Coke]

I think it was those Run n Gun Suns

after they had so much success, and a lot of it was predicated on team chemistry and genuine like of one another, everyone copied it.

[Tmuston Beltics]

agree 100%............and what about steve nash and all the other finger-licking players..........yuck


http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Jamal+Crawford+Atlanta+Hawks+v+Miami+Heat+k3mr8tJw 05-l.jpg

[Lebron23]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UlgOVfAITfA/TS5lXnAx4sI/AAAAAAAAAHs/zAJ4nEyOFUU/s1600/Jeff-Hornacek-.jpg

[Bodhi]

No, it's important. It deepens their bonds. It was shown that teams that wer eway more physicals towards each other were better in the long run that team that didn't.

Exactly.

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~keltner/publications/kraus.huang.keltner.2010.pdf

The more players on a team touch each other the more likely that they are to win the game. Anyone who says that it's stupid has probably never played a team sport in their life.

[NugzFan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFDF96hwTE

:oldlol: i was just about to post that!

[Droid101]

They need to reduce free throws from 10 seconds to 5 seconds, and give the ball right back for the second one (no slapping hands).

That would cut down-time so much... I can't believe they haven't done this already.

[Draz]

Lol stupidest shit ever

[bmulls]

They need to reduce free throws from 10 seconds to 5 seconds, and give the ball right back for the second one (no slapping hands).

That would cut down-time so much... I can't believe they haven't done this already.

They don't want to cut down on time.

More commercials = more $$$

[Punpun]

Exactly.

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~keltner/publications/kraus.huang.keltner.2010.pdf

The more players on a team touch each other the more likely that they are to win the game. Anyone who says that it's stupid has probably never played a team sport in their life.

Finally someone not being an idiot. Props. :cheers:

[Rake2204]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UlgOVfAITfA/TS5lXnAx4sI/AAAAAAAAAHs/zAJ4nEyOFUU/s1600/Jeff-Hornacek-.jpg
Wow, look at that quality of jersey. Logo and numbers just screen printed on there. Looks like the Champion replicas I hoarded in the 90's were pretty close to authentic after all.

[Droid101]

They don't want to cut down on time.

More commercials = more $$$
But, there are no commercials during boring free throws! The commercials come during time outs and in between quarters.

Wouldn't they want to get to those faster? And make the game more watchable?

I seriously change the channel almost any time someone is fouled because I know it's going to take 5 minutes to have everyone wander around until they line up at the line correctly, have the ref find the ball and throw it to the free-thrower, have him fiddle with the ball for 8-15 seconds (they don't count anymore) then shoot it, have him slap hands with five teammates (and maybe 'shoot' a practice one/throw it back to the ref if the miss comes to them), have the ref wipe down the ball again and then toss it back to the free thrower, repeat the 8-15 second fiddling, then finally shoot and get the game back underway.

I can't stand it.

[dunksby]

Actually it's imperative to low five or slap hands after the guy misses a FT as it stands as a vote of confidence from his teammates and results in a morale boost. Don't see how it is a bad move? As for the roots, I remember seeing it done in Volleyball before it became more common in Basketball.

[bdreason]

No, it's important. It deepens their bonds. It was shown that teams that were way more physicals towards each other were better in the long run that team that didn't.


The Celtics won 11 straight titles not doing it.

The Lakers won 5 titles in the 80's not doing it.

The Bulls won 6 titles in the 90's not doing it.



And as I pointed out in the initial post, an NBA player actually found that he improved his FT % when he removed it from his pattern.

[Xiao Yao You]

Actually it's imperative to low five or slap hands after the guy misses a FT as it stands as a vote of confidence from his teammates and results in a morale boost. Don't see how it is a bad move? As for the roots, I remember seeing it done in Volleyball before it became more common in Basketball.

If these guys wanted to get in the gym and practice shooting FT's they wouldn't need to touch the hands of every teammate on the floor to feel confident.

[Punpun]

blub lbub blub

Others weren't doing it either. Try again.

[IGotACoolStory]

I don't know about slapping hands, but huddling at the free throw line is a Dean Smith thing.