Any defender who uses this new tactic of putting a hand in the face of the shooter...

[QUOTE=hotsizzle]yes sir[/QUOTE]
ok thought so. for a second there i waqs afraid there might actually be 2 psychotic lebron sac huggers on this board.

i am going to laugh so hard when his free agency comes up and he bolts for new york.

[QUOTE=rezznor]createdplayer is pleezebelieve right?[/QUOTE]

He's also I'mSorryGuys!

[QUOTE=GOBB]He's also I'mSorryGuys![/QUOTE]yep, but he was lying...he was never really sorry

[QUOTE=blazerftc]Actually a few years ago a couple of Blazer players got fined for doing just that during a game winner by a dallas player in a first round playoff series.[/QUOTE]

The players who were fined were players on the bench at the time tho, right?

Probably all crowding the shooter in the corner, infront of bench??

I just can't see a player on the floor getting fined.

I must admit, at the NBA level it seems silly yellin out when a guy has an open-look...when you consider professional shooting + crowd noise. However, I still think that ish is effective.

:roll:

New tactic?

My middle school coach taught me this defense to me b/c I was too short to defend a jumpshot. Heck, I still use it if someone gets a shot on me b/c I know I wont block it. Works a lot of the time.

I think you guys are missing the point here. Of course you wanna get a hand up, making it harder for the shooter. However, you can not put your hand an inch away from someones face/eyes.

Again for the slower ones: Yes, "get a hand is in his face" (which is a metaphor for getting a hand up) is good defense because it makes it harder for the offensive player to get a shot of. HOWEVER putting your hand an inch away from the shooters eyes in a sweeping motion, like your gonna slap him, is not allowed. Basically for the same reasons that you cant clap your hands or stomp the ground right in front of a player who is shooting.

This discussion would be a lot more interesting though if there were some people with real knowledge (like a fellow ref?) here instead of just the regular 18.000-post baboons.

[QUOTE=biisak]I think you guys are missing the point here. Of course you wanna get a hand up, making it harder for the shooter. However, you can not put your hand an inch away from someones face/eyes.

Again for the slower ones: Yes, "get a hand is in his face" (which is a metaphor for getting a hand up) is good defense because it makes it harder for the offensive player to get a shot of. HOWEVER putting your hand an inch away from the shooters eyes in a sweeping motion, like your gonna slap him, is not allowed. Basically for the same reasons that you cant clap your hands or stomp the ground right in front of a player who is shooting.

This discussion would be a lot more interesting though if there were some people with real knowledge (like a fellow ref?) here instead of just the regular 18.000-post baboons.[/QUOTE]


find me any rule in the nba that says you cannot have your hand in front of a player's face. ive tried and couldnt find that rule. show it to me and the rest of us baboons please.

[QUOTE=Created Player]:no:, no they haven't. People like Battier aren't even defending the ball. He's going right for Kobe face when he jumps.

That's wack.[/QUOTE]
Dan Majerle did it all the time, and he was drafted almost 20 years ago.

It's obvious that you haven't really watched basketball before.

pb, this thread turned out to be a disaster!

[QUOTE=rezznor]find me any rule in the nba that says you cannot have your hand in front of a player's face. ive tried and couldnt find that rule. show it to me and the rest of us baboons please.[/QUOTE]

Im just saying... dont you think theres a reason that not EVERY defender in the NBA uses this tactic? Cus it

[QUOTE=biisak]Im just saying... dont you think theres a reason that not EVERY defender in the NBA uses this tactic? Cus it

[QUOTE=biisak]Im just saying... dont you think theres a reason that not EVERY defender in the NBA uses this tactic? Cus it

[QUOTE=rezznor]no not really. its not easy to have to do that constantly and have it that close without fouling. and yes, other nba players do do that. not all do it as well.[/QUOTE]

its crazy people didnt know this. i thought this was common knowledge.

[QUOTE=biisak]I think you guys are missing the point here. Of course you wanna get a hand up, making it harder for the shooter. However, you can not put your hand an inch away from someones face/eyes.

Again for the slower ones: Yes, [COLOR="Red"]"get a hand is in his face" (which is a metaphor for getting a hand up)[/COLOR] is good defense because it makes it harder for the offensive player to get a shot of. HOWEVER putting your hand an inch away from the shooters eyes in a sweeping motion, like your gonna slap him, is not allowed. Basically for the same reasons that you cant clap your hands or stomp the ground right in front of a player who is shooting.

This discussion would be a lot more interesting though if there were some people with real knowledge (like a fellow ref?) here instead of just the regular 18.000-post baboons.[/QUOTE]

The phrase "get a hand in his face" means get a hand in his face. Pretty simple to understand and is allowed in the NBA.

Yep. It is not a metaphor, they (and I) have actually always taught people to literally put a hand in front of a shooters face as a distraction/vision blocker. It is not always used because it does not seem to mess up a shot as much as the fear of getting blocked does, but if you can't convince the shooter that you may block their shot, then a hand in the face is the weapon of choice.

And no, it isn't to try to make them think they will get slapped, though I have seen a tactic where people act like they are going to do a gut punch to make the shooter flinch while shooting. This tactic is less used though, and I'm not sure if I've quite seen it in the NBA (may get a technical).