The problem with -this team- if you do that, you better have killers at the FT line, we don't. If we stop the clock and let them get points and we don't hit out FTs any team can make a come back. I sure wish we were a better FT shooting team.
No offense but I'm not trying to hear this... If we were talking about amateurs , then maybe it's up for discussion. We;re talking about handsomely paid professionals here... If the Kings don't have players who can seal games at the FT line we have much bigger issues here than everyone realizes, luckily thats not the case...
Sometimes a missed FT will end the game in one of these scenarios too, lettuce not forget that.. If the opposing team has no timeouts it's even more unforgivable to let them attempt a 3...
the whole lack of confidence in the FT thing tho, this is the pro's... I'll take De'aaron fox from the stripe with the game on the line everyday of the week.. or how about... get the ball to buddy... to me for the Kings to balk at these opportunites, it's almost liek a concession that we're not confident about getting buddy the ball on an in-bounds, i can't and won't believe that, it's absurd.
I just don't get how it came to a point where this became commonplace, to me it's akin to taking a knee in football, which some refer to as the best play in football.. When teams let this happen to them, let a team down 3 tie it in the last possession it's like the famous miracle in the meadowlands, a greivous error thats wildly necessary.... It happens all the time in basketball though. I don't get how when coaches lose games or leads like this they don't re-think their plan too. this is just one of the ultimate things that doesnt add up, the stats analytics people have to be in agreeance, we will NEVER see a statistic displaying why it's best to let them play it out..
It's one of those "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"............. type of things... that could be displayed spectacularly with before and after pictures....
If your up against CP3 and he's gonna anticipate the contact and start a 3pt shooting motion, this is really the only scenario that'd make me think twice.