Hack-a-Shaq

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Monday Bullets
Published 4/28/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Brian McCormick: "My problem with the Hack-a-Shaq is this: in the NCAA Tournament, Kentucky fouled one of Marquette's players. The next time, the Marquette player took off running. A Kentucky player was chasing the designated Marquette player all over the court and fouled him 90-feet from the ball. This is legal. However, if the player had been shooting a lay-up, and the Kentucky player did not make an honest play on the ball, the officials would have called an 'Intentional Foul' and given Marquette the ball after the FTs. So, fouling a shooter but ...

San Antonio Spurs Reputation Audit: Flopping, Hack-a-Shaq, Closeouts, and ‘The Body Check’
Published 5/8/2008 by admin at thehoopdoctors.com
... David Stern and company take a long look at what happened in the Suns-Spurs series and either extend the intentional foul interpretation to cover these types of off-the-ball fouls, or create a new rule avoid the egregious abuse of the rules. I know Popovich was well within his rights to use the Hack-a-Shaq and he gets big bucks to find these loop holes in the rules and exploit them to the benefit of his employer, but it really does ruin the spirit of the game for all those involved. Brian McCormick probably said it best this post-season regarding the Hack-a-Shaq. ...