Just saw the end of regulation for Texas/Houston. Texas has the ball under their basket with 2.8 seconds left and one timeout.
Why not pass the ball to about halfcourt (flood the area with all four guys) and immediately call another timeout? You can probably get the ball out of bounds 40 feet from the basket with 2 seconds left. Then you can inbound again while the clock is stopped and actually get up a real shot.
Instead they inbound it near their basket with one guy, two dribbles, and a halfcourt heave that has no chance.
I'm not saying you have to go the full Laettner, but it seems like two throws up the court with the clock stopped are better than one.
I've seen this situation come up multiple times in the last couple weeks and no team has handled it the way I suggested. Thoughts?
Why not pass the ball to about halfcourt (flood the area with all four guys) and immediately call another timeout? You can probably get the ball out of bounds 40 feet from the basket with 2 seconds left. Then you can inbound again while the clock is stopped and actually get up a real shot.
Instead they inbound it near their basket with one guy, two dribbles, and a halfcourt heave that has no chance.
I'm not saying you have to go the full Laettner, but it seems like two throws up the court with the clock stopped are better than one.
I've seen this situation come up multiple times in the last couple weeks and no team has handled it the way I suggested. Thoughts?
