Jeff Van Gundy rants about intentional fouling 'farce,' and he's right
 

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"I want Philadelphia, when they play them, to expose this farce of a rule to the extreme," Van Gundy said. "I would foul [Jordan] every possession the whole game he's in there. From the opening tip, I'd grab him, then when they're taking it out, grab him before the ball is inbounds. That sends him to the free throw line. And then do it the entire game. Because we act like it is OK, this rule. This is a joke of a rule. In the last two minutes, you can't do it, but the first 46 it's OK? And people say, ‘Well, we don't want to reward a lack of skill to change the rule.' How about this: What type of skill is fouling? And I hope that Doc Rivers and J.B. Bickerstaff on January 18 Hack-a-Jordan and then Hack-a-Howard the whole game on national TV. I hope it's a 19-hour game that never ends because this is a joke of a rule."

 

"The rule in the last two minutes is you can't do this," Van Gundy said. "So, very basically I would like to see the rule for the last two minutes be the rule for the whole game. But if they don't want to do that, how about this: after eight team fouls, make it a three-to-make-two? You get three shots to make your two. Fouling should not be rewarded in basketball. Can you imagine like in pro football, holding being rewarded? Like go hold somebody, oh, that gives you a benefit? No. This is ridiculous."

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