https://www.sbnation.com/2018/2/15/17016156/nba-referee-player-fight-blazers-damian-lillard In the last 12 games since the Blazers hired Don, they've shot more FT's than their opponent 5 times. I need to do more analysis to see if that's better than before.
Two of them in blowout losses, too. It's not good, but it might actually be better than before... which is sad. I do like the bit near the end of the article about how Vaden is coaching Collins specifically about not fouling... perhaps to prevent getting a reputation as a foul-prone big.
I honestly think it's more about what to say back to the refs and when. Seems like all the jawing at the refs was hurting the performance. If you look at the way the players are reacting to calls you might see a difference but that might not translate into foul shots. But more like wins and losses. Complaining a non call after a shot is a dead end until maybe talking to the ref at a break.
Wish they would get Nurk to quit stopping after every attempt and just keep playing. He simply cannot take a shot without looking at a ref.
Him and Harkless are both the worst offenders. The number of times Harkless just stops on a play when he doesn't get a call and the other runs it back on a 5v4 is just maddening.
