Egy kis elemzés Larry Brown fóltrábol fóbiájáról:

As he did against the Miami Heat, Brown hurt the Pistons with his foul-trouble phobia, which frequently leads him to bench starters once they’ve gotten a second first-half foul. This is a profoundly stupid strategy by a generally brilliant coach. Brown immediately put the Pistons in a hole in Game 1, sitting Tayshaun Prince – who could not foul out of a game if his life depended on it – for the entire second quarter. Prince is a well-rounded, very good player whose natural style of play produces one of the lowest fouling rates in the league. Entering Game 6, Prince was averaging 2.0 fouls in 40.8 minutes in the playoffs. He finished this particular game with the two fouls he picked up early. In Game 2, Brown limited Prince to 12 first-half minutes again – and again with just two fouls.

Rasheed also lost valuable minutes throughout the Finals, and by not getting the opportunity to play with two fouls during the regular season, he has yet to master the art of playing effectively with fouls or the importance of not committing foolish ones – the type that Duncan and Ben Wallace never commit. Rasheed is not a rookie – he’s an outstanding, 30-year-old veteran. Fouls are inevitable when you defend in the paint, but it’s dumb to add to your burden through poor judgment.