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Any thoughts? Should a team be allowed to opt-out of shooting free throws in a bonus situation, if they'd prefer the chance to inbound?
The NCAA tried that as an experimental rule in the Maui season-opening tournament some years ago.
The fouled team had the choice of shooting free-throws, or inbounding the ball again. What that led to was the fouling team fouling repeatedly (10+ times) until the inbounding team finally turned the ball over. Inbounds plays are hard. Giving the defensive team multiple shots at them (relatively) penalty free hurts them team that rule tries to help.
Maybe make the double-bonus two shots plus a third if the first two are made? I don't like watching free throws either, but it would limit the "foul the other team to limit them to two points" strategy.
