"As So Often Happens"...

...Is an expression that used to be used a lot during baseball games by announcers when a fine defensive play was made by someone who wound up leading off the next half inning.

We would like to suggest a new use: Every time a basketball player stupidly blocks a shot out of bounds (instead of to themselves or a teammate) and the offense winds up scoring anyway the announcer should remark, "As so often happens when a blocked shot is sent out of bounds the offense winds up with two points and the block is rendered useless."

This means you, Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, LeBron and all the other players who do this all the time. It is a stupid play and their idiocy should be pointed out to young players everywhere.

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Block the ball softly to yourself or a teammate. That's how Bill Russell won 11 titles in 13 years.

Rejecting your opponent's shot into the third row gets you on SportsCenter along with an early exit from the playoffs/NCAA tournament. Nothing more.