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Yeah I acknowledge that the analogy isn't great. Of course hacking mallets isn't dangerous (although neither is slapping in basketball), but that's not the point I'm getting at.
I'm talking about what looks good to watch, and what feels nice to play. If any meathead could just ignore the ball and crunch an attacking footballer's legs then we wouldn't see much fluid, dribbly, passy football. If a defensive basketballer could just swipe at opponents arms, we wouldn't see much flair.
The prevalence of hacking is one of several things that discourages skilful play.