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AnubisADL
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4/28/2011  1:18 PM    LAST EDITED: 4/28/2011  1:19 PM
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What’s the most radical change the league is considering:

“Well I’m going to urge the owners — and it’s not very radical but we were talking about it for awhile — to adopt the international rule on basket interference. That is to say, once the ball hits the rim it’s in play. Because I think that it’s too hard to call. I think that we don’t want to stop the game every time to see if it’s the right call, but the camera that looks down on the basket can tell the story if the refs have gotten it right. And it’s just impossible to call to make whether the ball’s touching the rim, on the rim, off the rim or the like. And I think that would make the game faster, better, and less controversial. And I think we’re going to be putting in more — I forget the exact number — just more replay opportunities because we really want to get it right. So those are the biggest things. I also think we’re going to be talking about cutting out a timeout or two to move the game along. The last period, even in a close game, shouldn’t begin to approach an hour.”

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Source: http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2011/04/27/david-stern-nba-playoffs-lockout-lakers-heat-grizzlies-spurs-mark-cuban/

No team would be able to score bounce ins against some of the athletes in the NBA.

Dwight Howard would be the leading scorer in the NBA too.

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4/28/2011  1:25 PM
if it ain't broke...why fix it. Sheesh, the only thing I'd like to see fixed is to get more consistent officiating. I mean heck, would it kill them to just pay these guys a little more. Sometimes it just seems the only time the calls are consistent is when they are consistently bad :)
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4/28/2011  1:32 PM
ON defense it can be swatted away, on offense you can just slam it home.

The international game has gotten more athletic over time. How has it worked there?
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4/28/2011  1:40 PM
I like it. A lot. Did you read Stern's reasons?

- The over the rim calls are VERY hard to get right, and as Knick fans know have been the result of some heartbreaking calls. This rule help the officiating.
- As Nalod said the defensive players can swat the balls away just like the offensive ones can dunk them. I fail to see an advantage to either side. What it does it put a premium on boxing out (Knicks are phucked)
- this will speed up games
- this will produce more exciting plays around the rim

Where's the beef?

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4/28/2011  1:42 PM
fishmike wrote:I like it. A lot. Did you read Stern's reasons?

- The over the rim calls are VERY hard to get right, and as Knick fans know have been the result of some heartbreaking calls. This rule help the officiating.
- As Nalod said the defensive players can swat the balls away just like the offensive ones can dunk them. I fail to see an advantage to either side. What it does it put a premium on boxing out (Knicks are phucked)
- this will speed up games
- this will produce more exciting plays around the rim

Where's the beef?

The beef is guys who play above the rim will have a field day.

You will see teams just trying to get the ball on the rim so guys can slam it home.

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4/28/2011  1:45 PM
AnubisADL wrote:
fishmike wrote:I like it. A lot. Did you read Stern's reasons?

- The over the rim calls are VERY hard to get right, and as Knick fans know have been the result of some heartbreaking calls. This rule help the officiating.
- As Nalod said the defensive players can swat the balls away just like the offensive ones can dunk them. I fail to see an advantage to either side. What it does it put a premium on boxing out (Knicks are phucked)
- this will speed up games
- this will produce more exciting plays around the rim

Where's the beef?

The beef is guys who play above the rim will have a field day.

You will see teams just trying to get the ball on the rim so guys can slam it home.

LIke I said, how is it working in euroball?
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4/28/2011  1:52 PM
AnubisADL wrote:
fishmike wrote:I like it. A lot. Did you read Stern's reasons?

- The over the rim calls are VERY hard to get right, and as Knick fans know have been the result of some heartbreaking calls. This rule help the officiating.
- As Nalod said the defensive players can swat the balls away just like the offensive ones can dunk them. I fail to see an advantage to either side. What it does it put a premium on boxing out (Knicks are phucked)
- this will speed up games
- this will produce more exciting plays around the rim

Where's the beef?

The beef is guys who play above the rim will have a field day.

You will see teams just trying to get the ball on the rim so guys can slam it home.

This will force teams to actually box out.
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4/28/2011  1:55 PM
Deandre Jordan and Javale McGee will be max money players if the change goes into effect.
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4/28/2011  1:58 PM
I like it. Less stoppages and speeds up the game. No more waiting for a ball balancing on the rim. Atheletic guys will have a field day? Yeah, but every team has athletic guys. And as Bocker pointed out, boxing out becomes a priority.
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4/28/2011  2:04 PM    LAST EDITED: 4/28/2011  2:16 PM
i still don't see how this will speed up the games, or even why that would be a priority. I do understand making it easier for officials to get calls right....but it still doesn't address the fact that the officiating is pretty poor to begin with which to me is a more important issue although harder to address....the MAJOR issue to me is how in some games, the calls all go one way creating a clear advantage to one team over another...this can be put into two categories...the non call...and the questionable call.

Why not make the officials more accountable. In baseball, home plate umpires have to review balls and strikes calls with the aid of technology...

In Football...they have the red flag/replay review...why not give NBA coaches 3 chances to call for a review of a call/non call...then they would have a good reason to try and speed up the game
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4/28/2011  2:43 PM
David Stern is the worst commissioner in sports.
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4/28/2011  2:46 PM    LAST EDITED: 4/28/2011  2:47 PM
Love it for reasons mentioned above.

Stern is finally starting to take things in the right direction with respect to rules/regulations. He also mentioned possibility of taking one timeout away in 4th quarter so that game doesn't drag on (which would be great as well).

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4/28/2011  2:48 PM
This isn't Euroball, nor is it NBA Jam.

Keep the rules the way they are.
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4/28/2011  2:54 PM
s3231 wrote:Love it for reasons mentioned above.

Stern is finally starting to take things in the right direction with respect to rules/regulations. He also mentioned possibility of taking one timeout away in 4th quarter so that game doesn't drag on (which would be great as well).

All he'd have to do for that is to implement the international rule for intentional fouls, which is two shots and the ball. Then the games wouldn't be dragged out at all unless it actually had to be.

As far as the rim thing goes, I don't think it could hurt so I'd support it.
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4/28/2011  2:58 PM
didn't they do a test run of this in the NBDL this year and it worked well?

it speeds games up because refs aren't blowing their whistle and stopping plays when it happens.

i like it. rewards boxing out and athleticism. anything that takes power out of the refs hands i'm in favor of.

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4/28/2011  3:01 PM
y2zipper wrote:
s3231 wrote:Love it for reasons mentioned above.

Stern is finally starting to take things in the right direction with respect to rules/regulations. He also mentioned possibility of taking one timeout away in 4th quarter so that game doesn't drag on (which would be great as well).

All he'd have to do for that is to implement the international rule for intentional fouls, which is two shots and the ball. Then the games wouldn't be dragged out at all unless it actually had to be.

As far as the rim thing goes, I don't think it could hurt so I'd support it.

That is terrible considering you cant breath on a perimeter player without getting a foul call. Also what would be deamed an "intentional foul".

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4/28/2011  3:02 PM
BigSm00th wrote:didn't they do a test run of this in the NBDL this year and it worked well?

it speeds games up because refs aren't blowing their whistle and stopping plays when it happens.

i like it. rewards boxing out and athleticism. anything that takes power out of the refs hands i'm in favor of.

I agree. Less whistles is better. I think most NBA refs *try* hard and are reasonably fair. I just think its such a hard game to officiate. Let them play
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4/28/2011  3:02 PM
BigSm00th wrote:didn't they do a test run of this in the NBDL this year and it worked well?

it speeds games up because refs aren't blowing their whistle and stopping plays when it happens.

i like it. rewards boxing out and athleticism. anything that takes power out of the refs hands i'm in favor of.

I agree. Less whistles is better. I think most NBA refs *try* hard and are reasonably fair. I just think its such a hard game to officiate. Let them play
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4/28/2011  3:31 PM
Maybe a weird take but I could see this rule speeding up the shift to taller players who are also athletic.
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4/28/2011  4:02 PM
They should do like the NFL and adapt a coach challenge...lose a timeout if your wrong..
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