OT: If there was one thing you could change about the NBA...

And also allow the players to make flying leaps off of the turnbuckles.

 

I would also eliminate "continuation". so fluffy.

 

no more age limit(really age minimum).

it's a horrible rule.

 

did you hear Stern this week on Cowherd regarding this? un-fucking-believable.....just such a retard about this issue.

 

nope. i didn't hear about it.

oh and the dress code should be done away with as well.

 

I would say enforce the rules more evenly. There should be a single standard. For fans as well, I have to admit some fan behavior is over the line but clubs have vastly variably standards of acceptability.

I also would like to see the tickets follow the same rules as sporting events in Cuba: There are none. All seating is free, first come, first served. No one can "hold" more than one other seat, so some hog can't run in and save a whole section. That way the true fans will get in and get best seats and the corporate stiffs can stay home and make deals on their cell phones from home offices and not NBA games.

Allow fans to bring food - I can see no cans or glass bottles due to safety issues, but no sandwiches? Arena food is crappy and overpriced, and who wants to spend all of half time in line?

Set up a "fan corner" like the Kings do. At every game, there is a section where fans can foregather, take pics, get autographs, up to 30 minutes before game time. Make sure that at least a couple of home and road players stop by each game - make it a requirement that all players vist fan corner X times per season.

Better disability access. Strongly discourage wearing heavy scents - ever been stuck next to someone who poured a gallon of fragrance over him/herself? I've had to leave.

Kiss cam should not be limited to hetero couples.

 

I like this idea. Too bad we can't do it around here.

 

OH YES, YES!! Oh thank you!!! Finally, someone who agrees with me to abolish that idiotic shot.

Also, I'd get rid of zone defenses.

 

Another thing. After watching Gasol flop last night, when the refs review games and see flops they should automatically suspend the player for one game. END FLOPPING!

 

Good points, Julius. I already specified better disability access. So how about adding a family section for fans with small children? Hmm. I would be interested in seeing how they do manage this in places that are ticket free. They must have some civilized manner since there are kids at these events and I've never heard of Cuban baseball fans trampling one another in the way some European soccer fans have.

I still though like the idea that fandom and not corporate ties should determine good seats. I'm not big on commercials but I loved the Nike "fun police' ad where Donald Trump got sent to the upper nosebleed and all the kids with $10 tix were seated courtside.

 

That's a great idea. I'd love to turn Jack Nicholson's, Penny Marshall's and Dyan Cannon's seats into part of a wider court, along with that hippie dude Jack sits with. Fuck Hollywood.

 

I was just going to post the same thing.

Also, I think they should change the 6 foul rule. Make it 10 fouls per game, but each foul over six results in three or four free throws (if it's a three point shot) for the opponent. I think it's bullshit that it's a credible tactic to try to get a player to sit down by making him foul. Your best players should play. If they foul excessively, there's an additional penalty. It would hopefully also end the "superstar" call, which I also hate.

 

1. I think they should add fouls in OT games. I can see having a limit on fouls, but I've seen 2OT and 3OT games decided because too many key players foul out. How about one extra foul per player per OT?

2. Each team should be allowed an injury time out to be used if needed. Most times it won't. But a player tears an ACL and has to be carried off the court - bad enough, a team should not have to use up 2 time outs to get him to the locker room. Obviously, this has to be monitored to be sure it's not abused, some flopper falls on the ground so his team gets another time out, then bounces up right as rain.

3. Very limited requested instant replay. Make it like the NFL, where a team gets no more than 1-2 challenges per game and loses a time out if they lose the replay call. In close games, a 3 called a 2 by mistake or vice versa can be huge.

Damn, we're smart! Mr. Stern, please phone in for suggestions.

 

I don't really agree with most of what people have mentioned. But I think along the same lines as the person who mentioned eliminating the no-charge circle under the hoop. In particular, I find it frustrating that an offensive player gets the benefit of the doubt 95% of time when there is contact.

Having trouble with your jumper tonight? Just drive the ball down the lane, run into a big (doesn't matter if they block the shot...just jump INTO their body where they had a set position) and you get a call 80% of the time. I think it's just ridiculous. Defensive players are supposed to stand in the way (prevent) offensive players from getting a layup, yet if the offensive player deliberately runs into them, that's a defensive foul? I'd prefer to see many more no calls in this situation. I'd also like them to call more "over the back/loose ball fouls"...used to be regular but now quite a bit more rare.

It's funny that I'm trying to give help to defenders, since I love the Sun's 7 Seconds Or Less style of offense. But I think that it's just too hard to stop when a quick guy can get into the lane and draw a foul at any given time.

 

Then you are missing the whole reason for fouls in the first place. There is a reason those folks are foulling out of those games. They committed too many fouls. You act as if comitting a foul is a good thing, and that players should be rewarded for such play. They shouldn't, and if they committ fouls, they should foul out, because anybody playing in a style of play that gets them 6 fouls, should probably not be on the court anymore. If there is no risk for the player, then there is no reason for them not to hack every time down the court.

 

get rid of superstar calls.

that would be awesome, I've always wanted to have a Timber's Army sort of thing for the Blazers.