HandcheckingOne of the main reasons for the horrible defense in the NBA, We need to stop babying the players..
Not a rule either, but just too many fouls called. The NBA would be alot better if it were more physical, and the refs let them play basketball instead of a free throw contest.
seriously, what is wrong about the 3-point line? I don't see anything wrong with it at all, I think it's a good thing.
BCB, what's wrong with the 3-point line? I love it.But I agree with Balla, they have taken the intensity out of today's NBA. The closest thing I have seen to real on-court intensity/competitiveness is the Lakers/Suns series this year. But even then, they called technicals on plays that would not have been 10-20 years ago. They need to bring that competitiveness back to the NBA. Rivalries 10-20 years ago were huge and very exciting. Now, like I have said before, all we have is 1-on-1 media rivals (ala Kobe/Bell, Marbury/Brown, etc). We need rivalries back, and we need to stop calling sissy fouls and technicals.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Sep 16 2006, 09:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>'Points scored behind the line count as 3 points'....I freaking hate the 3-point line.</div>You must be on dog food. Basketball wouldnt be the same without 3 pointers. It wouldnt be exciting.
I agree with handchecking. I don't like it. It's a main reason why there is so much less defense than before and it really sucks. I don't mind technical fouls but there shouldn't be so many fouls called. It slows down the game and makes it less physical. And I like physical basketball games. I also don't like the superstar treatment some players get. I don't mind giving superstars the benefit of the doubt on close calls but there shouldn't be fouls called when their jersey gets touched or a strand of hair gets misplaced.I love the 3-point line. I don't like players like Quentin Richardson who shoot 8 or 9 a game at 30%. Most players know how to deal with it though and aren't that stupid.
Hand-Checking, and stupid fouls that are made in order to generate more scoring...The reason defensive teams in the NBA are declining. (Pistons, Spurs.)
I think what BCB is trying to say with the three point line is that it hinders the art of the midrange and causes less driving. You have to admit with the three point line out there, it tempts more players to take jumpers rather then pulling up for a shorter jumper or driving to the hole. This has led to chunkers in the NBA and sometimes a joke with the number of threes a player would take. As for rules, I think traveling should be erased from the rulebook and allows players to run amok all over the court. Just kidding, basically handchecking as everyone has stated. Defenses can't be as physical as it once was due to increased foul calls on ticky tack touches. Players these days are learning more on how not to foul, rather then learning how to play defense. It's stupid.
Why I don't like the three-point line. 1. It's made the game more lazy. Look around, guys just find the line and stand behind it. 2. Because of it we have too many players who can't shoot the three shooting it because everyone wants to hit the big three-pointer. 3. Steve Kerr says the three-point line should be taken out, said it on Outside the Lines on ESPN. Considering he made a living out of it, that says something. They also had NBA old schoolers talking about how it has hurt the game. 4. Watch a college game, the everyone is always bombing three-pointers, it's sickening. 5. It's a low percentage shot, it's not good basketball. 6. It's only been around since the 70's, put in to make the game more entertaining. I like it when guys drive inside, work and pass the ball to get a closer shot...watching players bomb three-pointers is just not good basketball. The thing is, we are so used to it that the thought of taking it away seems almost ridiculous but it's not. Without the three-point line basketball would be more fluid and more effcient.
I wouldnt take it out but I don't like it, I am horrible from anywhere around there and all I do is drive. So facing some guy who just sits at the 3 point line and shoots while doing way less work is really maddening.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KCX @ Sep 17 2006, 02:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>defenseive 3 second not that part but the part that you get a techniacl off that.. its ridiculous</div>Then how would it be punished?The other team already has the ball.
But without 3s, how would Antoine Walker shoot 4s? How would he survive at all? O.OI think the NBA needs to cut down on foul calling too, and I like what they did for this year with the timeouts. I'm sick and f*cking tired of waiting 20 minutes for the last 30 seconds of a game. You're trying to walk out the door to go eat or whatever, but you wanna see the end of the game. "But there's only 30 seconds left." This is at 7:00 PM we'll say. OK by the time the game finishes, it's like 7:15 or so. Speed it up.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ELiiiTE @ Sep 17 2006, 02:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Maybe a couple free throw shots, a technical is too harsh</div>It's a technical foul, but it doesn't count as an unsportsmanlike technical(the ones that if you get 2 you get ejected)So a couple free throws is worse.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Something-To-Say @ Sep 17 2006, 02:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think the NBA needs to cut down on foul calling too, and I like what they did for this year with the timeouts.</div>What do you mean "they did for this year?"
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ElMaster @ Sep 17 2006, 01:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It's a technical foul, but it doesn't count as an unsportsmanlike technical(the ones that if you get 2 you get ejected)So a couple free throws is worse.</div>Oh thanks for that, I was confused that it was one of those ones... that would be WAY out of hand
I don't see anything wrong with the three point line, it's been a part of the basketball world now. The problem is not the three point line, it's the team that abuses it............teams like the Spurs use it to their advantage. With no 3pt. lines teams would just double post players at all time, defensive teams won't care if they leave outside shooters and that will be even worse for our game, imo. ............but with the three point line it will make the defensive team think twice and that part of the game makes it better (chess game). Players these days are stronger meaning further range and the college three point line is way too close. If I'm suppose to change anything, I'd move the three point line further. Plus this is where you determine who the smart players are, everyone playing in the NBA knows their range..........now it's up to the players to decide which is a better percentage for them.
