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What elements of other sports would you like to see in the NBA?

Rules/unwritten rules/traditions/style/fashion/etc . . . .
 
I'd like to see the father/son rule from Australian Football in the NBA.

In the Australian Football League (AFL) if a player plays 100 games for one club (team), said club gets first draft rights to his sons (if the son agrees).

This leads to generations of the same family playing for the one club.



The way it currently works is that when a player's name is called in the draft, his father/son club must use their next pick to draft him.

100 games in the AFL works out to about 5 seasons. The average AFL career is 85 games.

Translating this to the NBA 410 games is 5 season, 379 games is the average NBA career.

So 400 games for one team seems about right to qualify for the father/son rule.

I'm finding it hard to find any more than the top 10 most games played for PDX, but the sons of at least these players would be able to be drafted by Portland first.

1. Clyde Drexler* 867
2. Jerome Kersey 831
3. Terry Porter 758
4. LaMarcus Aldridge 648
5. Clifford Robinson 644
6. Jim Paxson 627
7. Larry Steele 610
8. Buck Williams 557
9. Mychal Thompson 551
10.Rasheed Wallace 544

Klay Thompson anyone?
 
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Another element of Australian Football I would love to see in the NBA, is the tradition of every player that plays 100 games (about 5 seasons) for a club (team), gets their name on the clubroom locker.

This reinforces the tradition if the club. Every player can look up at the names on their locker, and aspire to getting their name up there one day.
 
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In Rugby Union, only the team captain is allowed to talk to the referee. No other player is allowed to talk to the referee unless first spoken to.

All players must refer to the referee as "sir".

These rules/traditions lead to everyone, players/coaches/fans complaining about the refs far less.
 
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I have no idea how you would do it, but I'd love to see the advantage rule in the NBA. So you can't foul just to stop the play. "Advantage" is called by the referee, and the foul is assigned at the next stop in play.
 
DUB said:
So 400 games for one team seems about right to qualify for the father/son rule.

I'm finding it hard to find any more than the top 10 most games played for PDX, but the sons of at least these players would be able to be drafted by Portland first.

1. Clyde Drexler* 867
2. Jerome Kersey 831
3. Terry Porter 758
4. LaMarcus Aldridge 648
5. Clifford Robinson 644
6. Jim Paxson 627
7. Larry Steele 610
8. Buck Williams 557
9. Mychal Thompson 551
10.Rasheed Wallace 544

Klay Thompson anyone?
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I cut it off at 300 so you could see who came close.

http://bkref.com/tiny/M50ue
 
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Luke Walton's father, 209 Blazer games
Gary Trent Jr.'s father, 192 Blazer games
 
Relegation/promotion. That would take care of tanking. But this has been much discussed and would be a logistical nightmare, even though
(a) it works in Euro "soccer"
(b) it would be FUCKING AWESOME

(Biggest downside from the league point of view: star rookies forced to play a season in the lower league. Biggest downside from players' point of view: interrupted records and stats that wouldn't carry over between leagues.)
 
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Rastapopoulos said:
Relegation/promotion. That would take care of tanking.R But this has been much discussed and would be a logistical nightmare, even though
(a) it works in Euro "soccer"
(b) it would be FUCKING AWESOME

(Biggest downside from the league point of view: star rookies forced to play a season in the lower league. Biggest downside from players' point of view: interrupted records and stats that wouldn't carry over between leagues.)
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Explain.
 
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Explain.
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Here's how it works in the English football leagues:
the bottom team of the Premier League automatically gets demoted to the Championship. This means you're not on TV, you're playing crappier teams, and you lose fairweather fans at your gate. This is to be avoided at all costs. (The top team of the Championship gets automatic promotion - so much bigger of a deal than simply "winning the regular season".)
Even better: there are playoffs amongst the next 3 teams below the top Championship team and above the bottom Premiership team (the latter are said to be "in the relegation zone"). Even in the lower leagues (like 2 leagues down from the Championship) the "promotion championship" takes place at Wembley Stadium (like Madison Square Garden only even more so).
 
Baseball minor league systems for the Nba…..send player up or down without a hitch....they go to the minors...they get minor league pay..come to the majors...get a paycheck bump....no restrictions and other teams can't sign them without permission from the franchise office
 
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No guaranteed money other than upfront bonus, like the NFL. You suck, you gone. Plus, in the NFL, smaller markets (Green Bay, Denver, Pittsburgh) thrive, and superstars aren't afraid to play in those markets. They are even destination markets in the NFL.
 
football should adopt boxers headgear and lose the hard helmets
boxing headgear.jpg
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Relegation/promotion. That would take care of tanking. But this has been much discussed and would be a logistical nightmare, even though
(a) it works in Euro "soccer"
(b) it would be FUCKING AWESOME

(Biggest downside from the league point of view: star rookies forced to play a season in the lower league. Biggest downside from players' point of view: interrupted records and stats that wouldn't carry over between leagues.)
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That would certainly take care of tanking. It costs teams big money when they are relegated.
 
A featherweight basketball division ...have to be under 6ft tall....would be really fun to watch...
 
I'd like to see the abolition of conferences, and divisions; like every other non-USA sports league in the universe.

Every team plays every team twice, once at home, once away. The top 16 teams make the playoffs.

It's comical to divide a league by geography when jet planes exist.
 
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BASEketball. 20 years later, it might just be time now.
 
Refs that don't totally blow, and consistent foul calling. No other sport that I'm aware of has the issues that the NBA has with unfair reffing.
 
DUB said:
I'd like to see the abolition of conferences, and divisions; like every other non-USA sports league in the universe.

Every team plays every team twice, once at home, once away. The top 16 teams make the playoffs.

It's comical to divide a league by geography when jet planes exist.
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I'd like that, though only having 58 games in a season (29 x 2) seems paltry. I guess though you could add a U-23 roster for each team and have them play another 58 games, too.
 
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