<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Steely Damned:</div><div class="quote_post">stop toying with the rules. you're all making a mockery of the game.</div> Basketball has no set rules. Rules vary greatly between NCAA, NBA, and FIBA for instance. As an NBA fan, my concern is that NBA gameplay is of high quality. What "high quality" means exactly is of course up to opinion, but I think there's a general understanding that the NBA has gotten more and more boring to watch over the past decade. I think there's much more to it then more sophisticated defenses.
phunky420 dont post stupid replies like "crack whores" up. it doesnt make any sense and show u are an idiot. hey kid i'll juz forget this crap and assume u dont have enough knowledge of the game. someone edit his post.
NBA needs some excting fans cuz College basketball just sets it off since the fans are wild and have face paint and big signs and shirts cursing off the other team.
The idea of an age limit really makes sense, as it seems that eventually they will be drafting kids out of preschool. Setting the age limit at 20 is a great idea, because the College experience not only improves players games, it also teaches them how to be an adult. You have teenagers with millions of dollars, what the hell do you expect them to do with it? Save it? Hahaha! The NBA has turned into streetball. (No offence to those of you who like street ball) You see fancy dribbling, and huge dunks, 3 point shots, but how about a mid-range jump shot? How about players playing for the love of the game? Last years all-star game was a joke. What about defence? Well since MJ wont be at the all-star anymore, I guess all real competition is gone from that. Maybe to make it competive, you could do what they do in baseball, have the winning conference of the All-Star game have homecourt advantage in the NBA Finals. Making the NBA more like the NCAA in terms of the rules would be an improvement. The game isn't pure anymore anymore. Travelling is never called, as you saw in the Olympics, players like LeBron James, among others didn't even know WHAT A TRAVEL WAS! That is terrible. Less Streetball, more Basketball
Make NBA TV a basic cable channel. Make a limit in the draft for high school players...say...only two are eligible (how they'd do this, I don't know). LeBron's jersey sales were HUGE profits, and it was because he was coming out of HS and the hype was just as big as those profits. Kobe, Garnett, Jermaine O'Neal, T-Mac, LeBron...all of these guys came out of high school, and all of them have the ability to become MVP in the league. Five fouls and you foul out. This will not only keep players on their toes, but will also give guys off the bench the spotlight for a longer period of time. Throw out the team penalty. After every foul (not just after the 5th), have the team shoot free throws. This will up the scoring a bit, and also...see above...keep players on their toes. Everything else is just fine, IMO. Don't change anything else...it's all good...and to whoever said that the international rules should be incorporated, NOO WAY. I would stop watching the NBA if that was the case...because all I would see is an All-Star weekend three point contest. I wanna see fouls that are hard, not stopping the game for a stupid touch foul. I don't want to see Manu Ginobili driving the lane and barely get touched, just to go to the line to shoot two.
actually international play is just as physical as NBA basketball, it's just that int'l refereeing is sheer plain unpredictable (which is another way of saying that a lot of international refs need to see their eye doctors).
NBA (basketball) has to get out to the people...the songs, the movie, the cards, commercials, etc. Just like back in the day.
First of all, the NBA needs a new villain just like what that article in SI stated. The Lakers is gone, so we need someone new to hate. We also need more International superstars. We need another Yao Ming who'll bring in a whole country of fans. The Japanese player that the Suns signed is a good start. Now Japan has a player to root for. Scout some South Koreans. They can shoot the lights out from the three. We all know how much we need pure shooters. We need more Luke Walton's, Cardinal's and Veal's.
Its just karma....Magic and Bird....were rivals....it wasn't "created"...the chem. was dope......They rejuvinated the league..and u had magical moments...like Magic's hook...Birds steal.. And then every1 fell in love with the league...then all of a sudden MJ comes in the league stirs up a crowd.....Rivalries EAst and West....crazy moments Now we need something else now...LeBron is a match just ready to be sparked...but can he? The NBA just needs some magical moments, rivalries, dope games, etc.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Steely Damned:</div><div class="quote_post">kobe vs. shaq is more of a distraction than a rivalry.</div> Okay, I'd like to hear your idea of a rivalry. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting AdR3nA1n3 RuSh:</div><div class="quote_post">hahaha, yes, i agree</div> Sorry if Vince Carter doesn't really have anyone to develop a rivalry with...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting realdealbneal:</div><div class="quote_post">Okay, I'd like to hear your idea of a rivalry. Sorry if Vince Carter doesn't really have anyone to develop a rivalry with... </div> I'd call Shaq and Kobe a rivalry, but its a different type than what we're used to. They are completely different types of players, but because of their histories there's sure to be a personal contest between them when Miami and LA play eachother. The media, I'm sure, will hype it up as Shaq vs. Kobe. It's interesting not because they'll be directly playing against eachother, but because of their grudge and desire to prove who's the better player. But, in my opinion, the most interesting head to head matchup is Yao vs. Shaq. Kobe vs. T-mac will also be very fun next year.
i'll indulge you. do i see shaq vs kobe along the same lines as wilt vs russell, magic vs bird, LA vs boston, miami vs new york, montana vs marino, you know? and my answer is no. the more compelling rivalries would be shaq vs yao, bron vs melo, TD vs KG, kobe vs eagle county.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting nkwu:</div><div class="quote_post">Recently there have been talks(not so recent I guess) of the NBA wanting to make fast break points worth more, decrease the 3 point line, or make the hoop bigger. All in an effort to generate more points to make the game more exciting. This is all in atactic to make more people view and become fans of the NBA and basketball as a whole(amlmost all sports have suffered a loss in profit). Some people also believe that it the NBA is turning to younger players straight out of high school(LeBron James anybody?) to gain more popularity. Peoplte think the game has also tried to be more "hip" with the fans. We all know when it fomes down toit the NBA is a business. But what do you think the NBA wold need to make it more popular, to boost ratings etc,. Polease, no change of the rules, the rules are great. I for one think it should be a change in the whole NBA image as a whole. Or atleast, thats where you should begin.</div> If it takes a change of the style of play, then everything that happened in NBA history is a hoax. Plus, who cares about its popularity. The NBA is as popular as it can get anyways.
It's been mentioned: the NBA needs "The Man." We need a true superstar whose achievements will be seen the world over. The prototypical basketball player is Michael Jordan - we need someone who can have similar impact with the following: -impressive athletic abilities -lots of heart and a worker's mentality -a team attitude -the ability to win -a contract that's not 8584376384546856 million.
Take away the garanteed contracts for the first rounders. That would make a few HS players think twise about college intstead. There are too many kids taking up space on the roster, just to develop, where we instead could see veterans who knows how to play the game (but can?t do it for more than about 20 min a game). Let teams play defense any way they want. Yes, there will be less dunks and flashy cross-over moves. But I rather se good team play. Todays NBA is one-on-one or two-on-two, the other guys just standing at the 3-point line wating to shoot the three or bang the bords. I loved the way Argentina, Lithuania and Italy showed Team USA how to play like a team, getting everybody involved. /Mr B the Swede
Here is an idea that will really spice up the game. Do what they do in some other sports-The POWER PLAY. Imagine if a player has to spend one minute in the penalty box. The other team has a 5 on 4 advantage and has one minute to score as many points as they can. Don't expect the team with 5 players to run any half court sets and run the clock down. They will score as fast as they can because they want the ball as many times as they can while the penalty is on. This will really speed up the game ! Of course when the team with 4 players is on offense they will try to run as much of the penalty time off the clock. The defense with 5 players will double team and trap players with the ball forcing them to give up the ball in many cases throwing risky passes. This will lead to turnovers and more fast break power plays. The play will be frantic, jungle ball at its finest at times. No more boring intentional fouls at the end of the game to slow things down. Maybe something like 6 team fouls=POWER PLAY !!!. Of course this will probably never happen, but it creates some interesting possibilities ....Comments....
