Anyone find the new rule given out by the league office annoying. That on the perimeter any handchecks are called as fouls and pretty much any contact is a foul. I mean it breaks the flow of the game. The Suns had over 50 free throws last night against the Lakers thats unbelievable
There will be an adjustment period in which its annoying. But its a good idea. Defenses have been getting more and more physical and overwhelming for the last 15 years (since the Piston's Bad Boys popularized that style of play). The hope is that team's will learn to loosen up the D a bit over time, giving offensive players more room to operate like back in the 80s, and scores will go up.
I'm sure at first these new Ref Regulations will be rough and Sketchy at first,but as time moves on i'm sure everyone will get use to this as everybody gets to know the new rule better.it'll be fun to see if these rules work in the long run or not.
I don't think these rules will be as heavily enforced during the regular season. Every year they say they're gonna start calling this or that more tightly, but the calls lighten up come the start of the season. In the NBA Finals Daivd Stern seen one of his marquee guys (Kobe) get put on lock down and he probably freaked a little bit.
Am I the only person who finds this just utterly stupid? They say to play defense with your feet instead of your hands, but if your moving to gain position, that's a blocking foul. The only way to get a charge call would be from a weakside defender who was standing there to take it. I appreciate good defense and wouldn't have minded a Spurs - Pistons finals. They seem to be just finding yet another way slow the game up. I get totally annoyed when a game is constantly stopped on a play that really hasn't even happened yet.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting durvasa:</div><div class="quote_post">The hope is that team's will learn to loosen up the D a bit over time, giving offensive players more room to operate like back in the 80s, and scores will go up.</div> David Stern is off cashing a check with Mark Cuban's signiture on it as we speak.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Jurassic:</div><div class="quote_post">David Stern is off cashing a check with Mark Cuban's signiture on it as we speak.</div> Now that explains a lot. :mrgreen: Was this new Rule Sterns idea or what??
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Jurassic:</div><div class="quote_post">David Stern is off cashing a check with Mark Cuban's signiture on it as we speak.</div> bahahahhahahaha
I don't think I will like the new rules, I like seeing physical defensive battles: it helps you seperate the men from the boys. These guys in the NBA are supposed to be the best in the world and if they are, they should be able to take alittle physical defense. I do not know about you guys, but I would rather see a well played and fought game with the score in the 80's than a game where they are no defense and one team wins 120 to 108 or something like that.
So which players will benefit the most from the new rules? Who will be affected the most? Though I appreciated it for the three-peat, I kinda hope they finally crack down on Shaq a little. I could never understand how refs never called anything against him when opposing centers would body up and set their feet only to get run over.
From the first week, it looks like the new rules might be having a positive effect. Even adjusting for the increase in free-throws, scoring is up slightly.
I still think this is just an adjustment period. Remember that most of the players have been playing the old style of individual defense and it takes some time to get accustomed to the new style. Give it a few weeks and I think you will start to see them get the hang of what they can/cannot do on the perimeter. They will start to be less physical and you will see a lot more pentration via the wings, leading to more scoring oppurtunites.
