OT G League to Test Single Free Throw Worth 1, 2 or 3 Points Depending on Shot

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  1. e_blazer

    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    Just go to the last two minutes with a tie score and go from there. No time outs allowed, of course.
     
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    I don't like it. I don't think they need to shorten the games.
     
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    Winner!
     
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    Well heck. Just play round robin tournaments once a week. Different city every week and make every game 20 mins?
     
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    One of the things you miss is the opportunity to make the 1st and intentionally miss the 2nd if you are down by 3 with not much time left. Interesting idea, not sure if I like it or not.
     
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    Getting fouled on a three and only having to make ONE 15 foot unguarded free throw to get 3 points seems incredibly lopsided to me.
     
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    someone stole my idea I made this suggestion at least once or twice in here. I don’t care about speeding up the game I’m just tired of watching people shoot 20 free throws let them shoot 1 and Make or miss game gets back to action quicker
     
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    Good point. It happens.
     
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    Could be looked at both ways. If they miss???
     
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    Interesting idea. If this did happen maybe they should make a free throw line for the 3pt FG. Put it a couple feet back from the 2pt free throw line.
     
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    Shooting a 2nd free throw is broken? What?
     
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    Yet, basketball games are still shorter than football and baseball. A 2 minute review is fine. Dont see the need to always have something happening on court at all times.
     
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    I’d like to see them shorten how long dudes can molest the ball before tAking a free throw. I think the official rule is 10 seconds but it should be like 5 from when the ref gives you the ball and when they have to shoot and they should enforce it.
     
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    Yes! Also, why not do subs before the first one and then have the ref immediately pass the ball out of the net back to the shooter. That would barely take more than this new rule.
     
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    There’s a chance I should have phrased that better...
     
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    This just shows that the league thinks the fans are stupid.
    The subject of speeding up games comes around every single offseason. How can we shorten the games? Make it more fan friendly? How about cutting some of the GD commercials to begin with. The teams don't need that much time. Coaches spend the first 2 minutes of each stoppage to stand on the court and diddle their assistant coaches until the horn sounds to tell teams to take the court. Which is precisely when they actually enter the huddle to coach up the team. Meanwhile, the second horn sounds and that's about the time the dancers and entertainment start to clean up their mess and get off the court. That's about when the refs holler at an assistant to warn them to take the court. Then there's the last minute individual discussions before tucking in their uni and walking (and I mean slowly) out to start play. Average time is probably around the 5 minute mark to squeeze in as many commercials as possible while a real timeout shouldn't last more than 2 minutes. If a coach can't get his point across in 2 minutes then the walkthrough was a waste of time.
    TO's are just long enough to either fall asleep or forget you were watching basketball and flipped channels to avoid 19 car dealer commercials. They shouldn't be long enough to set up a metal cage, watch 3 monkeys do the death defying ball of loop d'loops on motorcycles and then dismantle everything, pick up the 12" thick pads and sweep and mop the floor...just one of many nightly commercial breaks.
    The league acts like they give a rats a** but refuse to even address the most obvious answer to their yearly dilemma. Just one more way the league proves 82 times per year that it is a business and not a game.
     

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