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.
The National Basketball Association just had the highest rated NBA Finals in three years after last years NBA Finals where raterd lower than a Monday night football game. Something they need to do to be more popular is televise the right games. Like the Magic have a rookie who is prejected to be the next KG yet they have less than 10 nationally televised games. Then they should give teams that have gotten big named players a little more air time. Or teams that have gotten big name rookies like Philly I personally think the NBA should take out the three point line because it is really hurting the game imo. They want points and feel the three will make more points go up on the boards while in reality it decreases points because so many players like Atoine Walker with great size and power just sit out there and shoot them all day instead of posting up. Then the fast break being worth more is the worst idea I ever heard so if I miss a shot or turn the ball over just because the other team made a layup with no one in there way they get more points?!?!? That would cause way to much trouble between players and referees about bad calls and that kind of stuff. I think the NBA should also put in a age limit because of all these high school players coming in half of them who will not be good players who should be getting drafted are not being taken. Perfect example the Portland Trail Blazers taking Telfier over Jameer Nelson. Also other players who are good and dont get drafted at all. Not to mention it would allow teams that need improvement right away to improve right away. Then the NBA should mabye extend the quarter a little like instead of 12 minutes make it 13 to give more points in the game. I dont know how good an idea that would be, but it would put points on the board.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Pure Skillz:</div><div class="quote_post"> Then they should give teams that have gotten big named players a little more air time. Or teams that have gotten big name rookies like Philly I personally think the NBA should take out the three point line because it is really hurting the game imo. They want points and feel the three will make more points go up on the boards while in reality it decreases points because so many players like Atoine Walker with great size and power just sit out there and shoot them all day instead of posting up.</div> Getting rid of the 3-point line would reverse many of the bad habits we see in the game today, but its a drastic step. An alternative would be to widen the courts and increase the distance of the 3 point line, thereby discouraging all but the very best shooters from taking them. Hopefully this could encourage more mid-range play. Or, how about putting a limit on how many 3s a team can make in a game? For instance, let's say that a team will only get 3 points 5 times, after that it's just worth 2 points. This would be easier to implement (don't have to change anything on the court), and it could add an interesting dynamic to the game. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Then the fast break being worth more is the worst idea I ever heard so if I miss a shot or turn the ball over just because the other team made a layup with no one in there way they get more points?!?!? That would cause way to much trouble between players and referees about bad calls and that kind of stuff.</div> I agree. I don't think anyone takes the fast break idea very seriously. I really don't know why teams don't fast break as often as they used to. Is transition defense just much better than it used to be, or are players getting too lazy to run the court? Back in the 80s, you'd have a fastbreak virtually every 3 or 4 possessions. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> I think the NBA should also put in a age limit because of all these high school players coming in half of them who will not be good players who should be getting drafted are not being taken. Perfect example the Portland Trail Blazers taking Telfier over Jameer Nelson. Also other players who are good and dont get drafted at all. Not to mention it would allow teams that need improvement right away to improve right away.</div> I agree. I think a minor league system is needed, and the NBA should make 20 the age cutoff. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Then the NBA should mabye extend the quarter a little like instead of 12 minutes make it 13 to give more points in the game. I dont know how good an idea that would be, but it would put points on the board.</div> This wouldn't solve the real problem. If all we were interested in was higher scores, we could just make each basket worth 5 points or something. The problem is boring, stagnant game play. The culprits are guards who dribble too much, big men who don't participate in the offense in any useful way, stars who dominate the ball and don't get others involved, and players in general relying too much on threes and less on the midrange jumper.
I personally don't think the NBA should change anything. But what the NBA really needs is "the man" like in very basketball era there was an ambassador of basketball. The 60's had West and Chamberlain, the 70's had Dr.J, the 80's consisted of Magic and Bird, and the 90's was dominated by Jordan. What i'm trying to say is that the NBA should get the frontrunner of basketball and the NBA. I could see one in the making, mybe(lebron James). Many have tried to become (Shaq, Grant Hill) but few have succeeded (Kobe Bryant might've had a chance if it weren't for the case and Vince Carter was supposed to be until all the injuries hit him). Doesn't anybody else think the NBA should have that player? <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Then the NBA should mabye extend the quarter a little like instead of 12 minutes make it 13 to give more points in the game. I dont know how good an idea that would be, but it would put points on the board. </div> The general idea is to make the game more exciting while scoring (think Sacramento, Dallas), not to make it longer. I just get bored myself when players tend to go one-on-one and exclude the teammates.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Pure Skillz:</div><div class="quote_post">The National Basketball Association just had the highest rated NBA Finals in three years after last years NBA Finals where raterd lower than a Monday night football game. Something they need to do to be more popular is televise the right games. Like the Magic have a rookie who is prejected to be the next KG yet they have less than 10 nationally televised games.</div> Well Dwight Howard isn't a sure thing, though I do agree they should they key games televised, though they try their best. However it does tick me off when the Heat get something like 33 national televised games in the season on ESPN, ABC or TNT, and the Raptors get 0, as well as 4 other teams. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Then they should give teams that have gotten big named players a little more air time.</div> They've already fixed that for this season, case and point the Miami Heat, Denver Nuggets, LA Lakers, Utah Jazz and more. However I'm not a huge fan of this because they don't get other teams involved in the Nationl TV schedule which is BS to me. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Or teams that have gotten big name rookies like Philly I personally think the NBA should take out the three point line because it is really hurting the game imo. They want points and feel the three will make more points go up on the boards while in reality it decreases points because so many players like Atoine Walker with great size and power just sit out there and shoot them all day instead of posting up.</div> The 3 point line shouldn't be touched. What if a team has the ball and they're down 3 points with 2 seconds to go? It's gonna be really really hard to get 3 points. The drama and the late seconds in games won't be as entertaining. In addition, players have a choice to take the 3 or not, like Antoine Walker. They get into bad habbits in taking them, when they're really not good. Well, it's not the NBA's fault for that, its Walker/the Players fault for getting into those bad habbits and not being disciplined. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> I think the NBA should also put in a age limit because of all these high school players coming in half of them who will not be good players who should be getting drafted are not being taken. Perfect example the Portland Trail Blazers taking Telfier over Jameer Nelson. Also other players who are good and dont get drafted at all. Not to mention it would allow teams that need improvement right away to improve right away.</div> I'm not for the age limit. For every 15 Deshawn Stevenson there's going to be atleast 1 LeBron James, who has great skills and is ready for the NBA. And for that player, wasting their time in college until they reach the age limit is just going to take away for their NBA experience. What if LeBron James was in college for last year and this upcoming year? He would be tearing up the competition their, and it wouldn't be doing him any good, because right now in the NBA, he's tearing it up as well. Plus, it's the players choice if they want to enter the draft or not, they should understand the situation, and the teams that draft them pay people to scout them, so they know what they're getting. If they don't suceed then you can blaim it on both sides for drafting the player and for the player jumping in the NBA too early. The NBA IMO is in a good situation right now, and nothing has to be changed or added.
I don't think they should change anymore rules ither. Because it's not helping the scoring. Players just gotta learn all the fundamentals and combine that with their flashy game. Like MJ, it's possible, but more players are gonna have to be willing to put up long hours to work on their J's. To many stars with only medicore shooting from the perimeter. Ray Allen and Michael Redd seem to be the only all-star three point shooting americans in the league left. Reggie has far past his prime. But yeah, bottom line there needs to be more Rip Hamiltons for mid range shooting in the league and more Ray Ray's and Redds in the league for the 3pt shot.
taking out the 3 point line isnt a very good idea... the 3 point plays are very exciting to watch, it could either make or break a team's chances. and bigger fast break points wouldnt be fair. i think the rules are fine the way they are. what they should do is to make the cheerleaders (i.e Laker girls!!) even more sexier!! :bigthumbu yeah that'll do the trick :biggrin2:
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting yanix:</div><div class="quote_post"> what they should do is to make the cheerleaders (i.e Laker girls!!) even more sexier!! :bigthumbu yeah that'll do the trick :biggrin2:</div> Now that's what i'm talking about here Another thing would be depending on each team,would be to make NBA Ticket prices more affordable.That would bring more fans to see games live.
Amen to the ticket pricing, but agin the NBA is a business. That's where most of the propsition of change comes from. I for one, would like an NBA Age limit to be in place(But there's a seperate thread for that). I agree with durvasa in the whole "stagnant game play scenario" but that comes down to the plays the coach decide, and the players. The NBa should start a Grassroots divison or somehting ot that extent(I'm not a fan of the 5 year old teams named after NBA teams). I know the NBA has been having travelling expos and training sessions to test your skills, but how about some workshops to encourage, at an early age, some fundamentals. There aren't many people who possess fundamentals(I for one know I gotta improve mine) and there is, as I previously mentioned, too much of a foucs on flash. The And 1 Mixtape Tour anybody? Pureskillz actually brought a stat into the whole argument, I am mentioneing everything from memroy and don't know the situation the league wants to be inright now, but it seems that the whole popularity, ratings and money issue is pretty big(speaking about money, how much profit has Atlanta been making? Any sellout games last season? )
The value of sports is decreasing...Basketball as a sport is decreasing B]It's more style over substance.[/B] In HS less kids are joining the b-ball team, and more kids are gettin' high..some people even drop out during try-outs and say "I got better shit to do..b-ball is taking up mah friday"...This attitude kills the game. If you ask a kid, "would you rather be LeBron James or 50 cent?"...9/10 he gonna say "50 cent...G-g-g-g-g-g- UNIT"... 10-15 years ago...playing Basketball "Was cool"...Now it's more of a "past time". You see less and less kids in the playgrounds...and banging their 10 year old girl (They should make birth control pills in shapes of the Flinstones). "No game" meant you sucked...Now, they use "No game"...for no P****. I mean every body knew about Barkley, Penny, MJ, Magic, Bird. Kids emulated the players, played all day and all night calling out "MJ" as they shot, collected the cards, talked about what was goin' on. Now, they don't want to get their headbands sweaty, don't want to scuff up their shoes, etc. Nobody on the playgrounds shoots while saying "T-mac"...It's as if it's not cool. Focus more about matching shorts,shoes,headbands,armbands,wristbands, etc. In PE...more kids would rather chill, then to play ball (or anything)...it's more cool to walk then run... Damn the NBA also had a game called "Jordan VS BIRD" (JUST 2 players...noteven the whole league)...wow...They also had games like "Bulls VS LAkers"..(the finals matchups...that would be the title)..and they would only have the playoff teams..and each player had their sig. move....NBA JAM was very pop. they also had a lot of music mixed videos/player videos/dunk videos like: The NBA superstars collection (1,2,3, etc.) Jam Session DReam TEAm 92 tape Super Slams of the NBa...etc. They were alot. Shoes were based on Jordan (MJ of course), Flight (slashers, Drexler,etc.) Force (Power, Robinson, etc.). You had the pump-up b-ball shoes. The famous starting of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" had basketball in it. I think "The iced out-pimp of bel-air" would be a dumb show. RAppers rapped about basketball, "F*** around got a tiple double, freakin' niggas like MJ" "The Lakers beat the Supersonics" (ICE CUBE, today was a good day)...I ain't sure about the correct lyrics..but it's there. Not to mention, "I wanna be a baller" by Skee-low. There are way more, way more way more...Just look at the music videos. BBD's "Above the Rim" The style of the 2000s, is about style/laid back/ hip...Mcdonals, etc. Everybody wants it easy, and everything is gettin' easier, and kids are way too materialistic....cellphones, ipods, and such... The value of sport is degrading...Nothing is pure/raw no more...man that time seemed so dope. Rap was dope (talked about their music, displayed their MC skills, etc.), Rock was dope (Grunge), best quarterbacks(Elway, Marino, etc.), dope tv shows (Sienfeld, Family Matters, Fresh Prince,etc.), NBA was sweet, High-top shoes, High top fades, etc. Now everything is jacked. All in all, the NBA is doing a good job marketing...especially durng the ASG weekend...The 2000s more about flash and shit...If you compare the 85 contest with the 04 contest...man it's way different...The contestants back then were all serious, and wanted to win...and it was all formal...you had the professional speaker dude in the middle of the court announcing the players and the rules. It was more of a dunk competition, now it's more like a show...with the spotlights and music playing in the background as opposed to dead silence, and competition. They did a terrefic job with LeBron and Yao...very pop around the world. But for the NBA to be more popular...Basketball has to be more popular. Everyone sported a high-top fade and wanted to be a baller. Now, everyone got cornrows, ice, and wants to be pimp. Basketball is very popular, but our way of life, values, morals, have changed...we need to go old school here. They played because they loved the game. Now they play for the $$$, fame, bitches, cribs, etc. Just play "NBA ballers"...that's what you are really doing...you are playing to get a car, house, etc...No wonder MArbury is sorry in Athens. <u>"Big Baller" Mad basketball skills Now "Big Baller"...$$$</u> "Boomshakalaka" 2 "BLING BLING" Hopefully, things will get better, but I doubt it...in the future kids would rather go shopping than to pick up a ball. and sports won't be what it is/was. The NBA is doin' a good job marketing...but TIMES have changed..
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Pure Skillz:</div><div class="quote_post">The National Basketball Association just had the highest rated NBA Finals in three years after last years NBA Finals where raterd lower than a Monday night football game. Something they need to do to be more popular is televise the right games. Like the Magic have a rookie who is prejected to be the next KG yet they have less than 10 nationally televised games. Then they should give teams that have gotten big named players a little more air time. Or teams that have gotten big name rookies like Philly I personally think the NBA should take out the three point line because it is really hurting the game imo. They want points and feel the three will make more points go up on the boards while in reality it decreases points because so many players like Atoine Walker with great size and power just sit out there and shoot them all day instead of posting up. Then the fast break being worth more is the worst idea I ever heard so if I miss a shot or turn the ball over just because the other team made a layup with no one in there way they get more points?!?!? That would cause way to much trouble between players and referees about bad calls and that kind of stuff. I think the NBA should also put in a age limit because of all these high school players coming in half of them who will not be good players who should be getting drafted are not being taken. Perfect example the Portland Trail Blazers taking Telfier over Jameer Nelson. Also other players who are good and dont get drafted at all. Not to mention it would allow teams that need improvement right away to improve right away. Then the NBA should mabye extend the quarter a little like instead of 12 minutes make it 13 to give more points in the game. I dont know how good an idea that would be, but it would put points on the board.</div> Extending the quarters to put more points on the board? HAAH...that doesn't make sense...why prolong the game just to put more points on the board. That takes away the whole principle of a "high score". People complain about the low scoring because the lack of "scoring" meaning the lack of balls going through the net. To make the league more pop...and better... is to cut down the players salaries a lil bit...and create a minor league, thus better quality of basketball.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Banks:</div><div class="quote_post"> I'm not for the age limit. For every 15 Deshawn Stevenson there's going to be atleast 1 LeBron James, who has great skills and is ready for the NBA. And for that player, wasting their time in college until they reach the age limit is just going to take away for their NBA experience. What if LeBron James was in college for last year and this upcoming year? He would be tearing up the competition their, and it wouldn't be doing him any good, because right now in the NBA, he's tearing it up as well.</div> Lots of people make this argument, and I don't understand it at all. Yes, some kids would be NBA ready at 18. Heck, some might be NBA ready at 14. So what? You say spending a few years in college honing his game would have been a waste of time for Lebron. That's ridiculous. Lebron's game isn't complete -- and he hardly was tearing up the league. He has a terrible perimeter shot, and in general is below-average in a half court set. Michael Jordan probably could have played decently right out of highschool, but that doesn't mean he didn't benefit greatly from 3 years playing under Dean Smith. Any young kid out of highschool can benefit greatly from college experience or a development league. I don't care how athletically gifted he is already. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Plus, it's the players choice if they want to enter the draft or not, they should understand the situation, and the teams that draft them pay people to scout them, so they know what they're getting. If they don't suceed then you can blaim it on both sides for drafting the player and for the player jumping in the NBA too early.</div> I do blame both sides. Heck, I put more blame on the teams that draft these kids, and the scouts who pressure them into entering the draft. In the end, the NBA should do what it has to do to improve the quality of basketball on the court. Age restrictions is a sensible first step. If young kids want to earn money playing basketball, they can go overseas or the NBA could setup a development league. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The NBA IMO is in a good situation right now, and nothing has to be changed or added.</div> We must be watching different leagues then. The quality of play has been steadily deteriorating as younger and younger players enter the draft.
Q:What is needed to make the NBA more popular? A:More cheerleaders,more time for the cheerleaders and less clothes on on then.
the league is alright they already have lebron james and carmelo with the other memebrs of the fantastic draft of 03 Hinrich Bosh Wade Sweeny Daniels and we can go on and on let them fill out to there potential and the league will be back remember Magic and Bird saved the league and i feel Lebron and Carmelo will bring a new audience that the league has never seen
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post">The value of sports is decreasing...Basketball as a sport is decreasing B]It's more style over substance.[/B]</div> Yes right now it is decreasin because theeir is not really any player that completely dominates the game. Shaq did, but most people don't like watching the centers dominate. They like the guards/forwards like Magic, MJ,Larry LEgend,etc. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post">In HS less kids are joining the b-ball team, and more kids are gettin' high..some people even drop out during try-outs and say "I got better shit to do..b-ball is taking up mah friday"...This attitude kills the game.</div> Yes Yes... lol MY friend did almost the same exact thing you mentioned except he said something like this is boring after 10 minutes and said F*** this and he left. Yes many people have an attidute. I'm sure if my friend was getting payed milions of dollars he would've done it in a heart beat. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post">If you ask a kid, "would you rather be LeBron James or 50 cent?"...9/10 he gonna say "50 cent...G-g-g-g-g-g- UNIT"...</div> That's just stupid. If I were to ask people that question. Most of my friends(who actually like b-ball) would say LeBRon. I'd do anything besides murder to be LeBRon. 50 Cent is just some fool. HE was good in the beginnig when he started his career, but now he just sucks. I'd say 7/10 poeple I ask would say LeBron(without counting girls). All the girls would just ssay 50 Cent though. Probably 10/10 girls would say 50 Cent. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post">10-15 years ago...playing Basketball "Was cool"...Now it's more of a "past time". You see less and less kids in the playgrounds...and banging their 10 year old girl (They should make birth control pills in shapes of the Flinstones). "No game" meant you sucked...Now, they use "No game"...for no P****.</div> lol that made me laugh so hard . I do see fewer and fewer kids in the playground. But I always seem to play almost every day down there. I met some kid my age there and we make one hell of a duo and we beat some of the basketball teams best players together. Banging their 10 year old girlfriend . If someone did that to my sister I'd beat the living shit out of him, And trust me I would I beat some kid up just for talking shit to my friend. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post">Now, they don't want to get their headbands sweaty, don't want to scuff up their shoes, etc. Nobody on the playgrounds shoots while saying "T-mac"...It's as if it's not cool. Focus more about matching shorts,shoes,headbands,armbands,wristbands, etc.</div> YA they'd rather just go pimping around and get themselves slapped than play some ball. And the thing is whenever we're playing ball they say some shit like "you guys suck" and then we challenge them and beat them something like 50-10. It's really funny. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post"> The style of the 2000s, is about style/laid back/ hip...Mcdonals, etc. Everybody wants it easy, and everything is gettin' easier, and kids are way too materialistic....cellphones, ipods, and such...</div> Most kids around my area are spoiled bitxhes with all their cell phones nd their Xboxs wit about 100 games. McDonalds. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post"> The value of sport is degrading...Nothing is pure/raw no more...man that time seemed so dope.</div> Trust me once KObes case is over and when he reaches his prime he'll be one of thoses players to remember along with Wilt, Bill Russell, MAgic, MJ,Shaq, Larry Bird, KAreem, etc. So will CArmelo and LeBron. Kobe Bryant, Carmelo ANotthny, and LEBRon James, Dwyane Wade are the future of the NBA. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post"> But for the NBA to be more popular...Basketball has to be more popular. </div> Very Very True............. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post"> Everyone sported a high-top fade and wanted to be a baller. Now, everyone got cornrows, ice, and wants to be pimp. Basketball is very popular, but our way of life, values, morals, have changed...we need to go old school here. </div> lol your respones are so funny but true too. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post"> They played because they loved the game. Now they play for the $$$, fame, bitches, cribs, etc. Just play "NBA ballers"...that's what you are really doing...you are playing to get a car, house, etc...No wonder MArbury is sorry in Athens. </div> LOL I would play for the $, fame,bitches, and cribs, and most of all for the love of the sport. These guys just don't know how lucky they are to have that talent and have a job like that. They take everything too much for granted. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post"> Hopefully, things will get better, but I doubt it...in the future kids would rather go shopping than to pick up a ball. and sports won't be what it is/was. The NBA is doin' a good job marketing...but TIMES have changed.. </div> Yes Indded THey have. But still Me and most of my friends would rather play b-ball than shop. I hate shopping. I only shop when I have too or if my girlfrined wants to.
ACE, thanks for taking the time to read my post... Im Old school cuz of mah brother...He graduated from HS in 94...so yeha. I just liked the fact it wasn't as complexed today, it was simple (in today's terms). Everything was dope: Get up, get a new fade with your name in the back, watch in Living Color, watch MJ beat the Blazers, play some NBA JAM, listen to some G-funk Gangsta rap with a phat beat and some dope ass synthesizing, go outside with like 15 of your buddies and ball...Go to a party and start doin' the running man, and get into your "MacDaddy mode" and start "freakin". Nothing is really big no more, no trademark/sig. crap, nothing is really revolutionary (pop culture stand point). Back then you had MJ (dominated b-ball), The revolutionary DREAM TEAM, you had Nirvana, Pearl Jam (Grunge music came in...revolution)...You had the beginnings of Gangsta Rap (other dope rap to like A Tribe CAlled Quest, Pete Rock and CL SMOOTH) and then you came across Tupac (legend)...Then you had groundbreaking TV shows (Seinfeld...the trademark Erkel...ALf...Who cares about reality shows that only last for a month)...Dope President (Clinton...Bush?haha) You had those crazy shirts, forget the XXXXL with g-unit on em...Sneakers they are the same coz of this new retro crap. Anyways, sorry I got on a tangent. Basketball has to be more popular. We gotta go old fashioned here: I wanna see kids buy jerseys for the name on the backs and not the colorways (okay, that matters too, but they got to like the player). I wanna see kids sweatin' (Not in Michael Jackson standards) on the courts. Put the 1000 dollar mp3 player, and the 400 dollar cell phone (that you don't even need)..and go outside play some football or something. This is sad...It's gonna be like "Back to the Future"...when Marty (Michael J Fox) is playing the arcade in the future and the kids are like "That's a babys toy, you have to use your hands"....Well, if that happens...I got a really big babys toy All in all...I hope Kobe, LeBRon, Wade, KG, etc...bring back the NBA to where it was in a popularity standpoint and bring fans to the game..
Sports losing its popularity is not because kids wanna be pimps and shit. They just feel like they got better things to do, like playing sports video games. The thing is the world has changed. Back in a day all they had was readio and 3 tv channels. Now we have so much entertainment tools around uS (internet for example) we don't need to go outside and play sports. We are having a kick ass time inside. And please...Nobody wants to be 50 cent in the ghetto. For us he is just another cat who made it.
I think a white superstar player would do a lot for the sport, but let's face facts Dirk Nowitski is the closest to that and he's not a complete player because he doesn't have a killer instinct or play any defense whatsoever. Stop all these high school kids from coming up so quickly. Half of them will be riding the bench for at least three or four years. Lebron James is a special once in a lifetime case. Don't change any of the rules of basketball. Only one that I'd even consider would make the three point line as same as the international three point line.
