There needs to be a third option - no call. If the defensive player is stationary and the offensive player causes the contact, it should not be a foul on the defensive player. BNM
I would love the rule change. They could just also stop calling stupid fouls on big men too. First foul Greg standing there... Gasol looks left... looks right... runs right into him. Foul Oden. You could really do that on just about every play. Utah lives at the line at home... but you don't get the same calls on the road... hence they struggle more there. I know the NBA wants movement and all... but players are spending more time trying to draw fouls than play at times. Anthony must have done it 5 times in the Denver game. It is by far the most effective way to get points... but it is God awful excruitiating to watch. I hate to admit it but I turned the Denver game off and went to bed with the game tied in the 4th quarter. It was 10:30... three hours after the game was supposed to start and most of the game was just boring. I love the Blazers enough I try to watch... but I would rather watch the grass grow than watch other teams play. Game is just not what it used to be.
Opps... I see just just mentioned no call Boob-No-More. I don't think the defender should even have to be perfectly set. Why is just standing there the best defensive play in the game?
It's been proposed forever to not let players foul out. Fans pay to see the stars, etc. Chic Hearn was saying that on the radio in 1971, and it's a lot older than that. What is newer is the details you have picked up somewhere of making it equivalent to a technical. That's been going on forever too. A big guy stands there after the foul with his hands straight up in the air and a "Who, me?" countenance.
