Changes
My thoughts on the 5 rule changes.
1. The current clear path rule says that when a player is intentionally fouled on a breakaway, he gets one shot plus his team gets the ball. The change: the player would now get two foul shots and then possession of the ball.
I'm not a huge fan of this one. Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of changes for no reason. Each change makes it a lot harder to compare between eras, so it seems to me that we ought to not make changes unless they are necessary. I don't really see why this is necessary.
2. When a player is elbowed, hit, punched, or anyway assaulted by someone committing a category II flagrant foul and cannot attempt his foul shots, one of the other teammates on the floor can take them for him. The current rules allows the team committing the foul to pick any player, including those on the bench, to shoot the shots.
This is a good change. It is one of two changes I would like regarding violent fouls. The other is a minimum 15 game suspension. Otherwise, incentives are kind of skewed in a disgusting way - not enough deterrence for violence on the court. Kobe should have been suspended for 7 or 8 times the length he was for fucking up Mike Miller's trachea.
3. Players not lined up on between the blocks cannot stand beneath the free throw line (extended) during foul shots.
You know, we play IM games and even p.e. games with this rule. I always wondered why the NBA didn't follow suit. It's a good rule.
4. Currently, if the shot clock runs out mid shot, they have to take it out of bounds to the opposing team. But the change allows the opposing team to catch the rebound and run. If the violating team catches the ball, then it goes out of bounds.
Stupid change. Half the time it goes out of bounds anyway. It is a little confusing and unnecessary.
5. Unlimited substitutions during 20 second timeouts.
Good.
1. The current clear path rule says that when a player is intentionally fouled on a breakaway, he gets one shot plus his team gets the ball. The change: the player would now get two foul shots and then possession of the ball.
I'm not a huge fan of this one. Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of changes for no reason. Each change makes it a lot harder to compare between eras, so it seems to me that we ought to not make changes unless they are necessary. I don't really see why this is necessary.
2. When a player is elbowed, hit, punched, or anyway assaulted by someone committing a category II flagrant foul and cannot attempt his foul shots, one of the other teammates on the floor can take them for him. The current rules allows the team committing the foul to pick any player, including those on the bench, to shoot the shots.
This is a good change. It is one of two changes I would like regarding violent fouls. The other is a minimum 15 game suspension. Otherwise, incentives are kind of skewed in a disgusting way - not enough deterrence for violence on the court. Kobe should have been suspended for 7 or 8 times the length he was for fucking up Mike Miller's trachea.
3. Players not lined up on between the blocks cannot stand beneath the free throw line (extended) during foul shots.
You know, we play IM games and even p.e. games with this rule. I always wondered why the NBA didn't follow suit. It's a good rule.
4. Currently, if the shot clock runs out mid shot, they have to take it out of bounds to the opposing team. But the change allows the opposing team to catch the rebound and run. If the violating team catches the ball, then it goes out of bounds.
Stupid change. Half the time it goes out of bounds anyway. It is a little confusing and unnecessary.
5. Unlimited substitutions during 20 second timeouts.
Good.
posted by arun at 11:04 AM
1 Comments:
for #4, sometimes the team running out of time gets desperate and makes a lousy shot, and it gets blocked. not the team that ran out of time no longer gets the time to get their defense set, so you in otherwords, sometimes the shot clock ringings saves you from a turnover, this i think prevents that and rewards the defense for donig their job, allowing a breakaway on offense.
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