Thanks @justtxyank Glad they at least got rid of some of the TV timeouts. Hate those with a passion. Step in the right direction.
Agreed. These are all good changes in my opinion. On a smaller note, I HATED the "20-second" timeout that wasn't 20 seconds.
Rockets need two timeouts in the opening 2-minutes of the game, to stall while late fans take their seats.
if you're worried about speeding up the game, they need to take a look at the replay rules and the completely unnecessary amount it takes to complete the whole process
My problem is stoppage for fouls being looked at as flagrant when you have a whole department watching everything. They should not take so long. Along with shot clock violations when the other team has the ball. Just seems silly to stop play when that can lead to fast break plays.
Agreed. Replay in general needs to be fixed. They have people looking at it in a booth. Shouldn't take as long as it does.
I'm of course in favor of a game with less timeouts. That said, do the proposed changes reduce the number of timeouts for tv purposes we'll see in a game?? If so, it seems crazy the NBA can push this through. They only relatively recently got the new tv deals. I mean surely these tv deals have limits into what kind of changes the NBA can make... ???
Now if they could quit the off ball foul shots. If you don't have the ball, you ain't shooting nothing.
@justtxyank is the new J.R.! Thanks for the thread. Will be very interesting to see how this works out next season...
they've modified the rule a bit already compared to what it was before. i don't think there's much else to really change.
College basketball needs to stop allowing teams to call TOs after making a basket. This is one of the worst things about college bball.
I'm not sure whether I care about reducing the number of timeouts or not. I'm pretty used to timeouts being a clock-management tool in various sports. And limiting the number you can call in the last 3 minutes still encourages coaches to use them earlier simply to get their team's heads screwed back on straight. I'm am perplexed why the bizarre "move the ball to half-court after a timeout" rule still exists. Seems so strange to get a positional benefit just from calling a timeout. I think I'd rather scrap that rule and leave three timeouts in the final three minutes.
