How about a relegation system, like in many leagues in many sports around the world? Like... worst team of the league gets relegated to the D-League and the best D-League team moves up to the NBA. Of course this makes no sense since D-League teams are affiliated to NBA teams, but you get the kind of system I mean :grin:
A player traded during the season may not return to the team that traded him until the following season.
I likes this. * Make D-League into official Minor League * Last 4 teams with worst record gets relegated * Get rid of salary cap * Put a pacifier on Cuban * Move the Jazz to Alaska * Crab dribble = crippled legs * Flopping = crippled legs * Force Rockets to get better unis & court colors * Force MerGady to retire (save him from himself) * NO coaching during games (like in soccer) *
The three second rule is a good rule IMO. It doesn't make sense to just have someone camped in the paint.
I'm sorry. I was being too broad. Worst team in the league either gets put in the electric chair, all die by fire-squad, or they can rot in prison for the rest of their lives. And it's not their choice either. This is where we institute fan voting.
I would also like to add: * Get rid of the draft system * Institute a youth academy for each team * each team has to have at least 3 players from their academy * No timeouts, except for quick substitutions on dead balls * Refs who suck will be accused of corruption and sent to jail for life * Install a new rule where Commissioners get 5-year terms (no double terms)
I've been advocating that for some time now. It will eliminate tanking, and financially punish owners who do not care about winning. That, though, will never happen. Too drastic. Flopping could easily be dealt with if the commie had the will to do it. Install a point system reviewing flopping. The excuse now is that the game is too fast for the refs to consistently judge between flopping and legit fouls. Fine. But the league can review these plays AFTER THE FACT and punish players who flop often by suspension. The point system can also used on making the refs accountable. Give them points for each bad call they make. When a ref accumulate X amount of points, he is suspended for a month. If he accumulate Y amount of points within a season, he is fired. Pay refs good money to attract competent people to compete for the job, and eliminate the incompetent ones. Allow each team to have no more than one player paid more than 20M a year, and no more than 2 players more than 10M. Get rid of max contracts and put in a harder cap. That'll ensure parity.
Both of those ideas are smart, but I get the feeling that Stern would NEVER implement either because each point that gets issued would act as a very public admission of referee error. People would still be crying that the league office was blowing review calls. It would happen every game, and ref points are small potatoes consolation for critical playoff losses. Stern wants to reinforce the concept that refs have their **** together and can be trusted and I kind of agree. Hard to argue with parity, which is good for the league, except as a Rockets fan who says let the stupid teams shoot themselves in the feet and let Morey exploit their shortsightedness even more.
*Don't mean to be a Dick, but the first three listed obviously belong all as one, and it just summarizes up to be called the Dleague and the Draft is needed. *No timeouts? What?! You know how much you take away, in your previous post you said no coaching like in soccer? If you ever watched a football game, you will see the coach to be switching and adapting to the game. Coach is the peanutbutter to Sports jelly. * Eh, yeah over the whole ref thing, karma should be hitting him hard. Anyways how can you tell a snake in a pack of Zebras? *Make this every Decade, new commish, no back to backs.
Reduce teams to 28 Franchise tag Reduce reg season to 50 games Every team makes the playoffs Reg season record determines home court Every playoff series is 3 games (including finals)
I would pull my finger nails out and smother the fingers with lemon juice. Then make tiny paper cuts on the corneas of my eyeballs. Grab a hammer and begin some toe rearranging to myself.
