What's your ultimate "Make the NBA right" fantasy?

Call your own fouls?

Make it take it?



Make the Lakers unwilling victims of contraction?

 

First to 105 points wins.

Add 4 and 5 point lines.

On free throws have the option to take a three at the top of the key for 2 points instead of just the one.

Hmmmm.....I'm sure there are others I can think of!

 

They call it the WNBA.

 

No more tattoos .

 

Use NCAA rules.

 

get rid of the three point line...

 

Really?? I think it makes the game so much more interesting. Otherwise it would be even more all Shaq-type players - boring.

 

implement more refs that view the game from tv monitors and are specific to each rule. one ref that solely watches for travel and calls it every time it happens.

rant forthcoming...ive watched several mintues of a game and soley concentrate on the ball handlers pivot foot. 8 out of ten times they shuffle their feet, change their pivot foot, or pick up their pivot foot before they dribble.

have one ref that looks for three seconds and calls it EVERY time it happens...

make tickets no more than 2 bucks and beer $2...

 

perhaps some kind of buzzer system. Two refs on the court, two on the sideline. The two on the sideline are watching the game live on tv. Sometimes they will have a better angle. If they see a call, the push a button and the refs on the court get a buzz, blow the whistle. Or perhaps an automatic whistle. of course, it will never happen, and probably wouldn't work, but it'd be interesting if it did.

what about some kind of instant replay. they already do it for last second shots. a system similar to the NFL's could work. It would probably save Rasheed Wallace 5-10 technicals a year!

 

1) Expand the foul lane at the base line making it a trapezoid like it is in International ball.

2) Stop calling it a blocking foul when the defensive player is standing flat-footed with his arms vertically extended and the offensive player initiates the contact.

3) A high-tech implant (or stick-on) into the shoes of each player which transmits a signal when that player has been in the lane for over 3 seconds. Different frequencies will determine the guilty player. (NBA players are so athletic they give even 3 officials enough to observe).

4) Start calling offensive fouls on Shaq when he "rocks" into a defender to clear room. This is my biggest dislike of the current NBA game.

Honorable mention:

1) Use the International rule regarding balls on the rim and eliminate that portion of the offensive basket interference rule.

2) Devise a better method for evaluating what is a "Flagrant Foul". Perhaps FF1, FF2, & FF3?

3) Re-think allowing the offense to use the other side of the mid-court line for inbounding the ball.


I didn't realize it, but my recommedations all appear to favor the defense...OK, start calling the hand checks and elbows in the back guarding the post player.

 

simple...make Shaq play in socks.

Short of that,

nothing would change the game more than less games in the schedule per week. NBA owners are too greedy, and that greed hurts the game more than tatoos and "street ball."

 

Put a team in Austin. Hell, there's one in Sacramento. No more black-outs and I can do something else with that league pass money. I'm real greedy... put a team in Austin from somewhere else. There are too many teams!

 

1. Reduce the number of mandatory tv timeouts- these have quite simply ruined the flow of the game....8 tv timeouts per game, not including the usual number of alloted timeouts given to teams each game.

2.Get rid of overzealot referees- they're like the NBA's Old Guard that bands together and reacts visciously when any criticism is aimed in their direction. New blood is needed.....and badly.

3.Stop the overcoaching- Nobody pays to see the coaches. Their importance is overrated, and their schemes only serve to diminish the aesthetic appeal inherent in the game as a whole.

4.use international cout measurements- GATER alluded to this, and it seems like such changes are more conducive to creativity.

5.Stop calling the games like it's the NCAA- You have players like Robert 'Tractor' Traylor cautiously wandering about the court in fear of being punished for using their natural advantages (size). An overabundance of charging calls makes big men play less 'big', and gives wingmen less of an incentive to attack the hole.

Again, the aesthetic appeal of the game suffers

 

I HATE THE
Jump in the air. About to get stuffed [blocker]
, . .so i flail my arms around foul call
[one of kobe's favs]

I hate the Marc Aguirre. Pump fake. . ya man jump str8 up then jump into them Foul call.

If the Offense initiates the contact. . then it is a charge
pure and simple .


Rocket River

 

Taunting would be allowed, so Steve could slap the backboard after ever dunk and not be called for technicals.

 

yeah, but didn't you say Steve would "crush" Mobley in scoring??? You and Steve just want to taunt.

 

Wow, I really like JayZ's ideas...

and I agree about the college charging calls. They're horrible.

Also the Kobe flailing thing. You know, the defensive guy makes a nice strip and Kobe's arms flail and he twists and contorts to look like he was hammered. He's the master of false flailing.

 

1. Show the rockets on nbc (or on abc now?)

2. Move the Spurs out of San Antonio

3. Make any shot hit from halfcourt or beyond worth 4 points.

 

No blood no foul.

Taunting okey-dokey. Taunting Rox! Everyone should be allowed to grind over their opponent after a dunk. It's your ass if they score on the other end while you're dancing. If you dish it out, you must be prepared to face it later. Players will figure this out.
This is not to condone fighting. That is NOT ok. I expect players to be able to take some ribbing...but broken bones are real money, and should cost the breaker real money. If a clueless idiot blasts another player in a game, HE should pay that player's salery to the other team.

Palming ok.
Hand-check ok.
No delay of game penalties.

Break Ref Union. New refs, under Cuban.

International lane.

All timeouts are 20s. TV timeouts are scheduled and don't count.

No zones!

Let the stars shine, but don't cakewalk them to the spotlight, with preferential refs and homer timekeepers. The real cream will still rise to the top, given the chance to showcase their skilz. Make the game a showcase for these ungodly gifted astonishing talents, and a showcase of will, understanding, and knowledge, that differentiates mere players and winners.

Zone sux. Fixx Sux. Delay-of-game & taunting call sux. Those last ones are just borderline pi**-poor racist, anyway. Just play the damn game, and get out of the way, you clueless geezer.

Fewer games. Fewer teams. Contract Utah. Austin wants a team? Fine. Your 2004-5 Austin...Jazz! Ok by me.