[YAHOO] NBA to experiment with three-point rule change in NBDL

gimmick changes aren't going to help

 

Stu Jackson is an idiot, and these rule changes make things complicated and are stupid.

 

forreal
it is simple. . it is IN or it is OUT

What next a two minute Warning like in Football

Rocket River

 

this is dumb

whoever came up with this crap should be fired on spot

 

Stu Jackson ran the Grizz into the ground when in Vancouver...
He ran team USA into the groudn
Now he's trying to run the NBA into the ground.

SOMEONE GET THIS GUY OUT OF THERE!

 

They are trying to turn the NBA into some XFL type league...wtf.

Leave the game alone...the best basketball I've seen came when handchecks were allowed and Zone D was not allowed. Stop babying the game! Stop the gimmicks.

Hey Stu, how bout we have different spots on the floor worth different points, we could have 100+ point games! F*** STU!

 

The first thing they should do is get rid of the zone defense.

The idea was to encourage improved outside shooting, but all I see is a slow game made even slower by increased fouls, turnovers and poorer shooting.

If they want to expirement with something, I would expirement with adding some sort of 3-5 second holding the ball rule anytime you're not in the backcourt with the ball.

 

This discourages outside shooting. How can they drive against zone
defenses if this rule is brought in the future to the NBA?
It will make things worse in international basketball.

 

This is crap, move it back some, maybe two feet and that would spread things out and encourage the mid range jumper from 18-20 which is a much higher percentage shot but is discouraged because you can step out a little farther and the shot is worth three, trouble is when you step out to three the percentage drops signifcantly. Widen the court a bit and move the three point line and scoring will go up. This circus video game stuff is bull and I agree that who ever thought it up should be fired.

 

I gotta disagree - the poor shooting is the only reason the zone is working!

I think moving the line in by a foot or only a half foot might be a better move - that would make the three more makeable and open things up.

Just don't want to move it to far in - otherwise repeat what happened last time....

 

I gotta disagree - the poor shooting is the only reason the zone is working!

Working to what? Decrease scoring? Well, that's true, but we want to do the opposite. It certainly isn't increasing fast break scoring.

I think moving the line in by a foot or only a half foot might be a better move - that would make the three more makeable and open things up.


So you want to keep the zone but move the three point line in to "open things up" - um, I'll pass.

 

How about they tinker with this...no more zone defense.

 

Outlawing the zone is tinkering. They didn't do allow zones to increase scoring, they allowed them because banning them was artificial, cumbersome, and too hard to police. Zone is great. It will eventually encourage better jump shooting, but that sort of thing isn't going to change in a season or two. It'll be a sea-change over many years. It is the smart, long-term thing to do.

But, the rule in the NBDL is just dumb. Btw, are they saying that 3-pointers are counted in overtime or that they are not?

 

Second that...

Maybe just make the basket 15 feet and have a 100 point basket at 40 feet...

 

Some would say that removing the 3 ball is removing a gimmick...

 

I can understand that. But, in that same view, leaving it for the last 3 minutes of each quarter would be making a gimmick more gimmicky.

 

You either remove it for good or keep it. This is really one of the stupidest ideas in the history of the game.

 

even though i don't like zones, that's why i can't ever argue to disallow them. it's fake. there shouldn't be a rule that says you're not allowed to use your defensive personnel however you see fit and instead confine them to certain areas based on what the offense does.

i realize lots of rules could be seen as artificial (3 seconds on offense would be in line with zones in not allowing people to be where they want to be) but zones really are.


now, 3 pointers, that's just like having 2 point conversions or field goals in football. there's no reason to have any of them but they're nice to have.


oh, and like i said when this was first brought up, this is one of the stupidest things i've ever heard of and stu jackson should be fired yesterday.

 

Mark this post:

If this ever comes to fruition in the NBA, I will protest the league by not going to any games, watching any games and simply have nothing to do with the NBA until they come to their senses.

The 3 point shot adds a new dimension to the game. Not many players are skilled 3 point shooters although almost everyone wants to be. Removing the 3 point shot would be like removing the slam dunk.

If the NBA wants to fix their product, they need to get rid of the rules fit for the college game and impose rule where you either have to be 2 years removed from high school or have 2 years of college under your belt before entering the NBA draft. There are too many kids coming into the league and taking 2, 3, 4, 5 years to develop into average role players.

Sorry to all of the the Kobe's, KG's and Lebron's of the world, but high school performance proves squat. Kobe should have gone to college. KG arguably should have gone to college. Lebron could have benefitted, but had the best game of the 3 of them. Go to college, learn to play as a team, proper shooting technique and play legit, straight up man-to-man defense.

The NBA has no one to blame but themselves for allowing things to get where they are now. The owners have let the players wrestle control of the league away. They need to take the power back. I'm not saying they need to keep the players down, but the players do not know what is best for the league. It's become clear that they only care about themselves, not the end product, so now the product sucks.