NBA to do away with 3 pointers until late in the game?

[DrPizza]

In the early days, not everyone could dunk. Now, its just a dunk and 3 pointer fest. I say: Raise the basket to 11 feet 6 inches and keep the rest of the rules. Then again, suddenly players who can't do anything BUT dunk would suck. Also, if players are hitting 3 pointers left and right, perhaps guard them a little better in 3 point range??

 

[Francodman]

NEW YORK (AP) -- The NBA has no plans to change its rules for the 3-point shot, though it will proceed with an experiment for its developmental league in which all field goals will be worth 2 points until the final five minutes of regulation and overtime.

``This is a not a rule for consideration in the NBA and has never been discussed by the competition committee,'' NBA vice president Stu Jackson said Thursday, adding he expects the minor league NBDL to approve the experiment for the season that begins Nov. 19.

It would be the first time in the NBDL's four-year history that an experimental rules change would be instituted.

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``We have a minor league that has proven successful in being a training ground for players, coaches and future administrative staffs, but until now we haven't utilized it as a potential laboratory for the game in general,'' Jackson said.

Jackson said data would be reviewed after the NBDL season to assess what impact the rule had on mid-range jumpers, offensive coaching strategies and overall field-goal percentages.

The NBA has had a 3-point shot for baskets made from beyond 23 feet, nine inches (22 feet in the corners) since the 1979-80 season, and the number of attempts has steadily risen over the course of the quarter-century in which the rule has been in effect.

``If you look at the game overall, including the collegiate and high school level since the inception of the 3-point shot, it's being taken with an increasing amount of frequency, which in part has driven shooting percentages south,'' Jackson said. ``The 3 has become a real focal point of offenses, and we would like to turn the clock back and see what the game is like without it and the effect it has.''

No rules changes will be in effect for the upcoming NBA season, Jackson said, although referees have been instructed to call fouls on defenders who extend their forearms to impede the progress of offensive players.

 

[MrMaster]

Originally posted by: MrChad
What they need to do is eliminate high school players from the draft. NBA should model their draft after the NFL, which requires players to wait until three college football seasons have passed since their high school graduation. The reason the NBA is struggling is because the new talent coming in is underage and undercoached. Very few kids coming out of high school have fully developed even fundamental skills like shooting. They get drafted for their potential, then sit on the bench and have no time to develop. Three or four years in college would not only improve the state of college basketball, it would also save the NBA from degenerating into professional street ball.

They can't. Unlike the NFL, the NBA lost their case for putting in a age limitation. We are stuck with high schoolers. In baseball, people are drafted out of high school all the time. However, unless you are uber elite you will be spending a few years in the minors. Basketball is still maturing as a sport. Granted I really don't watch the NBA. It sucks cause it isn't real basketball in my opinion. I can't get enough of NCAA basketball.

There are so many things wrong with the NBA today that it will take a major lockout/strike coupled with an even bigger exodus of fans to really turn the ship around. I prefer to watch team basketball over the crap they have now. Plus I wouldn't mind seeing a bigger floor cause everyone is damn huge nowadays. Open the game up!!!

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: ndee
The NBA has gone Downhill since Jordan really left the game. It's only about the money, etc. No more Duels like Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird, etc.

er... Shaq vs Yao?

But it's just not the same anymore.

 

[Turkish]

This is the dumbest idea I've ever heard.

 

[95SS]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: ndee
The NBA has gone Downhill since Jordan really left the game. It's only about the money, etc. No more Duels like Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird, etc.

er... Shaq vs Yao?

But it's just not the same anymore.

Exactly. Rivalries are made in the playoffs, and especially the Finals. Magic-Bird, Magic-Thomas, Jordan-Thomas. Those rivalries lasted for years. Nowadays, who is there? With Shaq in the east, hopefully we will have some start up (Shaq-Kobe, even though it's center-guard), Shaq-TD in the Finals would be good.

What about doing the opposite?? Uncontested dunks & layups worth only one point. Hell, a layup is easier than a free throw.