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What can the NBA do to make the game better

Posted on 2/9/24 at 11:37 am
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
30619 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 11:37 am
Here are a few ideas.

Start calling travels.
Start calling double dribbles.
Start calling carrying the ball.

Automatic technical when a player throws a fit after a non call.
Any complaining to refs from a player equals automatic technical.

Games are reviewed and refs are graded on missed calls and bad calls. Info is made public and refs will lose their job if they perform poorly.

Reduce the number of timeouts each team is given.

The NBA stays out of politics.
The NBS stops subsidizing the WNBA.

Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
43836 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 11:43 am to
bring back the bad boys pistons era
Posted by WhiteMandingo
Member since Jan 2016
5701 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 11:44 am to
Have the refs call the game equal.
Stars and #12 guy should get the same call.
Posted by Breadstick Gun
Colorado Springs, CO
Member since Apr 2009
10180 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 11:44 am to
Allow players to play defense.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37751 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 11:46 am to
Widen the court and extend 3 point line out
Posted by dcrews
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2011
30237 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 11:46 am to
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Automatic technical when a player throws a fit after a non call. Any complaining to refs from a player equals automatic technical.


Disagree with this. Players should be allowed to disagree with a call and show a little emotion. As it stands today, a player can show frustration with only HIMSELF for making a bad play and the referee will call a tech on them and potentially have them thrown out.

quote:

Games are reviewed and refs are graded on missed calls and bad calls. Info is made public and refs will lose their job if they perform poorly.


100% agree with this. Officials in the NBA are out of control, which is why I'm against giving them more power on the subjective technical foul calls.
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
Member since Nov 2011
45273 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 11:57 am to
quote:

Start calling carrying the ball.


I've thought this would be a huge game changer for several years now. Durant in particular has gotten away with carrying for his entire career.

Also, review tape for every game and start retroactively fining guys for flopping. It needs to be an amount that would make them pay attention, like $250K per flop.
This post was edited on 2/9/24 at 11:59 am
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
14178 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 12:33 pm to
Somehow stop the flop.

Do what you said and enforce travels, double dribbles, and carrying.

Allow harder defense.
Posted by lionward2014
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2015
11790 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 12:48 pm to
quote:

Automatic technical when a player throws a fit after a non call.

quote:

Games are reviewed and refs are graded on missed calls and bad calls. Info is made public and refs will lose their job if they perform poorly.

quote:

Reduce the number of timeouts each team is given.


Easily all of these.

Would also add change up foul calls so that if the offensive player initiates contact it is not a foul. Players like Harden, SGA, Ja, etc who drive into the lane solely looking for contact makes it miserable to watch.

I do appreciate the NBA last two minute rules compared to college. Makes the end of the game speed up some.

quote:

Start calling travels.
Start calling double dribbles.
Start calling carrying the ball.


They still do. They have some examples of egregious non-calls but honestly it happens at every level just those games don't have nearly as much scrutiny, and I really don't think it's as bad as people make it out to be.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
167154 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 12:49 pm to
Quit calling bullshite defensive touching fouls
Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
40914 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 1:41 pm to
quote:

Automatic technical when a player throws a fit after a non call.


The referee's are way too moody and throw T's around for a bunch of bullshite, no need to make it worse.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
9505 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 1:50 pm to
One idea:

Allow coaches unlimited challenges until they get one wrong, then allowed only 1 more that game.

If you win a challenge it should never count as used since it was ref error.

Also, for every coaches challenge won the ref who called it wrong is fined $500 (assuming their pay scale is way smaller than players).

Get to a set limit and have to attend a remedial ref school to get back in NBA. League needs to spend money for a ref school and peeps to run it.
Posted by Gifman
Member since Jan 2021
9874 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 2:06 pm to
Start playing some fricking defense
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
14680 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 2:09 pm to
Allow goaltending
Posted by lenlews
NoMiss
Member since Apr 2011
647 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 2:32 pm to
Do away with the gay hand slapping after each free throw, it's stupid, and it's gay.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
25607 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 2:41 pm to
Find a better way to balance offense and defense.
Posted by QJenk
Atl, Ga
Member since Jan 2013
15525 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 3:37 pm to
quote:

Automatic technical when a player throws a fit after a non call.
Any complaining to refs from a player equals automatic technical.


I don't understand this. Players aren't allowed to show frustration. What is the reasoning?
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
48627 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 3:42 pm to
-Bring back hand checking
-Give defenders their right to space again
-Change the eligibility rules, either let kids go right out of HS or make em stay 3 years in college
-Take away one 4th quarter timeout to speed up endings or go back to a game total of timeouts
-Have refs actually call games by the written rules
This post was edited on 2/9/24 at 3:43 pm
Posted by Dawg7730
Member since Mar 2021
1834 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 5:05 pm to
Make dunks and layups 1 pt. Game has lost its creativey because it’s only 3pters and bowling ball their way to the goal to draw a foul.
Posted by cascadia
Georgia
Member since Jan 2014
2089 posts
Posted on 2/9/24 at 5:12 pm to
Call moving screens. Guys run up and tackle the defender to cause switches
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