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re: Raising the Goal from 10ft to 11ft in the NBA
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:02 pm to ReauxlTide222
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:02 pm to ReauxlTide222
Nothing like a good yo momma exchange 
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Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:08 pm to ManBearTiger
He's compared it to baseball several times and swung and missed every time
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:08 pm to GatorsGators
He only gets 3 strikes.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:12 pm to ManBearTiger
So my original post was about basketball, and others joined in with the baseball field analogy so I merely indulged them. I'm just tired of the oos and ahhs after a 7 footer drunks the ball when I see teenagers below 6ft jam in pickup at the gyms I frequent.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:13 pm to NotoriousFSU
quote:
'm curious how the game might be affected by this slight variation. Would y'all support this change or be against it? Personally, I don't think it's impressive when a guy with a 7 foot wingspan dunks when he barely has to get off the ground to do so. Maybe it would ruin the impact of rim protectors, but it'd be an improvement to the entertainment aspect of the game based off sheer athleticism needed to throw it down. Plus, hitting a deep three seems to be more appealing to fans nowawdays than most uncontested dunks so what's there to lose? This has probably been discussed on here at length before, but I think it's becoming more of a relevant question to ask since the overall athleticism of players has been going up and up for decades.
Leave the goal at 10ft, restrict the number of dunks to 5 per half, now those white baws will find their niche in the game, a new era of Pete Maravich and Larry Bird types running and gunning.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:16 pm to TbirdSpur2010
That shite honestly made my day. If I could start shitty threads every day on the MSB that sparked some yo mama banter I'd be so happy.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:18 pm to NotoriousFSU
You're acting like 7 foot players are unfairly using their height to dunk on small people. 7 footers are being defended by other 7 footers most of the time, and if they dunk on them, they deserve oohs and ahhs.
I really don't even get your point.
If you raised it to 11 feet, then shorter guys who CAN dunk now wouldn't be able to anymore. Then you'd ONLY have 7 footers dunking.
Your whole point just makes no sense.
I really don't even get your point.
If you raised it to 11 feet, then shorter guys who CAN dunk now wouldn't be able to anymore. Then you'd ONLY have 7 footers dunking.
Your whole point just makes no sense.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:23 pm to PrimeTime Money
Dunking on a 10ft goal is overrated for NBA players. There'd be plenty of players outside of the center position able to dunk on 11feet. The decrease in number of dunks would draw far more attention to when players do dunk.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:26 pm to NotoriousFSU
quote:
. I'm just tired of the oos and ahhs after a 7 footer drunks the ball when I see teenagers below 6ft jam in pickup at the gyms I frequent.
1) no you don't
2) are these imaginary jumping phenoms being met at the rim by a 7'2" center?
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:27 pm to ManBearTiger
If tigerdrippings would have been around when the 3 point line was created, people would have freaked the frick out
That is a huge fundamental rule change that happened
That is a huge fundamental rule change that happened
This post was edited on 1/2/17 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:28 pm to NotoriousFSU
quote:Less dunks and less scoring sounds like a real improvement to the entertainment aspect of the game?
but it'd be an improvement to the entertainment aspect of the game based off sheer athleticism needed to throw it down.
Yea, no.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:31 pm to NotoriousFSU
quote:That's like saying less homeruns makes baseball more exciting.
Dunking on a 10ft goal is overrated for NBA players. There'd be plenty of players outside of the center position able to dunk on 11feet. The decrease in number of dunks would draw far more attention to when players do dunk.
No it fricking doesn't.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:33 pm to NotoriousFSU
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:34 pm to PrimeTime Money
I don't agree with the OP. But will play devils advocate since he is getting crushed and has presented his argument terribly
When basketball was created, a dunk would have been viewed as difficult. Reaching the rim was only done by a select percentage of players
Now, 99% of the league can dunk. Therefore, the fundamental art of dunking has completely changed. Raising the goal to 11t would put dunking back to the purpose of how basketball was created to be played
Now I don't agree, but that is how the OP should phrase his argument
When basketball was created, a dunk would have been viewed as difficult. Reaching the rim was only done by a select percentage of players
Now, 99% of the league can dunk. Therefore, the fundamental art of dunking has completely changed. Raising the goal to 11t would put dunking back to the purpose of how basketball was created to be played
Now I don't agree, but that is how the OP should phrase his argument
This post was edited on 1/2/17 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:34 pm to NotoriousFSU
Under your brilliant direction, this would instead have been a lay-up:
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:36 pm to lsupride87
And I would respond that just because that's how the original rules were doesn't mean the original rules were better.
When football was invented, couldn't you not pass the ball forward?
When football was invented, couldn't you not pass the ball forward?
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:37 pm to NotoriousFSU
quote:
If I could start shitty threads every day on the MSB that sparked some yo mama banter I'd be so happy.
Well, you're halfway there...
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:37 pm to PrimeTime Money
quote:I think you could, but nobody thought about it. Then one day some baw threw if forward and minds were blown
When football was invented, couldn't you not pass the ball forward?
This post was edited on 1/2/17 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:39 pm to NotoriousFSU
OP has a good point. Basketball is not meant to be played above the rim.
It's like a circus show. Freaky tall people instead of being in a tent are making millions. Then it's like trapeze artists swinging in the air. I use to like watching, now I hate it.
Basketball needs more Steph Curry, less Manute Bol.
It's like a circus show. Freaky tall people instead of being in a tent are making millions. Then it's like trapeze artists swinging in the air. I use to like watching, now I hate it.
Basketball needs more Steph Curry, less Manute Bol.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:42 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
I guess you haven't watched in a while, but that's the direction the league has been going for years. There are not many players who are 7 feet tall anymore.
The big men now are expected to be mobile and able to shoot the ball.
The big men now are expected to be mobile and able to shoot the ball.
quote:Oh yeah? Who said?
Basketball is not meant to be played above the rim.
This post was edited on 1/2/17 at 4:43 pm
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