OT: New basketball floors

Piston Pete · Post #1 » by **Piston Pete** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 8:46 pm

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It’s only a matter of time before these LED floors make their way to the NBA. I give it 2 years.

MotownMadness · Post #2 » by **MotownMadness** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 8:54 pm

Awesome, im still in awe over that sphere led stadium in vegas

flow · Post #3 » by **flow** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 8:55 pm

Horrible

GreekAlex · Post #4 » by **GreekAlex** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 9:00 pm

Who remembers the glowing puck during NHL broadcasts? :lol:

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Invictus88 · Post #5 » by **Invictus88** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:10 pm

There was a thread about the imbalance of 3 point shooting and how you could possibly address it to make them a bit less prevalent.

My idea was to have the court partitioned into zones with given colors / point totals.

Over the course of a game the value of these zones would change dynamically; based on the number of field goals already made there. Zones with higher frequency of fgs would lessen in value while ones neglected would increase.

It was meant as a fun gimmick to try but would require a court like above to implement. I thought it would be a long ways off....

Piston Pete · Post #6 » by **Piston Pete** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:28 pm

The in-game aspect of it (graphics, animations, etc) could add a level of entertainment to games.

And marketing/advertising opportunities would increase dramatically.

I wonder, however, if these floors would be more of a slip hazard than their wooden counterparts.

Mr Peanut · Post #7 » by **Mr Peanut** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:48 am

I think it would be distracting and could well be a detriment to the overall experience of the game. And as mentioned above, would probably be overrun with advertising.

Keep it simple.

Pharaoh · Post #8 » by **Pharaoh** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:35 am

Think it's only a matter of time until courts are covered with advertising tbh

Will be a sad day when that happens

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JNewton · Post #9 » by **JNewton** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:05 pm

And I here I thought this was going to be a post about the Pistons finally getting smart and bringing back their classic court design instead of whatever that junk they've been using the last 2 years is.

ducler · Post #10 » by **ducler** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:12 pm

Not a fan, I prefer the traditional wooden parquet. Also it seems like innovation doesn't care about ecology. That type of digital glass floor is against every bit of green thinking.

MotownMadness · Post #11 » by **MotownMadness** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:28 pm

I liked the horse logo alternate court they were using last year