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If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:21 am
by ponder276
What would you change about the NBA?
Personally, I would get rid of the whole "fouling at the end of the game" strategy, which makes for very boring, very drawn out basketball. It could easily be eliminated by a rule change along the lines of:
"In the last 2 minutes of the game, when a team over the limit commits a non-shooting foul, instead of shooting two free throws and giving up possession of the ball, the fouled team will shoot only one free throw, but regardless of whether the free throw is made or not, the fouled team will keep possession, inbounding the ball from the sidelines."
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:24 am
by GuyverX
If I were David Stern...I would resign.
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:30 am
by Captain_Morgan
If I were David Stern, I would strip naked and cut my wee wee off and bleed to death.
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:18 am
by AgEnT50
Captain_Morgan wrote:If I were David Stern, I would strip naked and cut my wee wee off and bleed to death.
lol ouch
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:31 am
by HarlemHeat37
I find "changing the L" to be overrated..there isn't much that needs to be changed, other than reffing the game better, which isn't something they can change easily..it would help if Stern and the refs didn't rig a title in 2002 though, that would give them more credibility in their effort to make it better..hopefully they try though..some people need to accept that it's a tough game to officiate though..
I've never found an NBA game to be boring..I don't watch teams like Memphis, because they don't interest me, but it's more because of their mediocrity..but when playoff-caliber teams are playing, I don't really see how a game can be boring to watch..
I would change the NBA's marketing and presentation though..luckily for us this year, we had the Celtics win a title..they are a class team with an unselfish superstar and great team play..they're lucky they played in Boston though, because it would have been different otherwise..the NBA needs to stop marketing guys with questionable pasts, and that can be considered bad role models to anybody..
ESPN's basketball coverage is also terrible..ABC as well, but not as bad..
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:56 am
by DaDragicShow
If I was David Stern I would seriously commit suicide lol.
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:58 am
by 10scott10
give TNT exclusive broadcast rights to the NBA
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:58 am
by Basketball1
GuyverX wrote:If I were David Stern...I would resign.
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:42 am
by ljp24
10scott10 wrote:give TNT exclusive broadcast rights to the NBA
Fantastic! Now the NBA isn't broadcasted on a local channel anymore. You're a genius
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:46 am
by britblazerdude
If I was David Stern I would stop spending money that NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION on the fricken WOMENS NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION...
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:24 am
by NO-KG-AI
To be honest, I'd call less touch fouls, and that would really be about it. Maybe give a little more breathing room on trading.
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:29 am
by LOOSH
NOT MOVE TEAMS OUT OF HUGE MARKETS TO OKLAHOMA CITY.
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:34 am
by Rasho Brezec
I would get rid of the luxury tax and guaranteed contracts.
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:46 pm
by Roscoe Sheed
Refs need to be supervised by an independent entity so the fans don't rightly think that the league rigs outcomes. This is the one thing that I agree with Phil Jackson on
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:52 pm
by greenbeans
go turn myself in for robbing the city of Seattle
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:03 pm
by mcmasterballer1
greenbeans wrote:go turn myself in for robbing the city of Seattle
+1
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:20 pm
by TheSheriff
I would do away with restricted free agency.
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:25 pm
by BobbyLight
TheSheriff wrote:I would do away with restricted free agency.
So all the small market teams can lose their good players to LA, Miami or New York. It'd be just like baseball, and that's not a good thing.
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:25 pm
by jenn_gp
If I was David Stern, I would stop relocating teams with 41 years of history in it's city to a D-League market.
The, I'd retire cause I'm showing my age mentally and physically.
Re: If you were David Stern . . .
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:29 pm
by Prophet_C
Get rid of guaranteed contracts
Better reffing
Kick Nate Robinson out of the league.
Get rid of some franchises