NBA Reform: In What Ways Would You Reasonably Improve The NBA?

[Parliament10]

In What Ways Would You Reasonably Improve the NBA?


Here are some of my old ones, below.:

NBA Reform
* Expand the NBA Preseason to 1 month. (To minimize Injuries & Review Fringe Players)
* Extend the NBA Regular Season to End in July.
* Push Summer League to early August. (Poss. overlap Nationals.)
* Have 15 All-Stars per Conference.
* Increase the ratio of out of Conference Games.
* NBA Playoffs – Top 16 Teams compete regardless of Conference.
* NBA Playoffs – Re-seeding each Round.
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G-League Reform
* Allow up to (5) Two-Way Players,
* Allow Two-Ways to play in NBA Playoffs.
* Increase to 15 Players on a G-League team (up from 10).
* Increase Regular G-League pay to a Percentage of NBA Salaries, and to be Commensurate with Overseas.
* Increase & Allow Affiliate Pay. (Ie.: If you're paid $300,000, then you can still be a G-League Affiliate.)
* Let the 5 Affiliates, practice with their NBA Team throughout the season. (Like in the NFL.)
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[ConstableGeneva]

32 teams, 62 games. No B2Bs. Corner 3s are just two pts. Dunks are 3 pts. Remove challenges. Automate calls that can be decided via cam. Retain playin but top 2 teams of each conference can pick their opponent.

I have not thought this through. Either way, I think the league is fine. Great bball is still being played imo despite the increase in 3-pters.

Ratings schmatings. People just consume content differently these days. Multiple media networks wouldn’t wanna bid for rights if the NBA wasn’t a lucrative business.

Get rid of the dumb podcasts and announcers who spew nothing but negative things about the game.

[Gant]

It won't happen, but I would like the opposite of some of these.

1) Contract the league to increase rivalries and put stars on every team. A few less teams would be good. Don't change out of conference games for the same reason; it decreases rivalries. Drop two teams and the league would be better.

2) Do not expand the rosters, G league rosters or 2 ways. Only five guys can play at a time. There are already somewhere between more than enough and too many players per team.

3) I like tanking. There's an art to it. It's endlessly funny and good for the game in that it gives the worst teams a direct path to hope.


Here's what I would like:

1) Get rid of cgi ads on the court. It's tacky and distracting. Get rid of ads on the uniforms, also tacky. Ads running during free throws; everybody loves those. Play the games like the Euroleague, with shorter and fewer timeouts. Everything would flow better.

2) Unify the fractured and archaic delivery system for watching the league. Decoupling from cable is overdue, but they're going in another bad direction by splitting the national games up among too many broadcast corporations.

3) Change the byzantine CBA so you don't need to consult an oracle to understand the sport. While they're at it, bad stars make too much, creating a league with a shrinking middle class of players. (Why do the rank and file keep voting for this?)

4) Making 3 pointers a little more difficult is probably a good thing.

5) Get rid of betting. The troubles caused by this have barely begun.


Mostly it comes down to this: Some changes to the league are done to benefit the owners. Some are done to benefit the players. Few are done to make the sport more accessible and joyful to watch.

[fallguy]

Extend the three point line back – including in the corners – by *making the court bigger*.

The court is too small given the size and speed of players and importance of the three-point shot. The court extension should also extend back under the basket (into the area where the photogs sit) to enable new actions on the court. Think Gretzky in hockey.

72 games. No B2Bs. More physicality. Eliminate the all-star game for reasons of who gives a **** about it anyway.

[fallguy]

Also – please for the love of god can broadcasters talk about the game in actual basketball terms? How many NBA fans even know what a pin down is?

[Fencer reregistered]

No more than one shot per foul, even if it's for 2 or 3 points.

[Fencer reregistered]

Eliminate as many motivations for intentional fouling as possible, especially ones that result in FTs.

Elam Endings would probably meet that goal.

[fallguy]

No more than one shot per foul, even if it's for 2 or 3 points.

All this would do is turn the game into a free throw contest. Teams would foul incessantly.

[phincsfan]

I've mentioned before adding a 3rd round for draft and stash players. Give teams the option to use that pick in that round. Doesn't have to be mandatory.

[Parliament10]

No more than one shot per foul, even if it's for 2 or 3 points.

All this would do is turn the game into a free throw contest. Teams would foul incessantly.

IDK. They've been testing that out in the G League for 2-3 years now.
I don't like it, personally. I feel that you have to make your Free throws.

[playa-hater]

In What Ways Would You Reasonably Improve the NBA?


Here are some of my old ones, below.:

NBA Reform
* Expand the NBA Preseason to 1 month. (To minimize Injuries & Review Fringe Players)
* Extend the NBA Regular Season to End in July.
* Push Summer League to early August. (Poss. overlap Nationals.)
* Have 15 All-Stars per Conference.
* Increase the ratio of out of Conference Games.
* NBA Playoffs – Top 16 Teams compete regardless of Conference.
* NBA Playoffs – Re-seeding each Round.
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G-League Reform
* Allow up to (5) Two-Way Players,
* Allow Two-Ways to play in NBA Playoffs.
* Increase to 15 Players on a G-League team (up from 10).
* Increase Regular G-League pay to a Percentage of NBA Salaries, and to be Commensurate with Overseas.
* Increase & Allow Affiliate Pay. (Ie.: If you're paid $300,000, then you can still be a G-League Affiliate.)
* Let the 5 Affiliates, practice with their NBA Team throughout the season. (Like in the NFL.)
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Continue to Review:
* Tanking
* Hack-A-Player
* Draft & Draft Lottery

Many good ideas on here. But I will stick with what I just said. Partial guaranteed contracts. If the players want to hold out then let them. But F the Hardens, Zions, Dames Lebron's Butlers and the so many more I am too tired to mention. No more playing like some entitled shet and demand changes. Honor your ridiculous contract and then move on. That should be Priority number 1.

[djFan71]

Dunks and/or shots released within the restricted circle are 3s (too hard to quantify a dunk)
Leave corner 3s for spacing. I like 3s, and think its overblown that it's causing ratings issues.

I like the green light special(s) the way they are.

32 teams. 8 divisions of 4. 76 games. (home/home with all 29 other teams, another home/home within your division. Alternating years home/away with the other 12 non-division teams in your conf).

Have just a lux tax line and a hard max you can have at any given point in the season. Grace period of 2 days after trades to sort things out. Keep the increasing financial penalties for however much you're over the lux tax. Pro-rated tax is collected each day, so you can't just duck at the end.

Have trade deadline on a Thu and no games from the Tue before til the Tue after. Teams have til Sun to complete physicals, etc. Have the All-star thing that weekend as well if you must, I don't care I never watch it. Or do it post Finals. Whatevs.

Seed playoffs league wide. Ignore conferences. They just provide a way to dole out regular season games - and provide banners for lesser teams to hang... . I'm actually not sure I care about this one. West can suck it while we roll out of the East.


EDIT: Bad math, lol. There would be 31 other teams, not 29. That would get 4 more games to 80 total. So pretty minimal change.

[Fencer reregistered]

No more than one shot per foul, even if it's for 2 or 3 points.

All this would do is turn the game into a free throw contest. Teams would foul incessantly.

You misunderstand me. There would be FTs for 2 or 3 points as appropriate, vs. the current rule that FTs are always for 1 point each.

[ryan in Maine]

You've gotta make the court bigger just for Wembanyama.

[threrf23]

Go back to old school scheduling, both preseason and regular season, it wasn't broke, fixes have backfired. Maybe cut back a few games, teams can hopefully look to the G League to make up for lost revenue. But I don't know if that would lead to less injuries.

Expand court width, maybe length too. Push out the three point line a slight bit. Better spacing should provide multiple benefits, possibly even less injuries but I emphasize "possibly" b/c I haven't taken the time to figure out whether that really makes logical sense.

Tweak the review system, each game should have a dedicated replay official to make quick judgments when needed, teams should have unlimited challenges until one fails.

Tweak the super max. The league wants to encourage stars (and possibly others) to stick with their team, but at least in many cases, it punishes teams for keeping their stars. Once a certain seniority has been achieved, a percentage of a player's contract should not count towards cap & lux tax purposes.

Two new teams. Why not? There seems to be enough new talent to support new teams. The league still owes Seattle a team. I think Puerto Rico would be an interesting spot for a team.

[brackdan70]

I like getting rid of back to backs and reducing regular season games.
I like league expansion but that makes the other two more difficult.
I also think the current CBA goes a bit far with the repeater tax penalties and 2nd apron shenanigans.
Yeah give the coaches one more challenge as well.

[canman1971]

Also – please for the love of god can broadcasters talk about the game in actual basketball terms? How many NBA fans even know what a pin down is?

Well, if you are a wrestling fan, you do

[phincsfan]

I like getting rid of back to backs and reducing regular season games.
I like league expansion but that makes the other two more difficult.
I also think the current CBA goes a bit far with the repeater tax penalties and 2nd apron shenanigans.
Yeah give the coaches one more challenge as well.

Getting rid of back to backs would be tough because the league needs 82 games for its TV deals. League average is 15 back to backs for each team. That's a lot of games to give up for ticket revenue and TV contracts.

[Parliament10]

I like getting rid of back to backs and reducing regular season games.
I like league expansion but that makes the other two more difficult.
I also think the current CBA goes a bit far with the repeater tax penalties and 2nd apron shenanigans.
Yeah give the coaches one more challenge as well.

Getting rid of back to backs would be tough because the league needs 82 games for its TV deals. League average is 15 back to backs for each team. That's a lot of games to give up for ticket revenue and TV contracts.

I think that they only need 70 Games, to fulfill their Contract?

[return2glory]

Lower the max contracts. It's crazy for one player on a team making nearly $50 million a year and another guy making $1 million. Most of those players getting paid the max don't respect the game.