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Proposed NBA rule changes

https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sport...ee-rule-changes-2018-19-season-163716779.html

I'm not sure if I like the proposed shot clock changing to 14 seconds.
Yeah I don't like that either. They keep doing things to push the pace of the game, make things easier for offensive player, etc. Hell if they want a sprint and dunk game just make it illegal to guard anyone and give the team 8 seconds after they take possession to get to the hoop. Then it will be super fast and incredibly high-scoring, which is apparently what the NBA thinks their customers, namely we, want. Idiots.
 
I like the 14 second thing. Especially at the end of the game. I wish they'd call intentional fouls properly so that basically any foul to stop the clock was 2 free throws and the ball. That would end the whole 10-minutes-of-real-time-to-play-one-minute-of-game-time crap.
 
That's the same as the FIBA rule(the 14 seconds reset on offensive rebound). I like it.
 
Does FIBA still use that rule where if the shot clock buzzer goes while the ball is in the air, it can go in but there can't be a rebound? In other words, if you miss, it's a shot clock violation and if it goes in, it's a basket. I love that. I hate when players just heave the ball with 1 on the shot clock and if it so much as grazes the rim, it's another possession.
 
Yeah I don't like that either. They keep doing things to push the pace of the game, make things easier for offensive player, etc. Hell if they want a sprint and dunk game just make it illegal to guard anyone and give the team 8 seconds after they take possession to get to the hoop. Then it will be super fast and incredibly high-scoring, which is apparently what the NBA thinks their customers, namely we, want. Idiots.
Yes, they are idiots for giving the customers what they want.

The rebounding resetting the shot clock completely never really made sense. Personal fouls dont reset the shot-clock to 24, they reset it to 14. No team needs a complete 24 seconds in a 2nd/3rd/etc consecutive half-court possession.

This new rule wont drastically change the pace of the game. I don't know where to look the data up, but I would guess the majority of possessions following an offensive rebound are used in the first 14 seconds. The biggest change will be the end of games when teams are milking clock. An offensive rebound will no longer be as big of a back-breaker to teams trying to make a comeback. In my opinion that is a good thing and a positive change to the game.
 
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