NBA State of Play – Rule Changes – Trends – CBA – Schedule Reform – Load Mgmt – etc

it feels like refs just no longer call guys for not having two feet behind the line when inbounding the ball after a made basket anymore? obv i have no problem with this but i feel like i’m constantly noticing guys breaking this “rule”

Yah they don’t even bat an eye as long as you pass it in with confidence

i have not noticed this but i will keep an eye out

jokic is bad about this

lets fuckin do this lol

The NBA and Adam Silver have considered “relegation” as a punishment for tanking teams, where two of the worst NBA teams would be demoted to the G-League and two of the best G-League teams would be put in the NBA.

(via @Baxter, https://t.co/H4DDgFZutw) pic.twitter.com/Jo0yc3iHE5

— ProCity Hoops (@ProCityHoops) October 22, 2022

something tells me the kings will vote no on this proposal

the idea of random g league teams with shitty little stadiums losing every game in the nba and nba teams winning every game in the g league is pretty funny they should give it a shot

in all seriousness tanking is usually a bummer story for the nba but i think the wembanyama hysteria is prob good pr

everything about this proposal is correct and nothing is wrong

im not opposed to pro/rel in principle if the 2nd division was like euro soccer, but the g league is more like minor league baseball and p much every team is owned by another franchise, this is bad

like if the nba wants to expand to 32 teams and make 16 teams the top flight and the bottom 16 the 2nd (with the bottom 16 eligible for the lottery) then have them play against each other in the tournament thing they want to do, i think they'd get some owner buy-in, but the g-league is a joke

Just make the lottery for the top few picks a true lottery - every team in the league gets one ping-pong ball. (Okay maybe every team but the team that wins the title, they get no ping-pong balls cause they're the only team that doesn't need the help.)

bison is right—it’s as if no one has explained to them how relegation actually works

Yah in theory it is cool but a lot of other changes would need to take place and I don’t see it happening. I actually think the bottom three teams getting even odds has helped as well as the play in tourney. This year may be diff tho w scoot n ‘Yama as prize. Just feels like tanking was way worse a few seasons ago.

silver's obsession w/ european soccer is really tiresome

i hate it, it's ahistorical nonsense

seems to me like silver is just saying this as a way of saying “we’re looking at radical solutions” as cover for some truly desperate tanking to come while the league does nothing about it

yeah

They want more international money

weak

The NBA does not credit assists thrown off the backboard. It’s in the stats manual. Seems like something that should be reconsidered. https://t.co/rPaebwN4Rb

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) October 23, 2022

many of these seem directly inspired by draymond

The NBRA fully supports and enforces the “Respect for the Game” program announced today. This is another step forward in fostering mutual respect in all arenas at all levels and reaffirms the existing “Respect for the Game” rules. pic.twitter.com/y8YW6w5ruT

— NBA Referees (@OfficialNBARefs) October 25, 2022

lol at its ok to point at the jumbotron as long as youre chill about it

love to gesturing

inspired by draymond and the majority of the stars in the league. luka is real bad at this.

no one is near draymond hes got a tier to himself

i can seem him doing every one of these, most players stick to one or two

he doesnt point to the teleprompter usually. but yes he is the worst at ref interactions.

the one i hate to see them enforce is the "wave offs" theres nothing better than a psh wave off and walk away that should def be legal

tatum does that on almost every drive, tho i noticed hes dialed it back this year which is good cause you cant think you got fouled on every play

tho its actually a combo of two of the offenses raise arms then wave off

https://media.tenor.com/S2_5-WzdLDkAAAAd/pssshh-psh.gif

league wants hard cap lol

Story filed to ESPN: The NBA is pursuing the implementation of an upper salary limit in its negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement with the National Basketball Players Association, a systematic change that has been met with significant union resistance.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 28, 2022

meaning of "the league" / "the NBA" is fuzzy here--surely the clips and warriors don't want this but some small market owners do.

idk the teams paying all that tax might want it too

the teams getting the payouts want this?

apparenlty its a non starter says woj cos the players association is against it

pretty good thread on the scoring boom

3-part hypothesis for why we're seeing so many insane stat lines in the NBA:

1) More heliocentrism ==> stars' usage rates are higher than ever https://t.co/zONRSzUtyi pic.twitter.com/r7tIUTB9ua

— Lev Akabas (@LevAkabas) January 4, 2023

Heliocentrism... it's FANtastic!

learn things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyzhZzx2a3U

wow the last one!

all those rules are good and should be immediately adopted by the nba

i love the negative point for missed FT, half the players would be out of the league lol

yeah thats the most problematic one would make fouling too good

BUT1 League

Had a theory and tested it out, and it's true. Slowly but surely, players listed 6-4 to 6-6 have overtaken those listed 6-0 to 6-3 as the league's primary ball-handlers. pic.twitter.com/lXQRspVGM6

— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) January 17, 2023

interesting

lead guard is really it rip point guard

Deputy commish Mark Tatum tells ⁦@YahooSports⁩ midseason tournament “has momentum”; likely to begin in new TV deal, sources say. Plus, All-Star starters ballot https://t.co/s59wzrpbLj

— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) January 20, 2023

doing this but not doing a two-tier relegation-like structure is so tiresome. If you don't want to do real relegation just take the top half of each division after half the season and put them in the Championship Division that'd be cool right

I've watched like 1.6 basketball games this year but I have strong opinions about playoff formats

relegation is an amazing system but it will never happen in america due to financial reasons, and tbf it has at the top levels of soccer been rendered mostly irrelevant due to financial reasons