Haha,
You might have figured that you were coming into see a total rant thread but no...
Just curious as 'fans' what you notice the most that has changed in 10/20/30/50 years, whatever.
For me...
-Traveling. Obviously it is rarely called. The Greek Freak routinely dunks without dribbles past 30 feet for example but he is quite long. But in general, it shouldn't even be in the rule book. For example, the Steph play this year where he took ball from inbounds to halfcourt without dribbling.
-Lane Violations. Not that anyone cares but don't call it once in awhile if your not going to call it every time. Have at some jungle ball underneath, why not? I just saw it like 5-6 times in this Clippers-Jazz game.
-Hanging on the rim. Remember the xmas day game this year with LeBron and the outrage? I feel like they have phased it out since then. Everyone hangs now if they want. These are not 1993 breakaway rims that Shaq is pulling to the floor.
-Letting a team inbound when ready. This is not really a rule but a weird thing. Look at games in the 80's for example. An out-of-bounds occurs. The other team is tossing ball to ref getting it back and inbounding right away. That strayed away for a long time but kinda came back this year, but not consistently. I saw it tonight with a ref and Chris Paul was literally having to yell at him to get the ball. It keeps flow going and shortens your games Mr. Commish.
-Continuation. Obviously this is out of control now. Nothing more and nothing less. But, again, a guy gets bumped at half court tosses it at rim and it is side out-of-bounds when in fact that shot was attempted in a more timely manner than most continuations in a half court set.
-Rescinding technical fouls. Lets go ahead and empower these multi-millionaires more. Yes, some are terrible calls but trust your refs. Lordy, you trust them in so many other capacities.
-Palming. Nothing needs to be said here
-Double dribble. This happens a lot. It is sneaky too at times like literally 9 other players and 3 refs are not looking.
What you got?
*I won't get started on Flagrant Fouls and what a farce that is. That is just the pussification of sports in general.
You might have figured that you were coming into see a total rant thread but no...
Just curious as 'fans' what you notice the most that has changed in 10/20/30/50 years, whatever.
For me...
-Traveling. Obviously it is rarely called. The Greek Freak routinely dunks without dribbles past 30 feet for example but he is quite long. But in general, it shouldn't even be in the rule book. For example, the Steph play this year where he took ball from inbounds to halfcourt without dribbling.
-Lane Violations. Not that anyone cares but don't call it once in awhile if your not going to call it every time. Have at some jungle ball underneath, why not? I just saw it like 5-6 times in this Clippers-Jazz game.
-Hanging on the rim. Remember the xmas day game this year with LeBron and the outrage? I feel like they have phased it out since then. Everyone hangs now if they want. These are not 1993 breakaway rims that Shaq is pulling to the floor.
-Letting a team inbound when ready. This is not really a rule but a weird thing. Look at games in the 80's for example. An out-of-bounds occurs. The other team is tossing ball to ref getting it back and inbounding right away. That strayed away for a long time but kinda came back this year, but not consistently. I saw it tonight with a ref and Chris Paul was literally having to yell at him to get the ball. It keeps flow going and shortens your games Mr. Commish.
-Continuation. Obviously this is out of control now. Nothing more and nothing less. But, again, a guy gets bumped at half court tosses it at rim and it is side out-of-bounds when in fact that shot was attempted in a more timely manner than most continuations in a half court set.
-Rescinding technical fouls. Lets go ahead and empower these multi-millionaires more. Yes, some are terrible calls but trust your refs. Lordy, you trust them in so many other capacities.
-Palming. Nothing needs to be said here
-Double dribble. This happens a lot. It is sneaky too at times like literally 9 other players and 3 refs are not looking.
What you got?
*I won't get started on Flagrant Fouls and what a farce that is. That is just the pussification of sports in general.
