NBA Officials concerned about too much 3-point shooting

[Gayfuk]

Because it's harder for them to rig games.

[Bronbron23]

I dunno if that'll stop the attempts. Maybe the percentages.

They'll still shoot 3s. But driving to the paint will be a little harder. But it's beneficial to have 3pt shooters since it expands the spacing. And let yo superstars go to work.

Well one will lead to the other. Once percentage drop from physical perimeter defense being allowed it will make the 3 a little less valuable. It wouldn't drop crazy or anything but they'll definitely go down.

[coin24]

The real reason they’re concerned is because the product is almost unwatchable and people are tuning out in record numbers..

[Mr. Woke]

What a complete overreaction.

The product is way better than it was during the 90s/early 2000s.

[Callystarr]

it took Utah leading the league for them to get concerned

I was thinking the same thing lol

[Bronbron23]

What a complete overreaction.

The product is way better than it was during the 90s/early 2000s.

Right but numbers are way down and the leagues officials are even concerned about the state of the game. Meanwhile guys like you who are in denial about how bad the league is becoming would rather go down with the ship than admit there's a problem.

[HoopsNY]

Right but numbers are way down and the leagues officials are even concerned about the state of the game. Meanwhile guys like you who are in denial about how bad the league is becoming would rather go down with the ship than admit there's a problem.

Yep. The quality of basketball is terrible. Imagine thinking running up and down the court trading three pointers is in anyway great basketball. And notice this has only really come into question now. Why wasn't this an essential topic in say - 2013? Simple, the game was fine then.

[Airupthere]

What a complete overreaction.

The product is way better than it was during the 90s/early 2000s.

The NBA will not be trying to please a small group of viewers such as yourself that share the same opinion. For others, chucking threes and face up basketball for wide open lanes most of the time is not the best basketball to follow.

[Bronbron23]

Yep. The quality of basketball is terrible. Imagine thinking running up and down the court trading three pointers is in anyway great basketball. And notice this has only really come into question now. Why wasn't this an essential topic in say - 2013? Simple, the game was fine then.

Yeah man and im not saying go back to 90's ball where it was super slow and teams were shooting 7 threes a game. If anything implementing old school defense with this generation will help the game find a happy medium. It will be the best of both worlds.

[TheGoatest]

I was thinking the same thing lol

Do either of you seriously think that the 2014-15 Utlanta Jawkzz have an actual chance of winning the championship this season?

[ralph_i_el]

1. Call offensive fouls when the shooter jumps into the defender
2. Fouls on a 3-point shot should still only give you 2 free throws
3. Stop calling tiny incidental contact as fouls.

[Mr. Woke]

Right but numbers are way down and the leagues officials are even concerned about the state of the game. Meanwhile guys like you who are in denial about how bad the league is becoming would rather go down with the ship than admit there's a problem.

The numbers are down because there are more options out there for consumers (ex: Netflix).

The modern NBA is more exciting to watch. Guys like you who are in denial about that and want to relive the 90s are pathetic.

Take off the nostalgia goggles.

[Mr. Woke]

Yep. The quality of basketball is terrible. Imagine thinking running up and down the court trading three pointers is in anyway great basketball. And notice this has only really come into question now. Why wasn't this an essential topic in say - 2013? Simple, the game was fine then.

Imagine thinking that running up and down the court trading midrange shots is great basketball.

The 90s NBA was unwatchable.

[Mr. Woke]

The NBA will not be trying to please a small group of viewers such as yourself that share the same opinion. For others, chucking threes and face up basketball for wide open lanes most of the time is not the best basketball to follow.

Watching players chuck midrange shots and back down other players in the post for 10-15 seconds is boring as hell.

90s ball was an eyesore.

[HoopsNY]

Yeah man and im not saying go back to 90's ball where it was super slow and teams were shooting 7 threes a game. If anything implementing old school defense with this generation will help the game find a happy medium. It will be the best of both worlds.

90s ball was fine. It gets a bad rep mainly because of 1998 and 1999. 1999 was a lockout season where teams only played 50 games. Otherwise, the 90s were akin to the 2000s and the game as far as 2014.

The people who now complain about the 90s didn't talk shit in 2010 or 2011. The NBA in 2010 or 2011 was more similar to the 90s than it is to today's game.