OT Elements of other sports you would like to see in the NBA

[andalusian]

I'd like to see front and rear wings like in Formula 1. I think the players will look fabulous if they are more aerodynamic. Also, it's a great place for advertisements.

 

[CupWizier]

A featherweight basketball division ...have to be under 6ft tall....would be really fun to watch...

There use to be a 6' and under basketball league in Portland back in the 80's as I played several years on a team. Of course there was some fudging as I am 6' tall and there were definitely players taller than me. Very competitive and a fun game that wasn't dominated by a freak big guy that was more taller than talented and could dominate just because he was taller than anyone else.

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

After one period of OT, a team designates one player as defender and the other as offensive. The offence gets the ball and dribbles full court with the defender able to pick up the offensive player at any point once he crosses half court. 3-point shot applies, as do fouls (1+1 rule for fouls shots).

Each team gets (5) attempts with different offensive players (like hockey) and each team can change defenders every time as well.

Shoot out NBA

 

[MARIS61]

I'd like to see the father/son rule from Australian Football in the NBA.

In the Australian Football League (AFL) if a player plays 100 games for one club (team), said club gets first draft rights to his sons (if the son agrees).

This leads to generations of the same family playing for the one club.



The way it currently works is that when a player's name is called in the draft, his father/son club must use their next pick to draft him.

100 games in the AFL works out to about 5 seasons. The average AFL career is 85 games.

Translating this to the NBA 410 games is 5 season, 379 games is the average NBA career.

So 400 games for one team seems about right to qualify for the father/son rule.

I'm finding it hard to find any more than the top 10 most games played for PDX, but the sons of at least these players would be able to be drafted by Portland first.

1. Clyde Drexler* 867
2. Jerome Kersey 831
3. Terry Porter 758
4. LaMarcus Aldridge 648
5. Clifford Robinson 644
6. Jim Paxson 627
7. Larry Steele 610
8. Buck Williams 557
9. Mychal Thompson 551
10.Rasheed Wallace 544

Klay Thompson anyone?

Sons, but not daughters?

Australia is clinging to archaic forms of sexism despite the fact that Australian Football is clearly a sport designed to be played by girls.

 

[DUB]

Sons, but not daughters?

Well I didn't mention it because NBA teams, and WNBA teams are separate organisations, but there is a father/daughter rule. Ten AFL clubs have a women's team, a club has first draft rights to the daughter if their father has played one game for the club. The difference in game requirements is because the women's competition is only two seasons old. Once AFLW has been going for more years both mother/son, and mother/daughter rules will be introduced.

 

[BlazerWookee]

No good Clippers.