Why Draft a Center These Days?

[Boob-No-More]

I want to say this is the 3rd year of the rule. (Maybe 4th) But basically it is the result of the rule that turned a charging foul into a blocking foul if the defensive player's feet are inside the restricted area. (Underneath the basket) The intent of the rule was not bad, but smart guards are exploiting it to draw fouls. Except for Bayless who never got the call last year.

There needs to be a third option - no call. If the defensive player is stationary and the offensive player causes the contact, it should not be a foul on the defensive player.

BNM

 

[Paxil]

I would love the rule change. They could just also stop calling stupid fouls on big men too. First foul Greg standing there... Gasol looks left... looks right... runs right into him. Foul Oden. You could really do that on just about every play. Utah lives at the line at home... but you don't get the same calls on the road... hence they struggle more there.

I know the NBA wants movement and all... but players are spending more time trying to draw fouls than play at times. Anthony must have done it 5 times in the Denver game. It is by far the most effective way to get points... but it is God awful excruitiating to watch.

I hate to admit it but I turned the Denver game off and went to bed with the game tied in the 4th quarter. It was 10:30... three hours after the game was supposed to start and most of the game was just boring. I love the Blazers enough I try to watch... but I would rather watch the grass grow than watch other teams play. Game is just not what it used to be.

 

[Paxil]

Opps... I see just just mentioned no call Boob-No-More. I don't think the defender should even have to be perfectly set. Why is just standing there the best defensive play in the game?

 

[ABM]

Oden/Przy are getting killed by the refs even against bad teams.

What a difference 24 hours makes, eh?

 

[jlprk]

I've brought this up several times before, but this situation would *really* benefit from a simple rules change: no more fouling out. The NBA needs to change the rule so that after the fifth foul (or you could even make it 4th foul perhaps), every subsequent foul called on a player will result in one free throw plus a new shot clock and possession of the ball (for non-shooting fouls).

It's been proposed forever to not let players foul out. Fans pay to see the stars, etc. Chic Hearn was saying that on the radio in 1971, and it's a lot older than that. What is newer is the details you have picked up somewhere of making it equivalent to a technical.

Actually what I want to know is when did they change the rules so that when a moving guard jumps into the chest of a stationary center that it became a foul on the center?

That's been going on forever too. A big guy stands there after the foul with his hands straight up in the air and a "Who, me?" countenance.