If you are to CHANGE AN NBA RULE, what would it be?

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hahaha Idol baya pud na nako si Samboy.. sige lng pud kabali.. mao ra nay maayo kaau mo duwa pero wala gyud ma MVP ..

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flagrant fouls 2 should be 1 free throw + ball position or 3 free throws without ball position. Para dili kaayo bug-at..

and I wis this cwould also be reviewed..

Fans/viewers on court who throws or do indecent act towards players should be fined and penalized for players security..

[Motownkid]

Fans/viewers on court who throws or do indecent act towards players should be fined and penalized for players security..

Fans who deliberately delay the game like this?.. Haha

[R_sQuArEd]

way foul kung way dugo makita

[Motownkid]

Finally!!



NBA weighs retroactive penalties on floppers



MIAMI -- David Stern is determined to stop the floppers, even if it takes until the next morning.

The NBA commissioner believes too many players are deceiving referees into calling fouls by falling down, or flopping. So he and the league's newly reformed competition committee met Monday for a discussion about how it can be prevented.

One option, Stern said, is a "postgame analysis" in which a player could be penalized if it was determined he flopped. The league retroactively upgrades or downgrades flagrant fouls after review, and along those lines he said that perhaps a player could receive a message from New York saying: "Greetings from the league office. You have been assigned flopper status."

"No, I'm joking, but something like that," Stern said. "That sort of lets people know that it's not enough to say 'it's all part of the game.' "

The committee is made up of coaches Doc Rivers of Boston, Rick Carlisle of Dallas and Lionel Hollins of Memphis; owners Dan Gilbert of Cleveland and Joe Lacob of Golden State, and general managers Bryan Colangelo of Toronto, Sam Presti of Oklahoma City, Mitch Kupchak of the Lakers and Kevin O'Connor of Utah.

During a 6-hour meeting, they also discussed expanding instant replay for flagrant fouls and goaltending, decided the lottery system is the best one currently available, and seemed to favor leaving the away from the ball foul rule as is, so coaches could continue to intentionally foul notoriously bad free throw shooters.

Any rules changes they recommend would have to be approved by the league's Board of Governors, set for its next meeting in July.

Stern hopes by then to have a policy to address flopping, which bothers him because he feels it tricks the referees. He said there's a "broad array of issues" to look at that can let players know the practice is to be discouraged.

"If you continue to do this, you may you have to suffer some consequences," he said. "What those exactly should be and what the progression is is to be decided, because ... we just want to put a stake in the ground that says this is not something that we want to be part of our game, without coming down with a sledgehammer but just doing it in a minimalist way to begin stamping it out. And I think there are ways we can do that and we'll have to wait and see exactly what we come up with."

Stern has talked of allowing replay on all flagrants. Referees currently can only look at the more severe flagrant-2 penalties to determine if they indeed warranted ejection or should be downgraded to flagrant-1s. He has said he is intrigued by the international goaltending rules, which allow a defensive player to knock the ball off the rim.

He's neutral when it comes to the away from the ball fouls, which led to Hack-a-Shaq and which the Thunder used while intentionally fouling San Antonio's Tiago Splitter in the Western Conference finals. On one hand, he feels bad for the player who is being embarrassed by his poor free throw shooting; on the other, he understands that maybe coaches should then take the player out.

The committee appears to be leaning toward the status quo.

"It's fair to say there was a strong sense that we shouldn't cut down on the toolbox that coaches have available to them, despite what may seem the unseemliness of the way it goes down," Stern said. "But that's just one of the things that you do if you want to win and it works."

He said the committee, formerly made up of the league's general managers, plans to reconvene in September.

ESPN Los Angeles

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@Motownkid: Agree ko ana imong clip sir.

[Motownkid]

Some progress going on..

Not much on "flopping rules" but I'm all in favor for goaltending replays in late game situations..



NBA to vote on more use of instant replay | ESPN



The NBA's Board of Governors is meeting in Las Vegas on Thursday, and a source with knowledge of the talks told ESPN.com the agenda includes votes on several rule changes, especially expanding the use of instant replay. If passed, the changes would be in effect for the next NBA season.

The board, comprised of one owner from each team, is slated to vote on three instant replay issues, and one proposal about inbounding the ball:

• Instant replay for all flagrant fouls: The competition committee proposes to let referees review all flagrant fouls on video.

In May, Game 5 between the Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat was marred by a succession of violent fouls. First, the Pacers' Tyler Hansbrough fouled the Heat's Dwyane Wade hard. Less than a minute later Wade's teammate Udonis Haslem evidently sought retribution with a blow to Hansbrough's head and upper body. Both were given the milder designation of "Flagrant 1" and thus referees did not review video of either play mid-game. Under the rules at the time, only the harsher "Flagrant 2" calls could be reviewed on video by referees. After the game, NBA officials reviewed video of all three calls, upgraded Hansbrough's call to a Flagrant 2, while issuing suspensions for Haslem and the Heat's Dexter Pittman, who also committed a violent foul later in the same game.

The league long has sought to prevent escalations of violence, and in this a mid-game video review of Hansbrough's initial foul could have resulted in a Flagrant 2 call just after the play, which would have meant Hansbrough's automatic ejection and, therefore, no opportunity for Haslem to retaliate, and for the violence to escalate.

• Instant replay for late-game goaltending and restricted area: Owners also will vote on two more new uses of instant replay, to review goaltending and to see if a player was standing in the restricted area under the basket. Both kinds of plays can be very difficult in real time.

In the first, referees are asked to use the naked eye to judge if a shot is on its way up or has yet to reach the backboard, and is therefore fair game to block -- or past that point and off-limits to shotblockers. In the second, referees must both watch a collision in the lane and know with certainty if the defensive player had both feet entirely outside the semi-circular "no charge" zone under the hoop.

Instant replay often gives fans in the arena and at home views referees don't have. If approved, replay for goaltending and restricted area calls only would be available in the final two minutes of games, or in overtime.

• Inbounding from the sideline or baseline: The fourth and final proposed rule change slated for a vote is letting teams choose to inbound the ball from the baseline or the sideline after timeouts. Previously, teams would have lost that choice by, for instance, inbounding and dribbling the ball before calling the timeout.

Also slated for discussion, but not scheduled for votes, are changes to how the league handles flopping, the draft lottery and potentially adopting international basket interference rules.

• Flopping: This may be the biggest issue with fans, but is not slated for a vote Thursday.

NBA commissioner David Stern discussed the league's ideas on flopping after a June competition committee meeting in Miami: "One of the things we're looking at is a postgame analysis of flopping," he explained. "We could see something like (the current points system for technicals) ... If you continue to do this you have to suffer some consequences. What exactly that should be, and the progression is, is to be decided. We just want to put a stake in the ground and say this is not something we want to be a part of our game -- without coming down with a sledgehammer but to do it in a minimalist way to begin stamping it out."

Under the current points system for technicals, fines and suspensions mount as the offenses continue.

• Draft Lottery: The draft lottery has long been much-debated, with some saying it does too much to reward the league's worst teams and others saying it doesn't do enough.

The league instituted the lottery after complaints that teams were losing in order to get good picks, and has since tweaked the system in response to complaints that the weights favored certain kinds of teams. Further changes have been much-discussed, but are not likely to be approved Thursday. Stern has been dismissive of suggestions that big changes are necessary.

• Basket interference: The NBA's current basket interference rules prohibit touching the ball while it's "in the cylinder," an imaginary column above the rim. Under FIBA's international rules, there is no such prohibition, and Stern has long supported adopting FIBA's rule, which is in effect in the NBA's D-League, where it is said to create exciting plays at the rim without leading to higher injury rates as has been feared.

Rule changes approved now could result in new rules in effect for the 2012-13 NBA season. Items like flopping and the draft lottery, which are only under discussion, could also result in quick changes, even though there is not another Board of Governors' meeting scheduled soon -- the board can vote to approve rule changes without convening.

[Motownkid]

NBA jersey sponsorship patch (ala Soccer leagues) was also discussed in today's meeting..




^^Exagg example ra na..Hehe The allowed size for the sponsor patch is 2x2 inches & would take effect immediately next season.. NBA is expecting to generate around $3 million on sponsor patches for each team.. It is yet to be determined though if retail jerseys are going to be sold with the patches on..


CORRECTION: Board of Governors still has to approve on the sponsorship patch idea by September.. If approved, it would go into effect for the 2013-2014 season..


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More on the goaltending replay rule:

Referees can only check the replay if a goaltending was initially called.. Kung wa gani tawagi, walay replay review mahitabo..tsk

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....ila unta usbon o wagtangon

kanang ila e technical ang player kung mag celebrate after going for a DUNK!!!

ma looy nalang ta sa player ba nga ma kurat lang nganu naay mi tingog nga whistle nga mi DUNK raman unta siya.
unya ang offense ky over-celebration ra diay.. toinkz jud kau oi!

correct me if nay sayop sa akong terminologies mga MASTER!

[StingerRay]

NBA jersey sponsorship patch (ala Soccer leagues) was also discussed in today's meeting..




^^Exagg example ra na..Hehe The allowed size for the sponsor patch is 2x2 inches & would take effect immediately next season.. NBA is expecting to generate around $3 million on sponsor patches for each team.. It is yet to be determined though if retail jerseys are going to be sold with the patches on..

I would go for Starbucks putting their patches in Celtics. It comprehends the jersey's design.
Much better for each teams, there's a corresponding major sponsor to comprehend the jersey's team design & environment.