Rule Changes The NBA Should Consider
Dan and Grant spend two hours responding to NBA rule changes submitted by our subscribers. TIMESTAMPS⬇️
Listen to “NBA Commissioner For A Day!” on Spreaker.0:00 – Intro
1:31 – Overall impressions of this exercise
2:58 – Fouling up three
7:26 – Free-throw shot clock
11:40 – Off-arm use
15:29 – Freedom of movement
20:36 – Charge calls
24:04 – Gather steps & carries
26:49 – Number and length of timeouts
31:07 – Retroactive calls on replay
35:11 – Home-court advantage in the Finals
37:17 – National TV start times
40:05 – Abolish the NBA draft?
51:16 – Eliminate the NBA draft lottery
53:21 – Re-weight the NBA draft lottery
56:12 – Free-throw-shooting rotation
59:06 – Eliminate corner threes
1:04:06 – Shoot free throws at end of each quarter
1:07:05 – Bring back the Amnesty Clause
1:12:09 – NBA expansion and relocation
1:18:03 – No salary-cap rules for trades
1:21:15 – Automatic no-trade clauses for ALL max players
1:24:16 – Change playoffs to best-of-five series
1:28:03 – Unrivaled free-throw rules
1:31:35 – Offensive three seconds in the corners
1:33:41 – Teams choose where the three-point line goes on their home court
1:36:57 – Expanding shot values
1:39:58 – Coaches keep challenges until they lose one
1:40:42 – No more jump-balls
1:43:26 – Supercharged baskets!
1:46:59 – FIBA Goaltending rules
1:50:03 – Play-in conference crossovers!
1:51:24 – Special cap rules for 10-year players
1:53:31 – Alley-oop fouls
1:54:53 – Flopping enforcement
1:56:29 – Referee interviews
1:57:59 – Relegation?!
2:00:00 – Revive the IBM Award!
2:02:35 – Do year-end awards need any changes?
2:06:40 – Our favorite rule-change submissions
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