Comments on: David Stern focused on some serious NBA rule changes

By: bleedgreen4life

bleedgreen4life — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:38:40 +0000

How about this. It really grinds my gears when someone drives the lane, misses an easy layup and the ref calls the foul. Its not the fact that the foul was called but its because the ref waits to see if the ball goes in before blowing the whistle. If the layup is missed the ref will call the foul but if he makes it, most times referees will swallow the whistles. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen that happen this season.

By: 20dollardinners

20dollardinners — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:55:32 +0000

I am going to be the devil’s advocate here. I don’t think refs do a bad job. Their challenge is the interpretation of calls. For example a rookie call, vet call, beginning of game call, last 2 minute foul, etc. I am happy as a fan when an entire game is called consistently. That being said I like when they swallow their whistles in the last 2 minutes.

Flopping is a huge issue – the solution ALWAYS CALL A FOUL. Sometimes it will be a charge, and if not – blocking. The amount of no-calls for flops only encourages the behavior. It’s like watching soccer.

I watch a lot of basketball and I don’t remember a lot of games where I thought “man that was terribly called.” Sometimes they miss one, know it, and give a call on the other end. I think they balance it out well.

By: lancer255

lancer255 — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:30:00 +0000

How about limitations on neck tatoos

By: chiadam

chiadam — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:02:03 +0000

Rule change #1: Dwyane Wade is allowed to slap people in the face.
Rule change #2: Take a team off the league’s hands, get the first pick in the draft.

By: cantonbound13

cantonbound13 — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:48:51 +0000

How about a flopping rule? You can call it the Wade rule. How about controlling the refs from sending LeBron to the line every time he touches the ball?

By: BigBeachBall

BigBeachBall — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:45:51 +0000

pro’s should be banned from using twitter… starting with baron davis

By: sweetnlow44

sweetnlow44 — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:03:41 +0000

Where can I apply to be on the flopping committee? I’d love administering penalties to these actors like Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Luis Scola, Paul Pierce, Ginobli, Harden, and so many more!

And yes, take away some time outs (at least the media timeouts). There’s WAY too many now.

Start calling fouls on offensive players attacking the defender instead of attacking the rim – looking to draw a foul more than they are looking to make the basket. You know, like what Chris Paul does every time he drives.

Administer a technical foul every time Doc Rivers cries to the refs with that pathetic looking crybaby face.

Implement a traveling rule. Like if you take more than 2 steps without dribbling, it’s called traveling and you lose the ball and the other team gets it.

By: lalakersalldammdayy24

lalakersalldammdayy24 — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:53:49 +0000

Nice!!! Lets seriously do something about these players that flopp with there acting lol i hate floppers thats not even part of basketball!!!!!! Player fines & suspenions -1rst timers -25k 2nd timers-45k & 3rd timers-65k & 3-4 gm Suspenions & players who keep repeating this new rule should be fined 85k & 7gm suspension!!!!!
Gm suspensions!!!! So i really hope they do something like this^

By: dadawg77

dadawg77 — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:18:18 +0000

How about new refs? An upgrade from bad to mediocre would do wonders for the game.

By: southpaw77

southpaw77 — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:12:44 +0000

How about televising the actual lottery that’s held in some secret back room like its part of the skull & bones secret society.

Cutting in half all the timeouts at the end of a game.

Change the blocking foul to being actually set for over a second. Like a second and a half.