Adam Silver says the NBA has heard the critiques and is looking into fixing the 3 point volumes

[Eastside Get The Money]

Damn

Steph Curry is gonna get a lot of blame for this btw. Fair or not he influenced a lot of this trash. Of course it's not his fault these other guys lost their minds and only want to shoot 3s and do nothing else

It’s not even Steph’s fault. It’s all of the HS and AAU coaches who let their star players going crazy from the 3 and not benching them and saying “you ain’t Steph Curry ”

I went to a HS game a month ago and left at halftime cause the coach let a player go like 1-11 from 3 in the first half

Wasn’t gonna waste my Friday night watching that.

 

[CHICAGO]

That cap for the 3 pointers needs to be about 8 a quarter. 32 3's in a game is enough. It puts a premium on those shots and reserved for the best shooters on your team. And causes coaches to actually coach and get on players for bad shots. Nothing wrong with mid range. These are suppose to be the best of the best players in the world.

THE LEAGUE AVERAGED 24 3P A GAME
AS RECENT AS 2016...
AND THE LEAGUE WAS IN GREAT SHAPE.

THESE fukk nikkaS DONT NEED
TO SHOOT ANYMORE THAN 6 THREES
PER QUARTER AND THAT WOULD
MEAN ONLY THE BEST SHOOTERS
IN THE LEAGUE HAVE THE LUXURY
OF SHOOTING THREES LIKE IT USED TO BE.




​

 

[Damnshow]

Yall put too much hope in Silver in him making NBA a better product.

He can't fix poor coaching, poor GM'ing and the blatant tanking that happens every year.

Want some competitive basketball? Find Euroleague streams. Right now after 16 games the difference between 1st place and 11th place are three wins. Go on a losing streak and you are out of playoff picture.

How many true centers, besides Jokic and Embiid, does NBA have? Who can do in low post. The league barely has any true centers left. You make some rule changes for teams to shoot less threes, they will just shoot bunch of long contested two's. Many teams are half assing the regular season and aren't going to drive more to the basket (cause they are scared to injure themselves) nor will they do some crazy low post moves, cause they don't have skills for that.

He may fix some problems, but you won't see a big change.

 

[SchoolboyC]

For me the biggest issue of the on court product remains the way it’s officiated

- Roll back freedom of movement
- The landing era foul should not be flagrant
- Stricter enforcement of travels, push-offs and illegal screens
- Stop rewarding foul baiting (They did this a couple seasons ago for like the first month of the season and it was great, then completely abandoned it)
- A cap on intentional fouls during the final 2 minutes of close games. You get 2 to use, after that 1 FT and retain possession
- Stop calling petty techs, give players more freedom to celebrate and talk trash, let them compete
- Bring back division winners getting the top seeds and more in-division games. The NBA lacks rivalries and divisions are the easiest way to build them

I personally don’t think the 3pt line needs to be shortened or attempts capped, but if I had to go with one then converting it to a 3-pt arc instead of 3 pt line gets my vote

 

[reserved_one]

only thing i hate more is dudes on a 2 on 1 or 3 on 1 pull up for a 3

Word. Fastbreak 3’s are the WOAT

It was fun and entertaining when Curry and Klay were doing it because it was something we didn’t see a lot of on a consistent basis.

The problem are the coaches giving these players that can’t shoot from long range the green light to take those shots. It’s fully encouraged when it should only be reserved for guys that are really snipers (3 point specialists).

 

[charknicks]

Players are shooting the same percentage from 3 now as they were in the 'handcheck' era, so they arent better shooters. Just throwing up more shots. Its not a better game.

Per team/ Per game
2001-02 5.2 makes/ 14.7 attempts, shooting 35.4%
2006-07 6.1 makes/ 16.9 attempts, shooting 35.8%
2010-11 6.5 / 18.0 , shooting 35.8%
2016-17 9.7 / 27.0 , shooting 35.8%
2019-20 12.2 / 34.1 , shooting 35.8%
this year 13.5 / 37.5 , shooting 35.9%

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Very good Info

But if you don't feel like reading, he said they aren't moving the 3pt line anytime soon

It seems a whole lot of cats in here don't like reading.

All he's essentially saying is they always look into changing the game, hearing the criitiques about it, looking at both data and how it's played etc.

Essentially, what anyone who's a commisioner of an enterprise should be doing.

"I think the game is in a great place. I love watching the games, and I think we have some of the most skilled athletes in the world competing -- and it's unfair, I think, to the players to lump them into categories as 3-point shooters or a midrange shooter or big man playing under the basket. It's an amazing game."

"Having said that," he continued, "we're constantly having discussions about whether there are ways to improve stylistically the game on the floor."

"Historically, at times, we've moved the 3-point line," Silver said. "I don't think that's a solution here because then, I think when we look at both the game and the data, I think that may not necessarily do more midrange jumpers, if that's what people want, but more clogging under the basket.

I wish cats would learn how to read.

 

[charknicks]

THE LEAGUE AVERAGED 24 3P A GAME
AS RECENT AS 2016...
AND THE LEAGUE WAS IN GREAT SHAPE.

THESE fukk nikkaS DONT NEED
TO SHOOT ANYMORE THAN 6 THREES
PER QUARTER AND THAT WOULD
MEAN ONLY THE BEST SHOOTERS
IN THE LEAGUE HAVE THE LUXURY
OF SHOOTING THREES LIKE IT USED TO BE.




​

We saying the same thing really. My point is, coaching needs to reign in these guys who have no business shooting 3's, just like they did in 2016 and before. The 3's arent for everyone.

And yeah, those 2on1, 3on1 fast break 3's are killing the game. Put that defender on a poster

 

[ISO]

The death of basketball in the 2020’s

Do it Silver fukk up the game let’s give everyone their wish

 

[In The Zone '98]

Yall put too much hope in Silver in him making NBA a better product.

He can't fix poor coaching, poor GM'ing and the blatant tanking that happens every year.

Want some competitive basketball? Find Euroleague streams. Right now after 16 games the difference between 1st place and 11th place are three wins. Go on a losing streak and you are out of playoff picture.

How many true centers, besides Jokic and Embiid, does NBA have? Who can do in low post. The league barely has any true centers left. You make some rule changes for teams to shoot less threes, they will just shoot bunch of long contested two's. Many teams are half assing the regular season and aren't going to drive more to the basket (cause they are scared to injure themselves) nor will they do some crazy low post moves, cause they don't have skills for that.

He may fix some problems, but you won't see a big change.

Meh.

Euroleague jacking up 3s too

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

@Gil Scott-Heroin i thought the game is fine the way it is?

Who said anything about the game being "fine the way it is"?

The game can always look to improve. Hence the introduction of the NBA Cup.

Did you even read the article in question?

"We're constantly having discussions about whether there are ways to improve stylistically the game on the floor."

"Historically, at times, we've moved the 3-point line," Silver said. "I don't think that's a solution here".

Essentially, he's saying they're always looking at changing/improving the game, they hear a vocalized minority who megaphone'd their criticisms about the game, but don't think moving let alone removing the 3-pt line is the solution.

 

[ISO]

Agree on this. This is on coaches and GMs.

You have to have the balls to tell your players that they need to stop shooting and get in the damn paint. It works for the Celtics cause they can shoot. It doesnt work for most other teams.

Houston- got talent up and down that roster, but they shoot 32% from 3 and take 36/game. There is no reason why 6'10 Jabari Smith is taking 5 3's a game. Van Vleet shooting 30%. Time to drive to the basket. 3's arent good shots if you cant hit them.

20 guys are taking 8 or more 3's a game- 9 of them are shooting less then 36% (league average). They are just taking bad shots

VanVleet is a career 37% 3PT, it’s 24 games into the season, his bread and butter has always been his high volume three point shooting.

U want him to get into the paint when he’s undersized and not a good finisher. In his career he’s one of the worst finishers in the league.

Smith is another one whose bread and butter coming out of Auburn is supposed to be his floor spacing. He’s a C&S and face up big not a post up big.

 

[FTBS]

For me the biggest issue of the on court product remains the way it’s officiated

- Roll back freedom of movement
- The landing era foul should not be flagrant
- Stricter enforcement of travels, push-offs and illegal screens
- Stop rewarding foul baiting (They did this a couple seasons ago for like the first month of the season and it was great, then completely abandoned it)
- A cap on intentional fouls during the final 2 minutes of close games. You get 2 to use, after that 1 FT and retain possession
- Stop calling petty techs, give players more freedom to celebrate and talk trash, let them compete
- Bring back division winners getting the top seeds and more in-division games. The NBA lacks rivalries and divisions are the easiest way to build them

I personally don’t think the 3pt line needs to be shortened or attempts capped, but if I had to go with one then converting it to a 3-pt arc instead of 3 pt line gets my vote

One thing that I would like to see is changing the DQ rule. I got two suggestions:

1. You can stay in after 6 but its FT and the ball for every foul therafter.
2. Base it on minutes played. No way should 6 fouls in 40 minutes be the same as 6 fouls in 15 minutes.

I hate seeing a player actually playing defense and get a couple early fouls and now they either got sit or play scared.

Respectfully, has anyone ever really cared about divisions. Like back when we had them, the biggest rivalries were still inter division or even inter conference. I dont feel like that would really stir interest like that. But I been wrong before

 

[Stone]

I can’t believe yall are suggesting a limit on 3 pointers.

That’s like limiting the amount of pass attempts in football

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

"I think the game is in a great place. I love watching the games, and I think we have some of the most skilled athletes in the world competing -- and it's unfair, I think, to the players to lump them into categories as 3-point shooters or a midrange shooter or big man playing under the basket. It's an amazing game."

"So, at the end of the day, we are an entertainment product, and the vast majority of people consume us through media, not in person," he added. "So, we have to pay a lot of attention to that. But if you look at other data points in terms of our business, for example, we've just come off the last two years of the highest attendance in the history of this league. We're at a point where our social media audience is at the highest of any league and continuing to grow exponentially. So, there's not a lack of interest in this game."

- Silver believes the game is in a great place
- Silver believes it's unfair to catergorize the game like y'all do into being all about 3-pt shooting
- The NBA has had the highest attendance in the last two years in the history of the league
- The NBA has the highest social media audience of any league and is continuing to grow
- There's not a lack of interest in the game.

Coli Cats who can't read lose again.