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Post by isthaturinal on Oct 2, 2024 17:34:15 GMT
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Post by dk on Oct 5, 2024 20:51:48 GMT
Great game! End to end stuff and great offense from both teams. Obviously really good as a fan to see Bristol get the W after two hard defeats. |
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Post by dk on Oct 5, 2024 20:52:25 GMT
Dunno what happened with the stats though...
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Post by notoriousbigz on Oct 6, 2024 12:03:11 GMT
I hate to be that guy, genuinely, but isn't basketball always end to end stuff?
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Post by dexter on Oct 6, 2024 13:24:10 GMT
I hate to be that guy, genuinely, but isn't basketball always end to end stuff? It is but BBL, and now SLB seems to be even more end to end than other leagues. We have smaller, relatively quicker, fitter players. It would be interesting if a stat recorded was how many times the ball crosses the half way line. I predict it would be high compared to other leagues. |
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Post by almachizzit on Oct 6, 2024 13:36:21 GMT
I hate to be that guy, genuinely, but isn't basketball always end to end stuff? It is but BBL, and now SLB seems to be even more end to end than other leagues. We have smaller, relatively quicker, fitter players. It would be interesting if a stat recorded was how many times the ball crosses the half way line. I predict it would be high compared to other leagues. I'd like to see the SLB reduce each half of the court by one fifth in length. That could make things quite interesting. |
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Post by dexter on Oct 6, 2024 14:51:27 GMT
It is but BBL, and now SLB seems to be even more end to end than other leagues. We have smaller, relatively quicker, fitter players. It would be interesting if a stat recorded was how many times the ball crosses the half way line. I predict it would be high compared to other leagues. I'd like to see the SLB reduce each half of the court by one fifth in length. That could make things quite interesting. I guess it would reduce the time it takes the PG to bring the ball up the court, therefore reducing the amount of time when not much is happening. You would probably have higher scoring games, but who knows. These things tend to have unforeseen consequences. |
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Post by SamH on Oct 6, 2024 17:42:31 GMT
A fifth at each end, wouldn't that equate to 40% of the court we have now? It would be tiny! Would the 3 point line even fit? May as well go down to 1 basket and play 3 on 3 then. What they could do is reduce the shot clock to say, 20 seconds but I fear that would just mean more rushed, low percentage shots going off. The NBA have made a few tweaks over the years to speed play up such as reducing the time to get over the halfway line from 10 seconds down to 8, and resetting the shot clock to only 14 seconds instead of 24 when in the front court, should it need a reset.
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Post by eagles18000 on Oct 6, 2024 18:53:55 GMT
surely if you reduce each half by a fifth then the total length of the court lost is also a fifth?
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Post by dexter on Oct 6, 2024 19:12:46 GMT
surely if you reduce each half by a fifth then the total length of the court lost is also a fifth? Yes it would be a fifth AKA 20%, but I think that would be a bit too much. It would be a bit crowded and there would be a risk of accidental backcourting. 10% of 15% reduction would be better. |
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Post by tallerman on Oct 6, 2024 19:26:59 GMT
Christ we moan about the governing body being run by idiots and here we are making a court 20% shorter, next someone will suggest having extra players on court if they're under 6 foot
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Post by dexter on Oct 6, 2024 19:40:20 GMT
Christ we moan about the governing body being run by idiots and here we are making a court 20% shorter, next someone will suggest having extra players on court if they're under 6 foot If you're going to add more players you should make the court slightly longer. And rather than bringing the ball from the back court how about restarting from the centre. |
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Post by massiveridersfan on Oct 7, 2024 7:24:00 GMT
I think the court size is fine and cannot see any argument for shrinking it. This is a surreal proposal.
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Post by notoriousbigz on Oct 7, 2024 7:39:02 GMT
Christ we moan about the governing body being run by idiots and here we are making a court 20% shorter, next someone will suggest having extra players on court if they're under 6 foot I didn't take it as a serious suggestion to be fair haha |
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Post by dk on Oct 7, 2024 8:19:16 GMT
I was not expecting this conversation to take this particular direction!
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Post by irf on Oct 7, 2024 14:51:42 GMT
Did you guys really just discuss that proposal seriously?
Lol
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Post by SamH on Oct 7, 2024 14:57:57 GMT
Well we had a discussion about adding a 4 point line not so long ago, so why not!  Next week - lowering the hoop to 8 feet to increase scoring!  |
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Post by johnjack on Oct 7, 2024 17:23:00 GMT
1/5 + 1/5 is 2/10 so 20%
Court is fine. Something is always going on, even when the PG is standing on the half court trying to figure out which play the coach wants him to play
Tho I bet there iare a few players who wish the court was a little wider in the corners the new of out of bound calls you see of passes out there for the three
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Post by almachizzit on Oct 7, 2024 17:45:19 GMT
The Elam Ending would be good for a trial where at the start of the 4th Q a target score of 10 points more than winning teams point total has to be reached by any of the teams to win the game. The 4th Q would not be a timed quarter.
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Post by SamH on Oct 7, 2024 18:28:48 GMT
I mean if people think there's too much standing around in the middle of the court going on and not much action...have you ever tried football? Most people like football. I don't and the primary reason is precisely that - way too much kicking the ball around in the middle of the pitch, whereas I always found basketball much faster paced with the score constantly changing and more excitement. In football it can be several minutes between attacks sometimes, and then the ball just floats out of play going nowhere near the goal. A 0-0 draw means the highlights package is a bunch of missed shots! I just can't get my head around it. Yet, it's ever so popular with the masses.  |
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