nyvector16 wrote:I caught a small sample of Jeff Teague discussing this and he had an interesting solution to the problem: Get rid of Defensive 3 seconds call. This would allow Big men to guard the paint while wind defenders focus on 3pt defense. This makes a lot of sense to me. The added benefit is that Big men would become valuable again like in the 90s. Just FYI: The NBA added the defensive three-second rule before the 2001–2002 season.
That’s absolutely right. Defensive 3 seconds is really the origin of this issue. Stern introduced it in the early 2000’s to increase scoring and he ended up creating a Frankenstein. 25 years later the score of every game is 130-120
That and officiating being blatantly corrupt and incompetent and years of superstars racing to markets in the western conference to form superteams have taken their toll. All of Lebron’s regular season games have a 10:30pm EST start time
