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From: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops
Subject: Re: What's wrong with the NBA?
Message-ID: <3823@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 16:50:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  8 16:50:34 1985
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Reply-To: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (Scott Turner)
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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Summary: 

I think the main problem with the NBA is that the season is just too long.
Most of the complaints Mark Tischler mentioned are intended to keep the
game fast moving and played underneath the hoop.  Allow a zone defense in
the NBA and you'd never see a shot inside 15 feet.

I'm not sure that these rules are a good thing.  I'm one of the few people
I know who enjoys watching a good four corners stall.  The situation is
similar to the one the NFL finds itself in.  Change the game to make it
faster and more spectacular, and suddenly find dropping attendance.  A
curiousity.

Undoubtedly part of the problem is television coverage.  I recently went to a
Lakers game, and while it was fun to be in the Forum to see the game, the
actual viewing was abysmal.  True, we had seats in the serious nosebleed
section, but the point remains that watching a basketball game live isn't that
exciting unless you are within 30 rows of the court.  I enjoy watching on TV
a lot more (and if the announcers are good, that only adds to my enjoyment.
Al McGuire leaps to mind.)

    Scott R. Turner
    UCLA Computer Science Department
    3531 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90024
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