Physicality-Gotta Love It or Do You Hate It

[rollie mass]

Gone are the touch fouls ,gone is kicking leg out on threes
Players can now box out and it seems wall out.
I think Jason has had to adapt the most but it helps the Williams both of them and Marcus
Richardson on defense .
Payton Pritchard it hurts on offense.

The last three wins seemed very physical and am am not sure if i'm used to so much shoving and pushing off.
Is what i'm watching an over reaction by myself or an over reaction by ref's while attempting to calibrate their calls.
And players get used to this . Lance Stephenson plays like middle linebacker Dick Butkus
The last few seasons have been hard to watch stars going to line 20 times like James Hardin.

[boscel33]

I think there's a fine line.  I like a little physicality, but we don't necessarily need to go back to 80's ball.  Someone comes down the lane, bump them off, no easy layups!

[Who]

I hate wimpy basketball!

[moiso]

I'm liking the increased physicality this year.  For the last couple years it seemed like nobody was allowed to play defense on the guy with the ball.  It was hard to watch at times.  It almost seemed like on the ball defense was becoming irrelevant.  Like the defender was always on the Washington Generals playing against the Globetrotters.

[slamtheking]

I like this rule change a lot.  now if they'd just enforce the rules on palming/carrying more, we'd have even better basketball.

[liam]

I like the increased physicality but I still would like to see more consistency with the officiating including an off court video offical. I'd also like to see them get rid of the intentional foul or unsportsmanlike call from international competition. Get rid of the goaltending call and the 3-second call. I would like to see the court widened and the corner 3 taken away. Eliminate the jump ball since the refs do it so poorly. Other than that...

[Goldstar88]

I’m for it. Especially when the C’s strength is their defense. The officials being less involved in the game is a good thing.

[colincb]

They've swung the pendulum too far in the other direction to the point that offensive players are getting penalized with offensive fouls more than they should and defenders are being penalized less for hacking than they should. Last season was like watching an NBA All-Star game and it sucked, but you don't want to go back to Detroit Pistons 1990s BB either.

[LilRip]

I like the physicality. I like tough defensive games