NBA rule changes ( both realistic and fantasy)

[Donoghus]

I'd love to see a rule that if a team makes a decision to sit a player that has been named to an All Star Team or All NBA Team in the past two years, anyone can get a refund on their ticket to the game. Not sure how this would work with so many fans buying seats on the 2nd market.

Disagree entirely with that one.  Take our situation with Jayson Tatum, for example.  Would the Celtics have to offer refunds all season?  If he sits out a random game after he returns, as part of his recovery?  Ticket prices were cheaper this year, especially early on, because people knew Tatum was out and were not sure how much Brown would play, so it was already baked into the price.

It'd be complicated as heck.  STM renewals went out last Feb/Mar, and you're committing in March.  That was well before the Tatum injury so that stuff was already paid for by the time Tatum got injured.  Unfortunately, the ticket increases factored in how the team stood pre-Tatum injury and roster blowup.   It was an absolute bath early on. Gotten better lately and this coming month will be a boon with Flagg plus the GSW/MIN/OKC stretch. 

Fans should know what they're getting into when they buy tickets.  There are no guarantees.  It sucks when guys sit out but the potential is always there. 

[Moranis]

I'd love to see a rule that if a team makes a decision to sit a player that has been named to an All Star Team or All NBA Team in the past two years, anyone can get a refund on their ticket to the game. Not sure how this would work with so many fans buying seats on the 2nd market.

Disagree entirely with that one.  Take our situation with Jayson Tatum, for example.  Would the Celtics have to offer refunds all season?  If he sits out a random game after he returns, as part of his recovery?  Ticket prices were cheaper this year, especially early on, because people knew Tatum was out and were not sure how much Brown would play, so it was already baked into the price.

It'd be complicated as heck.  STM renewals went out last Feb/Mar, and you're committing in March.  That was well before the Tatum injury so that stuff was already paid for by the time Tatum got injured.  Unfortunately, the ticket increases factored in how the team stood pre-Tatum injury and roster blowup.   It was an absolute bath early on. Gotten better lately and this coming month will be a boon with Flagg plus the GSW/MIN/OKC stretch. 

Fans should know what they're getting into when they buy tickets.  There are no guarantees.  It sucks when guys sit out but the potential is always there.

I assumed that the language used i.e. choosing to sit a player, implies that it is a choice by the team i.e. rest, not because of legit injury

[aefgogreen]

I'd love to see a rule that if a team makes a decision to sit a player that has been named to an All Star Team or All NBA Team in the past two years, anyone can get a refund on their ticket to the game. Not sure how this would work with so many fans buying seats on the 2nd market.

Disagree entirely with that one.  Take our situation with Jayson Tatum, for example.  Would the Celtics have to offer refunds all season?  If he sits out a random game after he returns, as part of his recovery?  Ticket prices were cheaper this year, especially early on, because people knew Tatum was out and were not sure how much Brown would play, so it was already baked into the price.

It'd be complicated as heck.  STM renewals went out last Feb/Mar, and you're committing in March.  That was well before the Tatum injury so that stuff was already paid for by the time Tatum got injured.  Unfortunately, the ticket increases factored in how the team stood pre-Tatum injury and roster blowup.   It was an absolute bath early on. Gotten better lately and this coming month will be a boon with Flagg plus the GSW/MIN/OKC stretch. 

Fans should know what they're getting into when they buy tickets.  There are no guarantees.  It sucks when guys sit out but the potential is always there.

I assumed that the language used i.e. choosing to sit a player, implies that it is a choice by the team i.e. rest, not because of legit injury

Yes, I know how complicated it would be - there would be some exceptions for cases like Tatum.

[Celtics4ever]

I would like to see refs fined when they miss a call on the after action reports.  How else can you clean up the game.

[Donoghus]

I would like to see refs fined when they miss a call on the after action reports.  How else can you clean up the game.

Those guys have families to feed! 

[Roy H.]

I would like to see refs fined when they miss a call on the after action reports.  How else can you clean up the game.

Those guys have families to feed! 

Ha.  I wouldn't punish refs for the occasional missed call, though, even on important plays.  I'd focus on the guys who repeatedly show bias or incompetence.

[SparzWizard]

Maybe sometimes it should be ok for refs to blow the whistle 3-4 seconds late when an obvious foul or out of bounds wasn't called. Just stop the play and momentum and say "hey this is a foul/deadball"

[aefgogreen]

Latest Anti-tanking idea I heard - After a team is mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, their wins count as losses in term of lottery odds.  For example, if they are eliminated when they are 10 and 40 and win 20 games afterward, their lottery odds would be based on 60 losses. 

Would teams try to game the system and tank early?
Would the tactic above be too complex to attempt?
Should they get rid of odds and just use the final "loss score" as the order?

I honestly think it's worth a try.

[Roy H.]

Latest Anti-tanking idea I heard - After a team is mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, their wins count as losses in term of lottery odds.  For example, if they are eliminated when they are 10 and 40 and win 20 games afterward, their lottery odds would be based on 60 losses. 

Would teams try to game the system and tank early?
Would the tactic above be too complex to attempt?
Should they get rid of odds and just use the final "loss score" as the order?

I honestly think it's worth a try.

I think proposals like this are a bit counterproductive, because they punish truly bad teams.  Conversely, they would reward teams that lost a superstar, lose early, and then win after he comes back.

[aefgogreen]

Latest Anti-tanking idea I heard - After a team is mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, their wins count as losses in term of lottery odds.  For example, if they are eliminated when they are 10 and 40 and win 20 games afterward, their lottery odds would be based on 60 losses. 

Would teams try to game the system and tank early?
Would the tactic above be too complex to attempt?
Should they get rid of odds and just use the final "loss score" as the order?

I honestly think it's worth a try.

I think proposals like this are a bit counterproductive, because they punish truly bad teams.  Conversely, they would reward teams that lost a superstar, lose early, and then win after he comes back.

Valid point - I would argue that it would encourage a team to bring back their star rather than sit him for the season.