what the
Years ago

20 second time outs - any takers?

I like the idea - what do you think?

NBA / WNBA style

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Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Years ago

what

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Info session
Years ago

If you want to introduce all the American rules, how about going to play over there instead?

The possession arrow is bad enough without bringing in Illegal defence, defensive three seconds, five step dunks and 20 second time outs.

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Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Years ago

The NBA doesn't have the possession arrow.

And if you meant 20 second time outs in the ABA then I disagree. They are just a stupid timeout for the NBA so they can get the ball at halfcourt at the end of the game, which doesn't happen in Australia (yet) so there's no real need for them.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Agree ELG, and anyway we play under FIBA rules. Yes the NBL has 12 minute quarters but other than that it is pretty much the same.

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Jasmine
Years ago

Info session...Way to attack the American system without even understanding what you talking about. As ELG said, the NBA doesn't have the possession arrow and are you aware that illegal defence & defensive three seconds are the exact same thing?

I like a lot of the American rules and I think a lot of their departures from FIBA are for the better. Australia is too tightly linked with FIBA in my opinion, not all rules and policies of FIBA are good for the unique brand of basketball that is the NBL.

With that said, 20 seconds time outs slow the game down too much for my liking. One thing the NBL has over the NBA is that it is much faster. Not the pace of the game but the length of the game. I like it like that.

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Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Years ago

Australia should forget all the rules that they gained from America. Like the 24 second shotclock and the possession arrow.

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Matt Ryan
Years ago

The 20 sec time-out in the NBA is for commercials for sponsorship! THAT'S WHY IT'S THERE!

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Anonymous
Years ago

how about being able to call timeout when the ball is in play? If you're dribbling the ball get across half court and call timeout. then there is no need for the 20 sec time out and teams dont have to spoit their oppositon 10-0 runs!

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