If you could change one thing about the NBA what would it be?

Question

Rules, better refs. etc. Less pyrotechnics that was actually a Stern remark

Answer 1

I think it is stupid that players can no longer come straight out of high school to the NBA.

Answer 2

i would Fire david stern.

Answer 3

im a girl and  i love basketball.... my favorite team is the clevland cavs

the one think i would changes is all the d**n cheating and d**n refs.

i mean the refs treat the super stars spechial (lebron, kobe, cp3, kevin garnet, paul peirce, u kno) just becasue they are bigger than the other players. plus the refs base their calls on thieir scheduale... cuz they one get the h**l out of their and go home

that s***IT ant rite

gosh!!! i love basketball but sumtimes i hate the superstars and their f****in egos  

Answer 4

enforce ALL the rules STARTING with traveling...

Answer 5

Just as AdamAntium said above me...

No more special treatment to superstars. Kobe, Wade, Howard, Duncan, Nash, Pierce, Garnett, etc should no longer get extra help from the referees. If you are really a superstar, you should be able to excell given the same treatment other players are. Basically, that means if Kobe Bryant or Paul Pierce drives the basket and throws up an impossible shot over their back (like they do) expecting a bail out, don't.

That means traveling should be called, offensive fouls. Obviously rookies don't get the same respect veteran players do regardless of how good they are..

Answer 6

bring back the hand check and give the players the boxing head thing( just make it smaller)

Answer 7

if they didnt think of it i would probably have games outside

Answer 8

I think they should change the foul out to 7 fouls... that would be cool

More physical game makes things more interesting... but one more foul means that players could also play in games longer and would not have to be benched for a foul that might have been a bad call.

Answer 9

Less timeouts, especially at the end of the game, no special treatment of certain players by the refs, call fouls on everybody the same way.

Get rid of the touch fouls.

Answer 10

make you only have to be 17 to join the NBA

Answer 11

Less fouls called.The reason the 90's basketball is much more famous and better than the 00's is because it's more physical.

You can get a elbow to the back and just be called for a foul.In these days you'll be suspended for 7 games.

90's basketball is much more fast-paced than the 00's.That's why it's more famous.No one wants to watch people getting fouled every possession,and taking 15 seconds to line up for a free throw.

If I want to watch a slow-paced game,I would've gone for football.

Answer 12

Call the fouls against the superstars. Stop letting lebron and co get away with travelling all the time.  

Answer 13

Make the 3 pt line shorter and call less fouls to make the scoring extremely high. I love high scores!

Answer 14

As for rules I would say the behind the back call! I hate that call when you cant stuff/block someone from behind.

As for refs, it varies as most referees are fair but I recall during the playoffs one of the Lakers vs. Celtics games, the ref kept calling some unrealistic calls against the lakers when the celtics were home.

Answer 15

Dress Code.....  they're not in highschool.  Why they can't wear what they want

And sometimes i think it would be pretty cool if they let players grab the ball of the rim like they doing in the Olympics.  I think that's pretty cool

Answer 16

I'd agree with that guy saying 7 fouls. I'd change some fouls.  

Answer 17

they need to call all the calls and stop letting the superstars walk and carry and all that

Answer 18

Get a new commissioner

Answer 19

Trade restriction! 'We' don't need Kobe on our team!! Kobe is overrated I'll take Brandon Roy all day! (night for me)

Think Happy Thoughts!

Answer 20

nba luxury tax be raffled off to the fans. give it back to the fans.

Answer 21

If I had to change ONE thing about it, I would change the dress code. In the words of Tim Duncan, it's absolutely retarded.

But there are other things.

- Change nineteen age limit back to eighteen

- Let the players have eight fouls

- Change the definition of a blocking foul