Re: Nelson, Cuban dislike charge line

DJ Kazuya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled:

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>> http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/basketball/7381306.htm
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>> "If you don't have to have [the arc], it helps the game" he said. Not
>> having the arc " promotes more aggressiveness, guys driving to the
>> basket and reduces injuries. It forces guys to make basketball plays.
>> It makes so much sense. It's not like stepping in front of someone
>> just to take a charge. That's not a basketball play. It's just a
>> turnover."
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> I stand firmly with Bill Walton on this issue... as he disgustedly
> watched Scottie Pippen run under a player to take a charge in last
> year's playoffs, he wondered, "When did NBA players start running
> under each other trying to take charges?  Get up in the air and block
> a shot."

what I hate is when a player runs up to another player who JUST got the ball
(and is facing the other way) and gets the other player called for an
offensive foul. Usually this happens at half-court, and you know the play
I'm talking about.

The player recieving the ball does not have any time to even have the ball
long enough to even gather himself to run into a player, let alone be called
for an offensive foul.

But I can't expect the league to start calling shit by the books anymore, so
I've given up my main interest in the league itself.
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