Re: Nelson, Cuban dislike charge line

Michael Fletcher wrote:
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> brink wrote:
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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
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> >playoffs,
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> >>he wondered, "When did NBA players start running under each other trying
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> >>take charges?  Get up in the air and block a shot."
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> >i disagree.  a lot of defense is positioning, and that's what this boils
> >down to, period.  it's up to the refs to make the right call, but what is
> >wrong with being in good position to cut off a player who is driving toward
> >the hoop?
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> >and bill walton's idea of "get up in the air and block a shot" is great
> >except for  the fact that refs are more likely to call that a foul these
> >days.  even a "clean" block (one where the ball gets blocked and then the
> >defender's hand comes and touches the shooter's hand, which should be  a
> >legal defensive play) is likely to result in a whistle and free throws and a
> >PF.
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> Right, another issue. Defense is discouraged by the officiating these
> days. The NBA is so concerned with low scoring that they've eliminated
> defense from the game almost entirely

Certainly not true in the paint, where play is allowed to be more brutal
than it ever has in my 34 years of watching the game.

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