League says NBA is going to be more physical this next year

[Im Still Ballin]

Based on a meeting with head coaches, Rick Carlisle says to expect a more physical NBA.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GY-AdZ4XgAAwbiA?format=jpg&name=large

https://x.com/C2_Cooper/status/1841838221908422956

[StrongLurk]

Lebron would have 7 rings if league didn't try to soften things up for weaklings like Curry/KD/Tatum and co.

They had to wait until Lebron turned 40 (even though Bron still proved he's the best US player by winning Olympic MVP).

I still don't believe Rick here anyways.

[Proctor]

Until November.

Similar to the "crackdown" on foul baiting.

[Im Still Ballin]

Article from 7 months ago. We all saw the noticeable change in officiating after the embarrassment of the All-Star game. Super interesting to note that the 2023-24 playoff average pace (92.7) was the lowest it has been since 2013-14 (90.6).

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_stats_per_game.html


https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-competition-committee-looking-to-give-defenders-more-freedom-and-scoring-is-down-since-all-star-break/

NBA competition committee looking to give defenders more freedom, and scoring is down since All-Star break
The league-wide offensive rating is on pace to be the highest ever, but scoring is down since the All-Star Game

By Jack Maloney
Mar 14, 2024 at 6:19 pm ET

At least some of the NBA's power brokers appear to have had enough of the league's offensive explosion. At a meeting on Tuesday, the league's competition committee discussed ways to empower defenses moving forward, according to Shams Charania.

Here's Charania's report:

"I'm told the NBA's competition committee, which is comprised of league executives, team executives, team officials, team owners, players, the NBA players union, they all met on Tuesday and they discussed ways to incorporate more defensive freedom, evaluating how to potentially allow more physicality, the merits of that and much more.

"They'll use the next few months and the offseason to strategize how to implement potential changes and allowing more defensive freedom into next season... This is something the league is discussing and a lot of it is because players and all these different stakeholders are bringing it up in these calls."

This is not the first time that this subject has come up in this setting. On Jan. 28, Marc Stein reported that this was discussed at a remote competition committee meeting earlier that month. In an ESPN story last month, NBA executive vice president and head of basketball operations Joe Dumars confirmed that the competition committee had officially started reviewing whether or not the balance had shifted too far in offense's favor.

He did not, however, indicate that the league is close to implementing any on-court changes.

"We're diving [into the data] right now and just a ton of film and putting together a ton of reels to be able to look at this and go, 'OK, yeah, we do have a problem," Dumars told ESPN. "But you don't make changes like that just on an anecdotal call."

[dankok8]

Article from 7 months ago. We all saw the noticeable change in officiating after the embarrassment of the All-Star game. Super interesting to note that the 2023-24 playoff average pace (92.7) was the lowest it has been since 2013-14 (90.6).

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_stats_per_game.html

Good point on the lower pace. This past postseason also saw more guys put up some rough efficiencies after years of super easy scoring.

[highwhey]

david stern was a real piece of sh1t. imagine telling players they can't wear loose clothing lmao, what a fvking piece of shit, like all of his people.

[Full Court]

I'm all about it. In these last playoffs the refs were letting them go a bit, and it made for better games to watch.

[iamgine]

They need to be able to change rules in a week instead of waiting for a formal rule change which could take years. Like Wade's foul baiting, Durant's rip through move or Harden's arm tangling tactics, how those took so long to amend. The refs should be able to decide in a weekly meeting "okay that's within the rules but it's unsportsmanlike so we're gonna call offensive foul on those".

[Im Still Ballin]

Good point on the lower pace. This past postseason also saw more guys put up some rough efficiencies after years of super easy scoring.

Yeah, and that drop off from regular season to playoff is a huge outlier historically. 98.5 - 92.7 = 5.8. You have to go back to 1993-94 to find a bigger change in pace. Perhaps the increased physicality allowed on defense has led to longer offensive possessions?


Pace change regular season to playoffs:

2024: -5.8
2023: -3.1
2022: -2.7
2021: -3.1
2020: -2.7
2019: -3.1
2018: -1.9
2017: -1.5
2016: -2.8
2015: +0.5
2014: -3.3
2013: -2.5
2012: -2.3
2011: -4.3
2010: -3.0
2009: -3.0
2008: -4.4
2007: -2.4
2006: -1.3
2005: -1.6
2004: -1.7
2003: -0.7
2002: -0.2
2001: -2.0
2000: -5.3
1999: -3.2
1998: -4.4
1997: -2.9
1996: -4.7
1995: -3.9
1994: -6.5
1993: -6.0
1992: -4.9
1991: -4.5
1990: -2.4
1989: -6.2
1988: -5.6
1987: -3.3
1986: -3.1
1985: +1.4
1984: -3.5
1983: -2.8
1982: -2.5
1981: -6.6
1980: -4.7
1979: -4.4

[Manny98]

I truly hope so