These FIBA Rules Would Fix NBA 

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I'd like to see teams being allowed to play defense again

Carrying, traveling and illegal screens. You mentioned the main problems.

1. Call carries 2. Call travelling (only 2 extra steps after your last dribble) 3. don't call fouls when the offensive player initiate the contact (that applies to jumping in defenders & the swing motion..which is the worst of them all) 4. Remove the zone 5. Remove the defensive 3-second 6. Bring back partial hand-check

I like everything you said, as a ref myself I cannot even watch the NBA anymore. I wouldn’t call it basketball anymore, it’s a form of entertainment and money maker.

The two things that frustrate me the most are the blatant carries, and players throwing themselves at defenders to get calls. These need to be called correctly.

The biggest thing for me is how often the offence gets rewarded for fouls they jump into

The carry is what bothers me the most as I learned that that's the main difference between Street Ball and PRO. You're supposed to be able to perform at the highest level by moving past the flashy plays and be able to win through the talent

Five changes for me 1 - Only one timeout can be used per team in the last two minutes of any quarter 2 - Call carries 3 - Call walks 4 - Referee's held accountable exactly the same way as players and coaches 5 - No more intentional fouls...back in the day you got a tech for these (still current internationally)...and yes this applies at the end of the game fouling to stop the clock ⛳

Luka's honest answer said it best, "It's easier to score in the NBA" and he adds right after, “it’s only because of the rules”. Go kick rocks

I think foul baiting is still a huge problem. Offensive players get rewarded too much for creating contact.

As a player of basketball for over 40 years this video is spot on with the problems with the NBA. 👍 I've been watching the NBA less and less over the past few years. What ticks me off the most is the blatant traveling and carrying over of the ball. Also allowing offensive players to use their offhand to knock away defensive players and not allow defensive hand checking is a joke. These things are only making the referees look bad and causing young kids to copy them, thus making things worse for the game in the future. They talk about changing some rules. These things have been going on for too long. They will have to make drastic changes to correct the game. This is another reason why I don't compare players from different eras of the game. As you say it's a circus out there. No longer the real game of basketball. 😡

They HAVE to start calling travel carry and the illegal screens because it's just too obvious that they're giving the offense an even bigger advantage over the defense and it would slow down the game enough to get scoring down to reasonable levels

The Popovich quote at the beginning is fire.

Lack of defense, lack of physical play, lack of consistency when calling the rules etc.. Tbh to me seeing the battle between 2 centers on the paint is simply amazing and something I miss and hope will return one day.

I spent an entire season watching college basketball and I saw so much carrying I thought they just adjusted the rule and I missed out. Hands technically should never be under the ball and even on the side it's quite questionable, but it happens so much I just thought I was getting old.

We are not seeing crazy dunks due to athleticism. We are seeing more crazy dunk due to the lack of paint/rim protection.

Travelling and Carrying are essential rules. Even the Harlem Globetrotters were always closer to them than the current NBA.

I think a gradual move towards FIBA rules for the NBA would be awesome.

prioritizing defense and not offense will bring the game back to being interesting and fun again

Lets talk about tanking. Can you imagine what would happen if for example Partizan or Panathinaikos or Maccabi would literally loose on purpose in order to be last even if that is the best outcome for the club? There would be a revolution in the country, governments would change. Its a matter of honor. A club has honor, a franchise doesn't

The offensive foul interpretation also changed quite a bit. Before it was an offensive foul, if the ball handler was moving with the shoulder into the chest of the defender. Now this move is mostly a foul by the defense. Especially when a star is the ball handler.

I think hand checking should be brought back as this may also reduce isolation basketball and bring back emphasis on passing the ball.

I loved how in 2006 you could watch a 75-69 final and a 129-118 final in the playoffs on the same day. Always prefer the defensive slugfests, but the offensive variability in both function and outcome was great.

The NBA wanted to make the game more exciting for the fans but they overcorrected. Now there is a lot more scoring but the quality of play is not as good. The stars of the past were just as good shooters but did not get as many opportunities because teams could actually field a defense and all the calls were not in favor of the offense.

Something that has become more annoying recently is how easy it is for an offensive player to draw a foul. Basically just run into someone and fall over. It's a foul on the defense when the ball carrier is the one who initiated contact

Jordan Poole’s carrying is legendary.

In 90s-early 00s, each basket earned was more intense to watch the offense or defense battle. Now is more about who makes mistakes and fouls for the other to take momentum and control the clock.

The carries, the steps, those are an issue. The 3 was the best addition to the game ever, as it brings more talent to the league instead of just seeking out the biggest man to stand in the paint.

We got into this mess by 'team handball-izing' Dr. Naismith's game. Let's go back to the rules of basketball; no travelling, dribble legally and screen legally.

Carrying is just out of control right now... biggest problem NBA basketball ever faced.

I actually don't think there's a problem with the rules, I think the problem is that the rules are not being enforced. I don't care if you blow the whistle 11 times a quarter on a single player, but stop allowing people to travel and carry, period. Yes, there will be growing pains, but as you mentioned, if enforced consistently, players eventually will adapt and we'll have a better product for it in the long run.

I took my son to an open gym today. I haven't seen people play basketball in years. Every single person was carrying and traveling. I haven't played in almost 14 years. I can't imagine what I would be able to do if I got away with what these kids are doing. And I was nice!!!!!

Just improve the defence in NBA by allowing no steps before dribble. It is hard to defend when a player can carry or travel all the time.

Well for starters they could start enforcing the existing rules on travel and carrying. It's completely random now when they call the travel for example. Pretty much all players make travel violation every time they start the dribble which gives them slight advantage against defender.

I am happy with some old school games on youtube, in the last twenty-five years I've seen around less than three NBA games and I am still alive! Thanks for the good video, dude! I am looking forward to the next year's olympic tournament!

I agree with everything in the video. The 3-pt/4-pt change is very interesting, I'd be curious to see some analytics on that. The worst offenders for me in terms of decreasing watchability of the game are travels, moving screens, and foul-baiting. Defense works so hard, doing everything right (from the perspective of my couch anyway), all for naught because the offensive player has such an advantage. I really enjoyed the start of the season 2 or 3 years ago where the refs were really cracking down on offensive-player-initiated contact. So many stars (Harden, Curry, Trae) had much worse PPG because the fouls were not getting called. Another small-but-big difference to FIBA is being able to touch the ball after it hits the rim. In NBA, there's nothing stopping an offensive player tipping the ball back in, but if the defender touches the ball, goal-tend. Where's the fairness in that?

Nba with fiba rules would be so amazing… i prefer watching EuroLeague games because of the way the game is played. But the Nba players are usually more talented altho i do feel like there could be a few players that would lose their superstar status under the fiba rules

Excellent video and well made points. Glad you're speaking out about this. The games of the top league on the planet have become stale... quite boring in recent years. In euroleague every point scored is exciting. Because you actually need to achieve it by getting past the defense. Every game is exciting, because there's fewer of them, thus each and every singly one carries more weight.

I’d like to see the three point line drawn straight across the court at 24’. This would force shooters towards the center for the shortest shot allowing defenses to concentrate there. This would precipitate more midrange action.

This is the absolute best " fix the NBA" video I've seen to date!! Calling carries, screens, and friggin traveling needs to happen!! I've been saying the Association plays too many games since the shortened season back in 2011 season. Take it down to 72 games and start the season on New Year's. FIBA rules also makes sense. It's an international game. All countries should be playing under the same rules. Only thing I don't agree with is the 3 & 4 point shot. That makes it a circus like Pop said. Push the line back so we don't have so many 3's being shot. Aside from that, great video!👍🏾

Nba needs to come out and enforce travel/carry rules or change them to match the no calls. Every team carries the ball 10 or more times per game and its never called.

Bring back the rules from 1990. Defence is a must.

More of a soccer fan here but a player going past 2-3 players should be a display of skill. Not normalcy. I went to a single NBA game and the above is the issue. Scoring is normal, making it relatively boring. There is imo little to get exciting about and scoring becomes similar to winning your serve in tennis while not scoring appears like somebody breaking the serve. It becomes less about scoring as much as possible and more about not failing to score as much as possible.

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The NBA tried to make more "highlights" kind of game. More flashy and less technical. They allowed offense go crazy, with relaxation in travelling, carries, and gather step. While at the same time reducing defenses options. No handcheck, no touch on dribble, 5 second rules, and many more. To the point that defense is almost non important, just out score the opponent. This is why Luka says its easier to score in the NBA than in Euroleague.

if we got rid of the defensive three-second violation, would it make defenses better or would it just make teams shoot more 3s? it's worth considering because I think being on defense gives you so little power compared to how much control the offensive team has. but yeah carrying and illegal screens should be called.

Great analysis, man! Subscribed.

It’s what I have been saying since years. NBA should return to 90s rules, similar to FIBA: no traveling, no ball carrying, no ilegal screens, no 3sec def paint rule, return of hand checking, a little bit of physicality. What is insane is seeing all this NBA stars playing on international games and suddenly all this flashy games disappear. Suddenly even they forget how to shoot 3s! Why! Because rule set is super important! NBA is sinking.

I totally agree with the points stated in this video, but I will add something else. Watching an NBA game on TV ends being booooring, the games are so long, and there isn't a moment when a team can extend a scoring streak to turn around the game, because there are so many time outs, a lot of interruptions to cut the pace. That makes easy, as a viewer, to lose interest in the game. I always "watch" NBA games while I'm doing something else. The game is always my second choice, being played in the background. And I'm quite old yet and I'm used to focus and be patient, but my son is incapable to maintain the attention. Newer generations are used to consume short videos and change to another one in a few minutes if it's not interesting enough for them. If the NBA doesn't change, I think it will have a dark future.

Carrying and travelling rules now make a mockery of the game. The jump step is ridiculous. The NBA would sell their granny for a buck

When I think of modern NBA offenses, I think of James Harden. Half of his game is initiating contact, hooking his arm with the defender and drawing a foul. A defender could be standing still and not moving his arms, and somehow Harden would still get a foul call. It makes the game stupid to watch. Every NBA regular season game is basically a Harlem Globetrotters-type exhibition game.

Watched two of your posts good content new sub ❤

I live in the USA and have been a hoops fan since Larry/Magic days. Everyone I know who grew up loving the NBA never watch it anymore, except for maybe the latter stages of the playoffs for precisely the reasons you outline here. The non enforcement of basic rules, everyone runs the same boring offense, etc... I prefer Euroleague , FIBA, and to some degree certain NCAAA games.

The thing that frustrates me is that the league came out and said refs calling these violations would slow down the game. These guys are players on the top level. Why can’t they adjust their play to stay within the rules?

I agree to most of your arguments, except the 3Point argument. 3pointing is still more "risky" , and a 2 point game is still more secure.....the only thing you might do is increasing the 3point distance but at the moment I dont see the necessarity

Very nice video. I don't watch or follow basketball, but you made this interesting.

LOL Ja holds the ball for more time than he uses to dribble.

Probably just enforcing carries/palming/travels more, on top of removing hand checking rule and MAYBE the defensive 3 second rule, or maybe making it a 5 second rule instead. That would be probably be enough for teams to play better defense without disrupting offense and slowing games down too much.

1) Get rid of the 3 point line (turn it back into a mans game) 2) Make the season 125 games (which would average 5 games per week) while expanding the roster to 18 (this would limit the ability of a small handful of players to dominate the league) 3) Bring back hand checking 4) Automatic ejection for flopping +5 game suspension 5) Audit refs - the bottom 10% dismissed every year 6) Enforce dribbling rules 7) Pull one of the refs in the 4th qtr

I don’t think illegal screens are much of a problem. It’s almost exactly like holding in the NFL. There are multiple screens on almost every single play, and I see quite a few calls in any game. Carrying, however, is way out of control and makes defense almost impossible.

Just yesterday I was watching the '05 Finals, the game was sooooo physical just 15 years ago, up to 2012, I think. Such a pleasure to watch games where every point counts, because every possession is drained in blood and sweat

I really think just calling travels would make a huge difference.

Great video

very interesting point of view :) Thx for the video

Great video!! I think the thing that annoys me the most is the travels and the carries, because these are already well established rules.

The first three changes you suggest are by far my biggest complaint about the NBA. Especially the travels and carries which have been permitted for decades without much complaints from the refs. Really wish they'd call them and get back to a more 'pure' and fair basketball...

I remember about this 10 years back the o/u line for a high scoring game was 205. Now teams be hitting that by end of Q3.

I saw a Celtics vs Knicks game where I noticed that players not hitting their 3s lost defensive interest in the game and did not adjust. I mean, if you cannot hit your 3s try to score closer to the basket. It is that simple. But some players are so used to scoring 50% or more of their points with 3s that they lack a plan B if they are cold that night.

Let's start applying the rules NBA already have, but CONSISTENLY

Whenever I see Ja Morant gliding through the air, I imagine Shaq or Patrick Ewing flipping him like a toothpick. They would have to scratch him off the hardwood. No center with self-respect would let him dunk any of those plays with those rules back then.

great stuff

what a great video. these are the changes the nba needs!

Any time from the Jordan Era and prior was amazing. Anything after pure garbage. No defense, fake diving and injuries like soccer, traveling and palming to new levels, just pure softness. Scoring highs aren't because the players are more talented but because there is nobody guarding them making it harder for them to score

NBA->draft->tanking->boring for a league that has the best talents Europe->no draft->no tanking->exciting

the carrying is what really stands out to me. I'm from europe and basketball never was as big here as in the US. But when we played at school (no, not a school team, just us playing 5 minute matches in sports class) our teacher would have called out those carries in the video. He always said if We'd carry the ball like that, we could just as well start playing rugby.

I think if they go like baseball and make the 3pt line varied from arena to arena; allow more defense, encourage post play. We need more variety in the teams play.

The 2 things that upset me the most are: the carries, players from many generations learned how to dribble the ball without carrying and now these kids carry like crazy. And second, the moving screens, but specially when there's a completely legal screen, then the defensive player runs, crashes and falls down like he was hit by a truck and the referee calls OFFENSIVE foul LOL. This is crazy, that's why a lot of ppl is not interested in NBA basketball as much as before.

Big men posting up offensively has been pretty much completely eliminated from the NBA today. What this means is that the lane is WIDE open and once an offensive player gets by the initial defender there is no big defensive player guarding an offensive big so there's nobody there to block the shot. That's the majority of what's going on. You can go an entire game now without seeing even one player catch a ball in the low post and attempting to score in that manner.

1. Call more Offensive fouls on dunks over defenders 2. Make Traveling reviewable 3. Let the shot clock start from the moment the inbounder has the ball in his hands 4. Shorten the games to 40 Minutes like in Fiba and College.

Call carries, travels, and moving screens. Consistantly. Change 3 second to a 5 second. Change goaltending to allow for blocking shots that have touched the rim (ie in FIBA). Call flopping as a tech. Move the sideline 3 point line out 1 foot. It makes it the same distance as the top of the arc and allows for less room for players to run into spots. Add at least a month to the schedule and spread games out more so players have more rest and need less management. I think these would do the trick. We dont have to go back to some halycon 8 year period where basketball drew nor ratings and was on tape delay. We don't need to go back to the "no zone defense and its a foul if you leave your man" that they gave Michael so he could fly through uncontested paints. We just need a little bit of tweaking.

The game played in the NBA is NOT basketball. Its a hybrid "breed", which has been altered for the sake of showmanship. All the rules you mentioned, that have been changed or outright are just ignored by the refs (obviously because they have been asked to do so), lead to and promote a star-player focused game. How can you call it basketball when a player, quite literally, picks up the ball with no stable foot, runs 5 steps without dribbling while palming the ball and fakes while dribbling over the defender who is blocked by a moving screen ? Those rules were there for a reason. And this reason was mostly, to encourage TEAM PLAY, in a team game. You HAD to pass the ball , you HAD to time your screens correctly in order to help your teamate. You HAD to follow a co-ordinated play, in which everyone played their part, in order to find the open shot. Whats the point of all that if one guy can just grab the ball and travel his way to the basket ? All of those things are gone in todays NBA. The players are learning the sport like that all the way through their life. I remember when the outrage was only about how NBA players used to take flight with their KNEE extended and not being charged with offensive fouls while going for a dunk. Which is, in itself, a major issue of unfairness to the defender. Dunks in the NBA have lost all meaning for me , for that very reason. How can you even defend when someone flies with their knee or elbow leading the way ? My point is, those rules were there for a reason. Its a team game but the NBA has taken that aspect out of it, for the sake of showmanship. You cant expect to change FUNDAMENTAL rules and then scratch your head on why the game has evolved into something else. Even in international competitions USA teams are refereed leniently, whereas NBA international players get called for things NBA USA players dont. Its obviously a directive of compromise. If the refs would call team USA with actual FIBA rules, they would hardly score. Anyways, its a tree - forest situation. Its not about the scorelines and statistics imo, its about the very essence of the game. Its a team game and the NBA has managed to make it a "single player with a supporting cast" game. Which bodes well with records and cool dunks and 3pointers, but when the excitement goes away (which is starting to happen) because those become the norm, then they will have to change it to something else. But thats a slippery slope.

Yea, NBA rules are disgusting nowadays. Very recently there was that fabolous dunk from Aaron Gordon, refs said it was offensive faul, then they changed the decision, probably because of attractive dunk. But no body mentioned 4 steps Gordon made before dunk. It was disgusting...

FIBA rules, the 3 second rule also applies to the pockets for offecne (I'd say from where the line straightens), stricktness on travelling and hands up when you are setting a block.

More emphasis on carry travel step and gather rules as well as moving screens being called would help the defense

I would have the NBA adopt FIBA rules but keep the corner 3. FIBA rules are basically the old NBA rules from the 1980's and 1990's up until 2003/2004 with the innovations of David Stern. That was the real Golden🌟 Age of Basketball. I also agree making the season shorter is better for the game to make each game more meaningful. Perhaps 50 games instead of 82. Also the All Star-Game has to be re-done because it used to be that All-Stars competed to show that they were the best. Instead today its just an exhibition of no defense. Maybe players who get selected for the All-Star Game should get a special monetary bonus or special insignia they can carry on their jersey all year showing their elite status as players, if a player loses his all star status he has to hand his insignia to a player who has been selected to the all-star team in the following year...it makes the game and the elite status more personal if you have to literally hand the baton to a player who has out-competed you...

Leagues always have this one-track mind about increasing scoring, but it’s pace and action that keeps sports exciting. The 3-point revolution has been mostly good but also incredibly boring and annoying to watch at times.

Carry, and illegal screens are mentioned but I think one of the main problem as well is the lack of teams practicing zone defense (which is hardly discouraged due to the defensive 3 sec rule). Im not saying that each team should do it all the time, but its clearly not used enough. Having defensive options that you can switch to force your oponent into an unomfortable position is basic strategy in any sport.

I'm American, and I'd like for the NBA to let teams run any kind of defense they want. No more illegal defenses. Tactics are important in team sports. Bring back physicality and defense to the league. Maybe FIBA can adopt the figure of the NBA lane and moving out the 3 point line. Basketball should be universal, and the rules are the foundation.

The kawhi Leonard rule is also a major point. If you watch close outs and contests on 3 pt shots, they often fly off to the side or contest like 4 feet away from the shooter because they are scared to get called for a flagrant or a foul. Safety is important but imo they overreacted cuz it was Kawhi. I didn’t see a real epidemic of players doing that to implement that rule. So these 3s are often wide open with a contest that is more for show than actually stopping the 3 pointer

I pretty much agree with all of these. Simply enforcing travelling, carrying, and moving screen violations would go a long way. I've also long thought we should do away with both offensive and defensive three second violations. Three in the key made sense when the game was played closer to the basket but that's not really the case now. I'm a little hesitant to bring hand-checking back, to me that would be last on the list but not out of the question. Getting rid of corner threes sounds radical but might actually make a lot of sense. I think a balance needs to be found between the way the game is currently played vs the slow, post oriented game in the 90s, which IMO wasn't as entertaining as the game is now. The NBA could experiment with some of these ideas in the G-League the way the MLB experiments with proposed rule changes like pitch clocks in the minor leagues.

100% on all this. These are all the reasons I don't watch the NBA until playoffs, and hate the style of play even when I watch. I know I'm the weird one for this, but I find defense the best part (which is missing from even playoff games)

Call moving screens, no palming, traveling, double dribble and get rid of corner 3s. On defense, you can hand check, but can’t slide underneath someone from 3ft away and hoping he hits you so you can draw a charge. Protect the rim, don’t just stand in the way. I’m not saying ban charges, but a secondary player can’t slide in the way while the offensive player is gathering to jump.

As a guy who played 25 years ago in Europe; We all knew that we can't play like our NBA heroes regarding travelling and carrying. Refs wouldn't let that slide. Didn't make NBA games less exciting to watch back then though. Maybe it's more extreme nowadays?

I agree with coach Popovic that NBA has become a circus.The real basketball is been played in Euroleague.NBA is more about individual performance rather than the team's.So I suggest playing a lot more fewer games so that every game matters and of course I would like to see all that "talent" in European rules and referees... But that would spoil the "product"....

I agree to most of your arguments, except the 3Point argument. 3pointing is still more risky , and a 2 point game is still more secure. this is not an issue at all. also during Jordan era there was the 3point shot , although it was not used that much, but it existed and nobody criticized that.

Lmao that Green notification got me good 😅🤣😅

I think the 3 point line should be extended to 25 feet which would also eliminate the corner 3

Basketball is a competitive sport except in the NBA where it's nothing more than a circus show and a marketing business. Take out moving screens and introduce 2 divisions with promotion and relegation.

I disagree with lessening the games, they could avoid back-to-backs which would make it a lot easier. Also the defensive 3 second rule is pretty good, it makes the defence more versatile and it definitely stops people like Gobert from just camping in the paint.