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Originally Posted by BillyMac
The jump ball is a forgettable anachronistic formality, a microburst of mayhem, as outdated as two-hand set shots, laced basketballs, peach baskets, and chicken wire cages around the perimeter of the court.
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I hate jump balls!
The jump ball is archaic, some jump ball rules are poorly understood and/or poorly enforced, and we should start games with some other method.
It's the twentieth-first century. We now have alternating possession arrows.
The alternating possession arrow was created for a good reason, so let's get rid of all jump balls, give the ball to the visitors, or flip a coin, to start the game, and use the possession arrow for the rest of the game, including overtimes.
God created the alternating possession arrow for a reason, to smite all jump balls.