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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
The mere fact that there is a RA around the basket is conclusive proof that the pro game favors the offense. Is there anywhere on the court that the call goes against the offense BY RULE? Nope.
I'm sure that if Yao Ming or Tim Duncan stood one foot in front of the rim with his arms held straight up that his defense could be pretty effective and deter opponents from dunking. Of course, the way the NBA rules are written if the offensive player recklessly runs down the lane and crashes into this stationary defender the foul is on the DEFENDER!!!
Why? The guy is doing nothing illegal other than being in a certain area of the court which the league has designated as off-limits.
You want another example of a league rule that favors the offense?
How about the league used to ban zone defense, and now has a DEFENSIVE three-second violation!!! The defenders cannot play whereever they wish. They have to move away from the basket to provide the offense with a better opportunity to score.
What else favors high-scoring games...hmmm....could it be a 24-second shot clock? No team can slow down the tempo and hold the ball. The team must attack or lose the ball.
Yep, the league wants POINTS. The league wants OFFENSE.
Since you are being awfully naive, I fixed it for you. I've already stated how someone could play "legitimate" defense from that area. The rule has NOTHING to do with defense. It has to do with dollars. The idea was to clear space in the lane, which the big guys were clogging up, to allow the wing players to slash to the goal for highlight-reel dunks. That is what the NBA desires--plain and simple. No dunks = No fans = No money.
Defenders in that area of the court could stop a lot of dunks, draw a ton of charges, and greatly deter the opponents from attacking the rim. So the NBA banned it.
You even admit that the NBA does not want a jump shooting contest. Too bad, because some of us believe that is the most beautiful part of the game.
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Sorry but not even tim or yao could keep an NBA! player from dunking if he is just STANDING in front of the rim. These guys are pure athletes. The best in basketball! Now it is still legal if tim or yao jumps vertically while being in the RA. The jumping cleanses them from the play being reffed as an RA block/charge.
I was not talking about "favor-the-offense" pro philosophy in terms of rules that have been put in place. someone was mentioning it in regards to fouls and how we always attempt to favor the offense on those plays.
Your accusations are correct. We want a lot of slashing, cutting/driving to the basket, and freedom of movement in our game which is more condusive to higher scoring games. The NBA made rules to aid in this.
you're right, a defender is not allowed to be in the RA, nor is a defender allowed to be in the paint without actively guarding somebody for more than 3seconds, its just like stepping out of bounds, you are not allowed to do it.