'point to shot clock' mechanic

[UNIgiantslayers]

Originally Posted by bucky

So all that dislike it also dislike the communication between officials at the end of a quarter/half? There is no difference. Officials communicate that a time limit is about to be reached for awareness. It is contradictory to dislike one and not the other.

I'm being a bit facetious here, but by that logic would you also be in favor of an 8 second warning in the bc/free throw and a 3 second warning on a throw in?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by UNIgiantslayers

I'm being a bit facetious here, but by that logic would you also be in favor of an 8 second warning in the bc/free throw and a 3 second warning on a throw in?

As I understand it, the "powers that be" thought that there were enough officials who were taken by surprise by the shot clock running down that the powers implemented the mechanic to reduce that. Any "help" to a team was deemed worth the benefit. We might disagree with either the reason or the conclusion.

Those reasons / conclusions don't (yet) apply to the other items.