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Old Fri Oct 16, 2009, 03:37am
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Walt Frazier is right on. The NBA is not real basketball. It is about entertainment and making money, so the league has done whatever it can to increase scoring in the belief that that will sell more tickets and increase the TV audience.
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Old Fri Oct 16, 2009, 07:33am
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Walt Frazier is right on. The NBA is not real basketball. It is about entertainment and making money, so the league has done whatever it can to increase scoring in the belief that that will sell more tickets and increase the TV audience.
True enough, but not unique to the NBA. Look at the average score in a MLB game today and 30 years ago (mainly park design and player fitness -- steroids AFAIK were not introduced deliberately to increase scoring). NFL, NHL have also changed rules to increase scoring.

Unfortunately, great defense sells tix only to wonks like me.
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Old Fri Oct 16, 2009, 08:21am
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I know NBA scoring has diminished over the last 30 years or so. Does anybody know the actual numbers?
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Old Fri Oct 16, 2009, 08:41am
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i know nba scoring has diminished over the last 30 years or so. Does anybody know the actual numbers?
'78 - '79 110.3
'88 - '89 109.2
'98 - '99 91.6
'01 - '02 95.5
'04 - '05 97.2
'08 - '09 100.0
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Old Fri Oct 16, 2009, 09:10am
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This article validates what I, and many others, thought. That if NBA players were getting away with travelling it's was because the NBA officials were calling (or not calling) that play per guidance from supervision.

I recall a couple folks who just couldn't wrap their brains around that premise.
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Old Fri Oct 16, 2009, 12:03pm
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Just in case nobody noticed, NCAA officials are also ignoring a lot of traveling.
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Old Fri Oct 16, 2009, 01:34pm
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Just in case nobody noticed, NCAA officials are also ignoring a lot of traveling.
Yeah, but that's not with the supervisor's approval.
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Old Mon Oct 19, 2009, 11:43am
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It is about entertainment and making money


This is the first I'm hearing of this! Say it ain't so, Nevada!

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