FIBA vs. NBA/NCAA/NFHS

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

None of that really matters.....24 seconds is really just an arbitrary threshold. If they wanted a team to take no more than 24 seconds, the would require it to hit the rim by 24 seconds but they don't.

24 seconds was chosen solely in an effort to achieve a certain number of points per game.....that's all.

Sure, it would change the result of a few plays, but it does so in a way that doesn't really matter.

Whether arbitrary or not, it doesn't matter. The NBA doesn't want teams taking more than 24 seconds if they commit a shot clock violation. It's how their rule and subsequent case book plays are written out. They even go so far as to correct the game clock very early in the game. For example, if a team opens the 2nd quarter committing a shot clock violation (with no resets) with 11:34 on the clock, you best believe they'll reset the clock to 11:36.

Those few plays are why the rule change would not be implemented in the NBA.

Side note:

24 seconds was picked by dividing 2880 seconds (number of seconds in a 48 minute game) by 120 shots between the two teams (Danny Biasone, Syracuse Nationals owner figured this to be the "sweet spot" between stall ball and a "wild shootout.")