When did basketball stop becoming a contact sport?

D. Bergin · #1 03-23-2025, 01:13 PM

I do miss the smash-mouth days of 80's-90's NBA and old Big East physical college play to, but I also remember they shot even more free-throws back then, then they do now.

Fouling has always been a strategy, it's just a matter of what you can get away with, and walking that line defensively based on the rules in place at any given time.

I also remember people complaining that the guys back then should pass the ball more, stop hacking offensive players, stop playing ugly basketball, and get better at shooting outside shots, because it was more skillful then just being tall and dunking on the inside.

They began changing the rules to cater to the public's perception of things...and eventually, we got what everybody wished for, and nobody liked that either, LOL.

Peter_Spaeth · #2 03-23-2025, 01:36 PM

I would start by silencing the organ music.

1952boyntoncollector · #3 03-24-2025, 08:18 AM

I have been saying for year they should have a 2 feet or so rule beyond the 3 point line a '3 or 5 second rule' like you have in the paint so you dont have guys just waiting there to chuck up 3s and keeping the floor so wide open .

I dont know how you can be pummeled and getting a AND 1 in the paint is worth the same as a 3 point shot. Right now only layups and 3s really make sense unless can hit 65 percent or so from 2 or get to the line..

3s are also rewarded now because you get fouled on a 3 more so now then in the past by being in the shooters 'landing zone', yeah there are no kick outs like reggie miller but im sure if you look at the stats there are way more fouls on 3 point attempts then in years past, correct me if im wrong.

jayshum · #4 03-24-2025, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

I have been saying for year they should have a 2 feet or so rule beyond the 3 point line a '3 or 5 second rule' like you have in the paint so you dont have guys just waiting there to chuck up 3s and keeping the floor so wide open .

I dont know how you can be pummeled and getting a AND 1 in the paint is worth the same as a 3 point shot. Right now only layups and 3s really make sense unless can hit 65 percent or so from 2 or get to the line..

3s are also rewarded now because you get fouled on a 3 more so now then in the past by being in the shooters 'landing zone', yeah there are no kick outs like reggie miller but im sure if you look at the stats there are way more fouls on 3 point attempts then in years past, correct me if im wrong.

I'm not sure about the actual stats, but since there are a lot more 3 point shots being taken, there are probably a lot more fouls being called on them. Whether or not it's a statistical difference I don't know.

BobbyStrawberry · #5 03-24-2025, 04:08 PM

Another bad part of the current NBA game is the "offensive player going to the basket goes out of their way to shove their shoulder into the defender, resulting in a defensive foul." Harden and Luka Doncic do this a lot

Watching some of the NCAA tournament the last few days (mens and womens) is a refresher that outside of the NBA, basketball is still basketball for the most part.

bk400 · #6 03-24-2025, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Another bad part of the current NBA game is the "offensive player going to the basket goes out of their way to shove their shoulder into the defender, resulting in a defensive foul." Harden and Luka Doncic do this a lot

Watching some of the NCAA tournament the last few days (mens and womens) is a refresher that outside of the NBA, basketball is still basketball for the most part.

Yes, it's the whole feet not set thing that I don't understand. I never understood why the defender doesn't have the same right to the space as the player with the ball. Allow the contact when both players are fighting for the same space.

You can tell from scores like 145-130 in games that defense has been handicapped. Kind of like baseball in that way.

Balticfox · #7 03-25-2025, 10:29 AM

Not to mention the travelling allowed. As played under the rules/officiating of the NBA, the game has become a travesty of that which was intended.

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