As always on Sunday Mornings, the editors here at 76BigShot hit the local papers, but then we go to the best sports section in the country - the Boston Globe.
Peter May has an interesting note in there about the US Mens team as it relates to the officiating and the US teams troubles the last few years.
Maybe while the NBA is looking at itself in the mirror a little these days, they can incorporate some of the international rules into the NBA in hopes of "standardizing" the game. As always, money drives behavior, especially in professional basketball. If players from 15 to 21 are preparing for an NBA that has different goaltending rules, different rules regarding "LBJ'ing" into the lane to draw a foul (LBJ'ing=Putting your considerably large and strong shoulder into a smaller defender in the lane, throwing a shot up and going to the line. That works in the NBA now, not in international hoops though. That's why LBJ struggled at times - he couldn't shoot jumpers and draw fouls going hard to the hoop. Allen used to get away with that here - he's deceivingly strong and long), and looking at the lane as it relates to scoring offense.
Just some food for thought.
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speaking of int'l bball and team USA, check this out my friend:
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=0S0i5AJXlko
Let's bring an all italian team to the NBA and how many wins do they get? 30?
Maybe the Association needs to change to a more international game to make it a better product.
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