"something i hope alex and kevin say is a waste of time"Eagerly awaiting the verdict of your masters while hanging on their every word makes you the loser.
I know I read about this in SI. Sad that the new generation is missing things like this. How can you really appreciate what you're watching if you don't know how good all that came before were?
Here's the answer to the question posed by the title, since the article beats around the bush just to answer the damn question:"What's so special about the 24 seconds?The answer is that Danny Biasone, the aforementioned owner (of the NBA's Syracuse Nationals franchise) who pushed for the adoption of the 24-second rule, based his proposal upon his observations, experience, and simple arithmetic. In Biasone's judgment, basketball was most exciting when it was neither a stalling contest nor a wild shootout, but a well-paced game in which team took 60 shots apiece. Since professional basketball games were 48 minutes long, Biasone divided 2880 (the number of seconds in 48 minutes) by 120 (the total number of shots taken per game when each team attempted 60 shots) and arrived at an optimal figure of one shot every 24 seconds. From such a simple formula came a change that completely reinvigorated professional basketball, a rule it is now hard to imagine the game ever did without. "
The reason why the NBA became so popular and interesting is because of 1 man and 1 man only.Michael Jordan.but anyway, I didn't know that stuff about the shotclock and where it originated from. Pretty interesting article..
There's a difference between a sport played by real people (for fun or competition) and one meant for the mass consumption by a TV audience. I think you'll find plenty of "artificial rule changes" in the latter.
"A fact that not many fans of the game know?" What guy in Mongolia who's never played the game couldn't figure out that the shot clock was created to increase the pace of the game?
the main reason is cus so many players are poor sports. say, a team is down 20 pts but they STILL foul and slow the game down like crazy.. so pointless. hah
grimdotdotdotAug 7, 2006
Seriously, though - who didn't know this already?
krozallAug 7, 2006
Great find, everything all together in one place.... Sooooo good...Thanks!
stomicronAug 7, 2006
"something i hope alex and kevin say is a waste of time"Eagerly awaiting the verdict of your masters while hanging on their every word makes you the loser.
djgump35Aug 8, 2006
I know I read about this in SI. Sad that the new generation is missing things like this. How can you really appreciate what you're watching if you don't know how good all that came before were?
ignignokt01Aug 8, 2006
Here's the answer to the question posed by the title, since the article beats around the bush just to answer the damn question:"What's so special about the 24 seconds?The answer is that Danny Biasone, the aforementioned owner (of the NBA's Syracuse Nationals franchise) who pushed for the adoption of the 24-second rule, based his proposal upon his observations, experience, and simple arithmetic. In Biasone's judgment, basketball was most exciting when it was neither a stalling contest nor a wild shootout, but a well-paced game in which team took 60 shots apiece. Since professional basketball games were 48 minutes long, Biasone divided 2880 (the number of seconds in 48 minutes) by 120 (the total number of shots taken per game when each team attempted 60 shots) and arrived at an optimal figure of one shot every 24 seconds. From such a simple formula came a change that completely reinvigorated professional basketball, a rule it is now hard to imagine the game ever did without. "
hansamuraiAug 8, 2006
FOUR CORNERS!
mj14Aug 9, 2006
The reason why the NBA became so popular and interesting is because of 1 man and 1 man only.Michael Jordan.but anyway, I didn't know that stuff about the shotclock and where it originated from. Pretty interesting article..
rexkwandoAug 9, 2006
I thought this was common knowledge?!
tjlsmithAug 9, 2006
I didn't - but that's because I'm Canadian and Don Cherry never explained it to me.
flipside3Aug 21, 2006
There's a difference between a sport played by real people (for fun or competition) and one meant for the mass consumption by a TV audience. I think you'll find plenty of "artificial rule changes" in the latter.
steveyiAug 22, 2006
"A fact that not many fans of the game know?" What guy in Mongolia who's never played the game couldn't figure out that the shot clock was created to increase the pace of the game?
xoqflSep 2, 2006
the main reason is cus so many players are poor sports. say, a team is down 20 pts but they STILL foul and slow the game down like crazy.. so pointless. hah