Hoops

NBL should return to 48 minutes

I think 40 min games are great, I think the issue is the quality of games. If a team plays a grind out style of basketball with average players, adding 8 min to the game wont make the game any more interesting, it'll probably make it more boring.

More 40 min games i think is a better option than fewer longer games. Saying that I hope the NBL can start to extend the season as the league improves and more money flows into the league.

“Listen,There just shouldn’t be three-hour NBA games.” A three-hour NBA game goes against everything basketball is supposed to be — a fast-paced ballet of whirring athleticism, back-and-forth action, and fantastic players looping around the floor in coordinated geometric patterns. - Jeff Van Gundy

Adam Silver in the past has commented on the idea of shifting the NBA to 40 min games as well (3:12) but the stats sheet will basically need to be rewritten, so it's a no deal. Same idea if the NBL moves to 48 min games.

www.csnne.com/blog/celtics-talk/nba-commissioner-adam-silver-joins-mike-and-tommy

Agree with skull, grand final should be 5 games. If a contest is really good, you don't want it to be over in just 3 matches

other then the entertainment/fairness side of a 5 game gf series, what about the much needed revenue?

not too concerned about 48min games.

"I used to be massively in favour of going back to 488 minutes"

Bit too long imo

What's with this 'have to have giant scores' line?

Scoring wins games, but there is more to the sport than just scoring.

Surely a good game - a genuine, fair contest between two well-matched teams with good skills - is more interesting and exciting than a 100+ points blow out.

And for me at least, 'good skills' includes good defensive skills - there are usually two teams in most matches! - and not just a series of 3 pt bombs [would be interesting to go back to all field baskets being worth two points; used to get a lot more penetration and mid-range shots back then] or flashy dunks [still worth only two points], which are so often scored with a run-up rather than legal footwork.

I'd rather see the return of the 5 game grand final series.
Instead of the current, top of the ladder wins with 2 home games.

I've always wanted 12 minute quarters as it gives the ability to break league records and let's be honest teams are so deep these days that a coach could easily make the wrong choice on whom to bring on because he has too many options (I'm thinking of 36ers here that have Ere, Teys and Sobey on the bench that can play in the back court) and with an added 8 minutes of extra time to work out with your team and I think that adds competition amongst team mates.

Disagree completely with three imports idea; so much talent out there not getting a chance and taking away from them is just silly.

Whilst I can appreciate back to back games on tv, I'm looking at this totally from a members perspective and at the Wildcats we paid an extra 11% more than we did last season and if we got 8 minutes extra game time then that would make it easier to accept

I used to want 48 min nbl games, but getting families to games on weeknights and tv coverage is so important and the shorter length helps with both, so on balance I don't mind it staying at 40

The third import would be a budget import for the budget teams, and a high-level import for the big-budget teams.

It'd make the league less competitive, not more, because the big-money teams could bring in far better guys.

Only the NBA have 48min games. We're getting teams drop 100 in 8min less. So i'd say no.

The only downside is the old records will unlikely ever be broken

Also, the foxsports deal will put any stop to this Cornucopian fantasy

nope, keep it as it is

48 minute games are too long (2 and a half hours)

Competing for attention where theres so much on in is hard enough, simple as that

Plus, parents would love to take their kids and go home early

I've got no problem with 40 minute games . I'm not sure in the stats but I would say that the averages score this season is higher than previous years. There have been a lot of games close to punching the 100 mark per team. Quality over quantity any day!