NBA Commissioner For A Day!
Mar 08, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 1222
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Episode description
Dan and Grant spend two hours responding to NBA rule changes submitted by our subscribers. TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - Intro
1:31 - Overall impressions of this exercise
2:58 - Fouling up three
7:26 - Free-throw shot clock
11:40 - Off-arm use
15:29 - Freedom of movement
20:36 - Charge calls
24:04 - Gather steps & carries
26:49 - Number and length of timeouts
31:07 - Retroactive calls on replay
35:11 - Home-court advantage in the Finals
37:17 - National TV start times
40:05 - Abolish the NBA draft?
51:16 - Eliminate the NBA draft lottery
53:21 - Re-weight the NBA draft lottery
56:12 - Free-throw-shooting rotation
59:06 - Eliminate corner threes
1:04:06 - Shoot free throws at end of each quarter
1:07:05 - Bring back the Amnesty Clause
1:12:09 - NBA expansion and relocation
1:18:03 - No salary-cap rules for trades
1:21:15 - Automatic no-trade clauses for ALL max players
1:24:16 - Change playoffs to best-of-five series
1:28:03 - Unrivaled free-throw rules
1:31:35 - Offensive three seconds in the corners
1:33:41 - Teams choose where the three-point line goes on their home court
1:36:57 - Expanding shot values
1:39:58 - Coaches keep challenges until they lose one
1:40:42 - No more jump-balls
1:43:26 - Supercharged baskets!
1:46:59 - FIBA Goaltending rules
1:50:03 - Play-in conference crossovers!
1:51:24 - Special cap rules for 10-year players
1:53:31 - Alley-oop fouls
1:54:53 - Flopping enforcement
1:56:29 - Referee interviews
1:57:59 - Relegation?!
2:00:00 - Revive the IBM Award!
2:02:35 - Do year-end awards need any changes?
2:06:40 - Our favorite rule-change submissions
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0:00 - Intro
1:31 - Overall impressions of this exercise
2:58 - Fouling up three
7:26 - Free-throw shot clock
11:40 - Off-arm use
15:29 - Freedom of movement
20:36 - Charge calls
24:04 - Gather steps & carries
26:49 - Number and length of timeouts
31:07 - Retroactive calls on replay
35:11 - Home-court advantage in the Finals
37:17 - National TV start times
40:05 - Abolish the NBA draft?
51:16 - Eliminate the NBA draft lottery
53:21 - Re-weight the NBA draft lottery
56:12 - Free-throw-shooting rotation
59:06 - Eliminate corner threes
1:04:06 - Shoot free throws at end of each quarter
1:07:05 - Bring back the Amnesty Clause
1:12:09 - NBA expansion and relocation
1:18:03 - No salary-cap rules for trades
1:21:15 - Automatic no-trade clauses for ALL max players
1:24:16 - Change playoffs to best-of-five series
1:28:03 - Unrivaled free-throw rules
1:31:35 - Offensive three seconds in the corners
1:33:41 - Teams choose where the three-point line goes on their home court
1:36:57 - Expanding shot values
1:39:58 - Coaches keep challenges until they lose one
1:40:42 - No more jump-balls
1:43:26 - Supercharged baskets!
1:46:59 - FIBA Goaltending rules
1:50:03 - Play-in conference crossovers!
1:51:24 - Special cap rules for 10-year players
1:53:31 - Alley-oop fouls
1:54:53 - Flopping enforcement
1:56:29 - Referee interviews
1:57:59 - Relegation?!
2:00:00 - Revive the IBM Award!
2:02:35 - Do year-end awards need any changes?
2:06:40 - Our favorite rule-change submissions
SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH
JOIN OUR DISCORD
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️
TikTok: @hardwoodknocks
Twitter @HardwoodKnocks
Instagram: @hardwood_knocks
Dan's Bluesky: @danfavale
Dan's Twitter: @danfavale
Dan's IG: @danfavale
Grant's Bluesky: @granthughes
Grant's Twitter: @gt_hughes
BUSINESS INQUIRES⬇️
hardwoodknocks@gmail.com
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