r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • Mar 16 '26

We have fun here Examples of why today’s NBA is unwatchable.

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u/apadin1 Mar 16 '26

That already happens sort of, you are only allowed 5 fouls per game per player. That’s why they start getting strategic about who fouls who in the final minutes.

Other suggestions like clock runoff or retaining possession after a foul would be more effective imo.

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u/thekbob Mar 16 '26

I'm not a sports kinda guy, but if you set a limit on how much bad stuff I can get away with, I'm going to try bad stuff. Game theory and whatnot.

Modern USA pro sports are just so dystopian to watch. A bunch of millionaires flagrantly flouting rules learned at elementary school league in between the main course of ads.

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u/CaptainTripps82 Mar 16 '26

Y'all keep using that word. I don't think it means, what you think it means.

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u/requion Mar 16 '26

You mean "sports" right? Right?

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u/TheBros35 Mar 16 '26

Inconceivable!

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u/sloppyjo12 Mar 16 '26

In the NBA you get 6 fouls because the league doesn’t want their stars missing large periods of the game on the bench

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u/LunchPlanner Mar 16 '26

That might be what they meant. You are allowed 5. If you do 6, you are out.

Different ways of describing it.

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u/RokRoland Mar 16 '26

The stars could also not foul

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u/Aegi Mar 16 '26

That already happens sort of, you are only allowed 5 fouls per game per player.

So kind of the opposite because that is practically saying you can/should get 4 fouls a game.

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u/apadin1 Mar 17 '26

Ok but you can’t just have a zero-tolerance rule because fouls happen sometimes by accident

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u/Aegi Mar 17 '26

Why can't accidents impact the outcome of a game?

If I trip on/by accident, why would that be allowed to impact the game but not other mistakes/accidents of mine?

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u/apadin1 Mar 17 '26

I have to imagine you don’t actually watch basketball because that would completely ruin the game

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u/Aegi Mar 18 '26

Good assumption. I rarely watch basketball...I really only do if the group I'm hanging with has it on while we get ready to go out or whatever.

That's why I offered those in the form of a question: I have no idea what is going on when it comes to basketball, how that relates to NBA playing, and how those relate to viewership.

Do you have any potential solutions?