NBA Europe question

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

These teams are in Europe playing to prepare for the NBA season, where they will be playing under NBA rules... so how is it helpful for these teams to be playing under FIBA rules in their preseason games?

 

[Flopi]

I think the rules are actually a FIBA/NBA mix (for example, the 3points line is NBA range and games are 4x12 minutes long).

Anyway, I think the "NBA Europe Live" is more about promoting NBA in Europe than helping the teams to prepare for the NBA season...

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Is this cat ****a the same guy that was going to play for the Pacers a few years ago?

 

[twocents]

These teams are in Europe playing to prepare for the NBA season, where they will be playing under NBA rules... so how is it helpful for these teams to be playing under FIBA rules in their preseason games?

as the previous poster said, most rules are taken from the nba. the only fiba specific rule is the 3-second lane: it has the fiba size. i guess painting the lanes anew did not suit them fine.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Kamla said something about the "goaltending" rule, too. So, presumably, that's not the only one...

 

[twocents]

the goaltending rule is as in the nba: not allowed to touch as long as the ball is in the cylinder, regardless of whether the ball touched the iron or not.

 

[vladetomiller]

I think you can rebound even if it was in the cylinder

 

[twocents]

fiba rules allow that; however, for this nba promotion, the rule was applied as it is applied in the nba.

 

[vytzka]

Zalgiris Kaunas playing Golden State Warriors tonight.

That's the first time a Lithuanian team plays an NBA one.

I'm giddy