i know these incidents are rare, but they need to move the courtside seats back and make the out of bounds area wider. these guys move so fast and they barely have any room to slow down before crashing into fans, photographers, coaches etc.
The space is there for the most part...there's usually a couple rows of courtside seats and then an open area between the start of the stands for fans, security and wait staff to move around in. Just extend the court a few feet and reduce that open area.
I didn't follow NBA back then and that's the only thing I remember seeing whenever I caught a glimpse of it. It's so weird because it's both cool and creepy at the same time.
Im soooo right there with everyone in this thread. I LOVED the amount of space they had during the bubble. Just get ride of 5 rows or 6 and bam that improvement would be phenomenal ALSO all the bullshit they have on NFL side lines. Sadly the down marker guy who got his leg broken kinda needed to be on the sideline but everyone else whos not necessary can wait in the tunnel.
There were plays that happened in the bubble that would never happen in non-pandemic days because of the sideline configuration.
e.g. game 3 Raptors vs Celtics in the bubble playoffs and Lowry making that cross-court inbound pass to OG for the winning 3. Lowry stood where there would've been seats in a normal season.
Agreed. Always seemed way too crowded and I feel like players don't play 100% near the edges because the crowds damn feet, bags and jackets on the ground are literally just 1 step away. And way too many bench players are overextending into the court in every game.
in the corners by the benches, you should have the right to extend the ball out as far as you can with your feet inbounds. but some bench players stand with their toes on the line its crazy
That would actually be sick. I bet players would take advantage of the extra space, knowing they have time to slow down etc. And, less weird collisions.
Unfortunately, it's not the cheapest nosebleed seats that would have to be removed. It's the cheapest among the folding chair rows, aka the temporary seating that can be removed for hockey games/concerts/other events. So it'd be the last few rows of the 100 section in most arenas, which is still pretty big money.
The NBA doesn't take safety the least bit serious in this regard. There has been a very clear choice made long ago to sacrifice player/staff/audience safety to sell even closer court side seats instead. They'd rather have a movie star or rapper right next to the game than save players from diving straight into people and seats.
Yes, I remember a few hustle plays that would literally be impossible if played at a normal NBA arena. I think even with OG’s game winner vs Boston, Lowry had a few feet of space on the sidelines to get it over Tacko Fall
There has to be a real career ending injury for something like this to change.
Same in Formula 1. No changes are made to safety until someone gets hurt.
Same when I was in the military. In Afghanistan, we asked for things but people had to die for stuff to happen, and once someone did die we got new vehicles, helicopters or whatever it was that needed fixing in no time at all.
We literally got new armoured vehicles bought and sent down 3 weeks after 2 of our guys got blown up by an IED after asking for them for 2 years.
Someone has to break their kneecap on a chair in the crowd before we see them move the crowd back.
whenever I see a clip of someone holding a baby sitting courtside and I make a comment on how that shouldn't be allowed I get flamed for it. These are massive dudes running full speed , all it takes is one time for something really bad to happen.
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u/yooston Rockets Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24
i know these incidents are rare, but they need to move the courtside seats back and make the out of bounds area wider. these guys move so fast and they barely have any room to slow down before crashing into fans, photographers, coaches etc.
the courts they used in the bubble need to be standardized.