NBA next up for an outdoor game???

January 25th, 2008 Basketball

Think outside the box here, think NBA, think Phoenix Suns….Apparently Suns ownership wants to play a game at the Indian Wells(Ca.) Tennis Garden. The venue holds over sixteen thousand seats and is home to the sports’ Pacific Life Open.

Don’t know about you, but this game if it goes off as planned it won’t have the same appeal as an outdoor NHL game has. Maybe if the NBA played a game outdoors using the same elements that playground players have it would look a bit more genuine. Get rid of the hardwood, bring in the asphalt. Screw the glass backboards and get some steel instead with metal chains for netting instead of the twine.

Hell, I’ll keep going….winners out’s….first to 21 wins…have to win by two….all field goals count as one, behind the arc two….and for a skills competition, drop the three point shootout and replace with a game of H-O-R-S-E.

And referees need not attend, players call your own fouls.For more on info on this click here.

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    January 25th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

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