Rule changes have NBA back in the fast lane
By FRAN BLINEBURY
June 8, 2006 Houston Chronicle
DALLAS - Dwyane Wade comes over the midcourt line, head-fakes left and goes zooming to the right, all the way to the hoop.
Dirk Nowitzki pulls up on one possession, spins on a 180-degree turn and nails a 3-pointer. The next time down the floor, it's a juke toward the baseline and whirl into the lane for a lefthanded hook shot.
The Miami Heat are running as regularly as waves to South Beach. The Dallas Mavericks are sprinting as if chased by fear.
These are the images the NBA Finals likely will serve up the next two weeks. This is the style, the flash, the zip that's brought the league back into vogue this spring after a decade of lost speed, lost pizzazz, lost interest.
The first thing I did when we met was to show everybody a videotape I'd had made of the different eras of the league — the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and where we'd come," Jerry Colangelo said. "It was pretty revealing stuff. It was evident that in the '60s and '70s, guys were free to go pretty much anywhere on the court. And 20 or 30 years ago, there was no half-court offense. It just wasn't how our game was played.
"By having it all on one video, you could see our game evolving — or de-evolving, to be more accurate — it was obvious that we had to make some changes right away."
June 8, 2006 Houston Chronicle
DALLAS - Dwyane Wade comes over the midcourt line, head-fakes left and goes zooming to the right, all the way to the hoop.
Dirk Nowitzki pulls up on one possession, spins on a 180-degree turn and nails a 3-pointer. The next time down the floor, it's a juke toward the baseline and whirl into the lane for a lefthanded hook shot.
The Miami Heat are running as regularly as waves to South Beach. The Dallas Mavericks are sprinting as if chased by fear.
These are the images the NBA Finals likely will serve up the next two weeks. This is the style, the flash, the zip that's brought the league back into vogue this spring after a decade of lost speed, lost pizzazz, lost interest.
The first thing I did when we met was to show everybody a videotape I'd had made of the different eras of the league — the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and where we'd come," Jerry Colangelo said. "It was pretty revealing stuff. It was evident that in the '60s and '70s, guys were free to go pretty much anywhere on the court. And 20 or 30 years ago, there was no half-court offense. It just wasn't how our game was played.
"By having it all on one video, you could see our game evolving — or de-evolving, to be more accurate — it was obvious that we had to make some changes right away."
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