Joe Mazzulla Wants To Institute A Powerplay In The NBA

Joe Mazzulla Wants To Institute A Powerplay In The NBA

Give Joe Mazzulla a lifetime contract. After he said the NBA should bring back fighting, I think that’s only fair. However, one of his proposed rule changes flew under the radar. The Celtics head coach says a powerplay should be a thing for the NBA. Just like it is for the NHL.

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“Basketball is one of the only sports that doesn’t have a power play,” Mazzulla said, as seen in the video player above. “… Let’s say you get a technical or let’s say you get a take foul, you get the one shot, but you’re not really rewarded for that, because if you miss it, you don’t get the reward for the take foul.

“So, there should be like a power play where, on a take foul, on a technical, you have to play five-on-four for five seconds or three passes.”

“I think we should institute power plays where, instead of taking the ball out on the side, if you commit a foul, the guy goes to the other side of halfcourt, and he can’t leave the halfcourt circle until like three seconds,” Mazzulla said.

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Mazzulla rocks. This guy just gets it. As someone who loves the NHL, the NBA should definitely find a way to put a powerplay in place. My favorite part about the NHL version is that if a team loses a coaches challenge, the other team gets a powerplay. Could you imagine Draymond Green out there waving his finger around for a challenge, only to lose the challenge and be sent to the penalty zone? How good would that be!

Figure it out, Adam Silver. Except he won’t because the only thing he’s concerned about is folding on every issue like a cheap tent.

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