lennylive wrote:OldSchoolBaller wrote:The shot clock is there for 1 reason and 1 reason only, and that is to make it easier for the better team to win. I believe it was implemented a year or 2 after Shiloh played stall ball against TLMM (maybe it was just TLM at the time) to get to state. As a fan of basketball the last thing that I want to see when I go to a game is stall ball, and the shot clock does not allow this to happen.
A good defense wont allow stall ball... and the better shooting team will win no matter if there is a 3 point shot or not... so your point is?.... all that a shot clock does is make for a higher scoring game...period...I myself would rather watch a great defense and a great offense go at it.....rather than a Saturday morning race horse show... with a lot of ohs and ahs for someone canning 3 pointers behind the arc. To me a well run offense that can score inside, drive the lane, work of screens is more entertainment than an offense throwing up the 3 all night, and a defense that can stop that is even more impressive.
Would you rather see a 62-60 shot clock game with no flow and 35% shooting or a 60-58 game with no shot clock, some rhythm to it and 45-50% shooting? I know what I would choose.
People that want the shot clock will always point to that one game where someone held the ball as the reason for it. The fact is that it rarely happens anymore in HS basketball.