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I am all for this. Maybe rotate it with top performers/scorers,rebounder, assister of game with picture of players face.
Cheerleaders would be awesome but that's not realistic for this game.

Would still be nicer if timeouts and half times were skipped in replay mode.

I don´t think it should be automatically be disabled, ruins all suspense for those interested in getting a "real bb feeling". A checkbox would be nice, though.

Nice suggestion. +1

I'm sure there have been many times where coaches have told their team to take it easy for that game as they didn't need to try their best to win for example.

That's ridiculous. Even in games that don't matter the coaches just play backups who get a chance to show what they can do.

I disagree. There´s for sure different kind of motivation you can give to your team: and if you overuse a hype them up approach, your team will wear down. So you try to send them out with focus, but not with full passion all the time.

I disagree. There´s for sure different kind of motivation you can give to your team: and if you overuse a hype them up approach, your team will wear down. So you try to send them out with focus, but not with full passion all the time.

it's easy to understand for a European (or a football fan) as we have different tournaments here running at the same time so managers can make choices..
but in NBA, every game has the same importance so i understand Brian..

really i am just an nba fan, but commentorys mostly mention, that the teams had to step up during off season and can play relax during the tons of regular season games - where there probadly go full speed against in confronation against direct opponents or only the last quarter.

And even when the coach didn't say it directly, when he brings the backup at early stages a lot, anfd give them more play time he signalised the team that the win isn't that important.

Last edited by CrazyEye at 5/25/2011 10:45:55 AM

I don't thnik skipping the breaks altogether would be any good. But I can imagine shortening them could actually be a good move for the BB game.

make breaks between Q1 and Q2 and betwen Q3 and Q4 2 minutes instead of 3. It's just enough for a leak, or even grab a soda if wanted, but it's not too long to wait out for the next Q to start.

At halftime 6 minutes or 9 minutes would be better then 12 as well.

For BBs profit, they can do commercials at half time as well.

BBs have been thinking about cheerleaders as well, but they couldn't figure out how to implement. they asked a specific fed to help out, but there where not enough members in the fed, and they never came up with anything decent either.
But if someone comes up with something worked out, and not too hard to implement, I think they'll have ears for it. So creative minds... go ahead!

An other tip is to use the chat feature. It's nice to talk to others watching games in your country. And during half time, you don't miss any action. Boost about the score, ask tactical questions to other managers, show off with your player's performance,... it's a great way to kill the time.

For those desperatly seeking for more entertainment still, there's youtube to watch, and yuo can watch almost anything there, during those 12 minutes.