Rules, norms, order the world and everyone’s lives. Also in the NBA which, like any sporting competition, requires them to develop clearly in the event of conflict. The most obvious are those that are strictly applied during the games, such as the measurements of the court, the distances of the different lines on the court, the minutes a game lasts or the fouls that each player can make. The basics for a sport to work. But there are many other rules that influence the game and other aspects external to it. Some of them are not well known to the general public because they are simply not usually applied. The opportunity does not arise. But they are there. These are five of those strange rules in the NBA.
‘The disaster draft’
He January 17, 1960 los Minneapolis Lakers They almost had a fatal plane crash. The engines stopped suddenly and the pilot managed to save the flight in extremis. This event made the Liga What would happen if, suddenly, a team was left without players. This is how it was born The disaster draft. It is a rule that says that in the event that a team loses five or more players at once (due to a plane crash, for example) an emergency draft will be held in which said franchise will be able to choose players from the rest of the teams in the league. Liga to complete your template.
‘No shatter rule’
This rule arose in the 90swhen Shaquille O’Neal began to wreak havoc on the NBA with his marvelous physique. Havoc on rival defenses and also on baskets. There were several that broke after making two-handed dunks with great violence. Following from there NBA decided to introduce a rule by which any player who breaks the rim, the backboard or any part of the structure of the basket by hanging violently on it will be penalized with a technical foul and the two points scored will be subtracted.
‘Twitter rule’
With the appearance of social networks in the middle of the first 2000s decademany people began to open accounts in many of them. The players of the NBA They were no less and it was especially successful among them Twitternow called X. So much so that there came a time when they were so hooked that they would tweet just before games, in the middle of training or even in the middle of games while sitting on the bench. This fever for Twitter did that in 2009 the NBA prohibit its use during matches, before and after matches. With the passing of the years the Liga She has relaxed her position, since she herself is also dedicated to the networks (like almost anyone who wants to have an impact these days). Players tweet again after matches. In some cases very shortly after. But at least it has been prevented from doing so in the middle of the games.
No to straws
One of the most seemingly surreal rules is the one that prevents players from biting on plastic straws during matches. Who in their right mind would do such a thing while playing a sport? Well that someone was Caron Butlerwho had a kind of OCD that forced him to bite into straws to relax in moments of tension. Things got to the point that he himself declared that he could use 12 different straws during a single game. In 2010 the NBA He took action on the matter, seeing the danger that this practice entailed. Any blow could cause Butleror another player who copies this behavior, accidentally swallows the piece of plastic with the danger of drowning that this may entail.
Bonus track: el dorsal 69
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In the year 2000 los Dallas Mavericks they signed Dennis Rodmanone of those unforgettable players both on and off the court. For its quality, but also for its extravagances. When he arrived at Texas asked to take the dorsal 69something that the owner of the Mavs so, Mark Cubanit didn’t seem bad to him. But David Sterncommissioner of the Liga At that time, I didn’t think the same. and the NBA banned Rodman carry that number on one’s back as it is considered inappropriate and harmful to the League’s image due to its sexual connotation. No rule was ever written in this regard, but since then no other player has tried to wear that number, making it a tacitly prohibited number, although this is not officially the case. By the way, Rodman ended up playing with him 70.
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