Who / What caused the 24 second shot clock rule?

Question

hehehe. Trivia time!

Answer 1

Yes! An interesting question at last! I've been browsing this section and all I saw are questions about King and his whole family!! What a horrible thing to happen don't you think?

Well to answer the question I think it's George Mikan. Back in the days where he was the most dominant figure, teams employed a play where when they lead the game against the Minneapolis Lakers they would hold the ball so long even letting the game end just to ensure the win!

That's how terrified teams are against Mikan's Lakers! So the NBA opted to end all this by instigating a new rule where they try limiting ball possesion. Thus the introduction of the 24-sec shot clock.

Additional:

Hey everybody have references so I'll add my reference just to be sure I'll be picked hehe

Rule changes Mikan made:

Mikan became so dominant that the NBA had to change its rules of play in order to reduce his influence such as widening the lane from six to twelve feet ("The Mikan Rule"). He also played a role in the introduction of the shot clock, and in the NCAA his dominating play around the basket led to the outlawing of defensive goaltending. Mikan set the stage for the Modern Age of the NBA dominated by tall, powerful players.

"As an official, Mikan is also directly responsible for the ABA three-point line, which was later adapted by the NBA, the multi-colored ABA ball, which still lives on as the "money ball" in the NBA All-Star Three Point Shootout, and the existence of the Minnesota Timberwolves."

Answer 2

Danny Biasone, the owner of the National Basketball Association's Syracuse Nationals, experimented using a 24-second version during a scrimmage game. Biasone came up with 24 seconds by dividing 2,880 (the number of seconds in a game) by 120 (the average number of shots in a game at that time). He then convinced the NBA to adopt it. His team went on to win the 1955 championship.

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Answer 3

Howard Hobson,who coached the University of Oregon in the 50's,is credited for it.It was first used in Syracuse,New York, when Danny Biasone(owner of the Syracuse Nationals NBA Team.) divided 2,880(total seconds in a game.) by 120(In the 50's,120 shots per game was the average.)and came up with 24 seconds.It was made to speed up the game and produce higher scoring games too.Then the NBA adopted it and the Nationals went on to win the championship that year(1955.) Nice question,it's good to challenge your brain once in a while!(Muffin just copied and pasted.)

Answer 4

Way back when, whenever a team was leading they would stall. For the entire game. ( I believe there was once a regulation professional match which ended 5-4) This, as you can imagine, was pretty boring for the fans and pretty unfair to the losing team. Thus the shot clock was born - introducing a much faster, exciting style of play, and saving basketball.

Answer 5

Scoring was down. Teams ran set plays and if they didn't work, they ran another. End of game, teams held the ball. More excitement needed. New rule added. It changed the game, of course.

Answer 6

Do you really think .8 second is enough for any team to jump and grab the ball and shoot? 5 seconds is a perfectly reasonable amount of time

Answer 7

i think it was because the year before all the bad teams would just dribble out the game clock so they'd have a better chance of winning. and it led to low scores and the games weren't very exciting to watch.

Answer 8

george mikan cause he was unstoppable...until they made that rule he also was the reason they made the paint bigger, 3 in the key,and the defensive 3 seconds rules

Answer 9

It was initiated to speed the game up. This was supposed to increase interest and ticket sales.

Answer 10

Me. lol