This is a proposal that is, to say the least, incongruous and is causing reactions across the Atlantic. Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla expressed several ideas to a local radio station to modernize the NBA. Among these, the young coach (36 years old) of the reigning champion franchise suggests allowing players to fight on the floor, as could have been the case before the League tightened its regulations and severely punished clashes. .
“The biggest thing we’re depriving people of, entertainment-wise, is that you can’t fight anymore,” Mazzulla said. I wish we could reintroduce fights… We talk about being an entertaining league, what’s more entertaining than a little scuffle? »And to evoke the example of ice hockey or baseball. “They have bats, sticks and pucks, we just have a ball. And yet we don’t have the right to fight a little…”
The Boston Celtics coach also advocates for numerical advantage situations as exists in hockey, for example. “Basketball is one of the only sports where there is no power play. We should have a power play where, in the event of a handball or technical foul, we could play five on four for five seconds or three passes. »
