Statman
Years ago
Apologies if this has been discussed before - hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.....
Is there any simple way to get to the true NBA.com website as I am getting redirected to a local AU version (sportingnews.com/au/nba)every time I try and check scores etc?
Surely there is a way I can dodge this redirection and get to the real website?
Isaac
Years ago
Click Set Default Edition at the top. Choose US. Then click NBA.com in the top left.
That did it for me just now. I don't bother visiting the NBA site because it's been pretty messy in recent years.
In the past, there was a process to bypass the localised edition but you needed to redo it periodically, so maybe keep that in mind in case it changes back.
This is the URL that flashes up when you click NBA.com so you could muck around with that duration part of the query string and see what happens:
http://www.nba.com/gr/reflectIntl.html?gr=australiauw&page=www&&dur=1w
I'd guess it's setting a duration of one week so you could experiment with m or y in case they do anything. They're setting the expiry value in a cookie. Stuffing around with m and y didn't help, but with "52w" it oddly pushed out 52 days.
My colleague tells me he just bookmarks the above link so that any time he visits the site, it pushes the bypass expiry out by another week. That's probably your best bet.
AC
Years ago
Changing the default edition only lasts a week or so. As Isaac also said, I avoid the NBA website as it's just trash these days.
I've found even listening to The Starters and Jalen & Jacoby podcasts is a great way to pack in some up to date information whilst commuting or at the gym rather than crawling through the web for simple news.
Dominos
Years ago
just visit the /r/nba.
Lot's of OC, dank memes and bantz... as well as conversation and news updates as they happen without being on Twitter.
Kings Lion
Years ago
The redirect only works when trying to go directly to nba.com. There's easier ways then modifying the cookie & quicker than all the redirects that go on.
Access the official home page, or go to a sub-page directly with these...
http://www.nba.com/?12 (Home Page)
http://www.nba.com/news
http://www.nba.com/standings
http://www.nba.com/video
I much prefer the old website, don't visit the new version that often anymore.
Bobby Tables
Years ago
I just use the redirection URL directly rather than navigate to nba.com first
http://www.nba.com/gr/reflectIntl.html?gr=australiauw&page=www&dur=ses
Set it as a bookmark and Robert's your father's brother.
Bobby Tables
Years ago
BTW using that link you don't have to mess with cookies or anything and I've never had to change the duration parameter (session seems to work fine)
Bobby Tables
Years ago
Also, if you want box scores and play by plays, don't go to the NBA home page and navigate from there - use this URL, the pages are much cleaner and the play by play much easier to follow
http://stats.nba.com/scores
nba.com is useless, never use it
although that last clean link looks good, unlike the rest of the design of the site which is an abortion
Anyone remember the old school Yahoo! NBA scores page? Basically just had a scoring box for all games of the day, top stats leaders summarised, was awesome until they shut it off. Memories...
Bobby Tables
Years ago
The rebranded NBA.com is so bizarre. It's like they've tried to simplify the layout but managed to make it even more cluttered and horrible somehow.
You need to be a registered user to post from this location. Register here.
Advertise on Hoops to a very focused, local and sports-keen audience. Email for rates and options.
An Australian basketball forum covering NBL, WNBL, ABL, Juniors plus NBA, WNBA, NZ, Europe, etc | Forum time is: 11:34 pm, Sun 16 Feb 2025 | Posts: 968,026 | Last 7 days: 754
