I especially like that defenders are rewarded (not punished) for playing GOOD D.

It is said that as a spectator experience, it's the offence that matters. IMO, good D is worth watching and, The O has to be even better, to still come out on top.

Next thing I would like to see is the "professional/intentional/un-sportsman-like" fouls punished more severely. Even if only in the 4th q, when they are most used/useful. I don't want to see players drawn and quartered, but at least let the punishment make the foul not worth committing.
Something like; Offending player get 2 fouls, 1st foul is for the personal foul committed, 2nd is a technical for un-sportsman-like play. If that is the offending player's 5th and 6th fouls, he's out of the game. Player who gets fouled is awarded 2free-throws if team in bonus, + 1 more for the tech, and possession. That may seem harsh but if it stopped these "professional/intentional/un-sportsman-like" fouls that it would be worth it.

Would mean that Ben could play in the 4th, in a tight game! Even he wouldn't be worth fouling.

FIBA figured out how to stop those fouls years ago, all the NBA has to do is implement the same rule.

What did fiba do koberulz?

FIBA improved things, but you still get the professional fouls during the game.

We also need to be careful that the refs don't determine the outcome too much

Koberulz, well aware of that but this is; "re: NBA under new rules". Let me put it this way, "Call it in the NBA as they do in FIBA" (still punish hard, though). That better?

I like the NBA changes but also agree they don't go far enough. Also haven't seen much of an adjustment to perimeter defense, but I expect coaches will experiment more and more with what they can get away.

I still found myself watching more replays of Euroleague than I do NBA, but at this point I've already seen more full games of NBA basketball than I did the past couple of seasons.

Agreed that the changes have been good but still seen a few of those calls get through.

And also agreed the NBA need to do something about the "professional" foul. I don't think it needs to go all the way to the fiba rule as I think that is painful in late game situations. But definitely should be closer to the fiba rule than it currently is. You should never be allowed to "wrap a guy up"

Cram, I agree with your statement, "You should never be allowed to wrap a guy up", which is why, in this case, I don't want heavy penalties imposed from now on. I want to see it out of the game! Heavy penalties will = not worth committing, I hope. These USFs are no doubt, a good tactic but not entertaining, in the least. Fabulous defence can be a similar problem, if it prevents high scores constantly. Luckily, not too much danger of that in the NBA(lol).

Haha.

I completely agree that those fouls should absolutely be usf/flagrant. Where I don't like the fiba rule is fouling at the end of the game to stop the clock and 50/50 fastbreak fouls. I mean the ones where two guys are going for the ball bit one guy gets there quicker and because he's in the back court it's a usf. I don't think the fiba rule is miles away but I wouldn't want it exactly as is. Though that WOULD still be better than the status quo.

Fouling at the end of the game is fine as long as you make at least some sort of defensive effort. Which means it's still possible to foul, but it's also not an absolute guarantee of constant free-throws; there's still some element of execution required in the leading team's offensive possessions.