Game Thread*November 12*Orlando Magic at OKCT*8PM

[Rodriguez 0]

quote:

Originally posted by rtillaree:

We should come out swinging tonight, and the 3 ball should be dropping for us a bit easier...interesting factoid about the Ford Center, the 3-point line is at the 22-feet, which is a foot short of the NBA standard 23-feet...

 

Dwight should be monstrous tonight, Wilcox is out still, and he posted that huge game against them with Wilcox...granted they didnt have Joe Smith at that time...lol

 

May be the sides are going to be 22' but at the center should be 23' at least. Don't you think?

[Penny Hardaway's Ghost 260]

no, the apex is 22'9, the sides are 21...they havent been able to install the new court yet...

[davcivic 11]

 

 

23'-9" on the center and 22'-6" on the sides. All courts have to be the same. Things get checked and measured before every game. It just cannot be smaller, or different

[Penny Hardaway's Ghost 260]

no, you are wrong...

 

http://newsok.com/article/3321229

 

checked and measure before every game? not so much...it's a cookie cutter operation holmes...watch them put one down, guide holes and tape...they rarely ever measure...it's all done ahead of time...

[davcivic 11]

read that again holmes...

 

it says they got the court one foot short, but it had to be sanded and repainted before the opener...

 

so yeah...there is no way the league would let them play like that....Now the lines might not be measured before everygame, but they do check them and they do check the whole hoop assembly to make sure its on the right height...

 

It would be a very unffair advantage for a team to have different courts, sizes, etc, etc...All the other teams would make a huge deal out of this...so yeah, the lines ARE NOT shorter now, they where, but that was corrected.

[Natesroom 197]

thanks holmes

[Penny Hardaway's Ghost 260]

nope...

 

Published: November 12, 2008

 

quote:

Connor Sport Court International built the current Ford Center floor with 3-point lines one foot short of the NBA

[davcivic 11]

quote:

The $110,000 court arrived late last month and had to be sanded and repainted days before the Thunder

[Penny Hardaway's Ghost 260]

well reading it that way, it makes sense what your saying...why would the ESPN/NBAtv commentators make a point to talk about the shorter 3 point lines during the games? that made it pretty confusing...

 

well, either way I'm sure we can find a way to use that lost foot to our advantage...or maybe not...

[davcivic 11]

I can't find more info on it...either way...misinformation, or who knows....

 

If it is, we might hear about it tonight...

[Murphy13 185]

where is this 23'9" coming from? its supposed to be 22'9"...shame on betterbasketball.

[Penny Hardaway's Ghost 260]

the NBA 3 point line is 23'9", the sides are 22'...the 3 point line hasnt been at 22' apex since the mid 90's...

 

David Stern and his hair brained ideas...