The 2014-15 season is shaping up to be the worst offensive season in modern history. Through Feb. 22, teams were averaging 67.1 points per game. That is the lowest average since 1952. The previous low for that span was set just two years ago.

You think about it, I would say college basketball was better during the 80's, seemed like more scoring and they had a 45 second shot clock

Besides the shot clock needing to be shorter I don't really see the problem here.

Obviously, offense is down during this specific season, but I previously posted the numbers that show the difference between the time it takes a college team to shoot and the time for an NBA team is really minimal. The fact is college teams actually use a much smaller percentage of their clock than NBA teams.

Since 2000, scoring has declined year-to-year 13 times and increased twice. Overall field goal percentage has declined six times in the last eight seasons. Before that, it had decreased just four times in nine years.

The lack of scoring isn't really an issue. Scoring isn't necessarily better.

There are too many interruptions to the game with timeouts and official timeouts and the shot clock is too long.

Do you think people are suddenly going to watch more if scoring goes up five points per game? Let the score end 50-48. It could be good defense or a clash of styles that don't make it easy to score or it could be a bad shooting night. Just improve the pace of the game. I've never watched a basketball game either in college or in the pros and said "That game was great because both teams scored a lot".

You sound like me talking about speeding up baseball games

Their shot clock is 46% larger.

The last record in futility was set two years ago. Scoring has been bad for a decade.

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It's the same thing though. In baseball, they need to get rid of the dead space like guys stepping out and adjusting after every pitch. Same thing in basketball.