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84882.9 in reply to 84882.8
Date: 4/9/2009 12:16:39 PM
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(1) Conceptually, taking a timeout should always be better than _not_ taking a timeout; the degree of the benefit can differ, of course, but there shouldn't be a situation in which a team should be made worse off by taking a timeout


A lot of what you're saying rests on this, which I don't buy at all. Timeouts are called by one team, but affect both (I assume), in general unequally. If one team can consistently derive more benefit from a timeout, why would the opponent ever call one?

For example, if Team A has a 12-deep roster of identical players, and Team B has 5 skilled starters and useless bench players, and Team A is winning, Team A would practically never call a timeout (assuming one of the main reasons for timeouts is a bit of recovery of stamina-related loss).

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84882.11 in reply to 84882.10
Date: 4/9/2009 1:58:01 PM
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I believe that there are TV timeouts in the NBA that are charged to one team's allotment, correct?

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Date: 4/9/2009 3:17:11 PM
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That's what it says on the wikipedia page (scroll down to NBA).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_timeout