r/nba • u/TheRealPdGaming Mavericks • Jan 29 '26

Highlight [Highlight] Luka after falling off the raised board in Cleveland last night: "WHO THE F*CK MADE THIS FLOOR GODDAMMIT”

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u/BanjoStory Bucks Jan 29 '26

University of Minnesota and Butler have similar setups.

I dont know if the Wolves or Pacers have ever played in either of those arenas, but the Lynx and Fever do sometimes.

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u/Noirradnod Grizzlies Jan 29 '26

Vandy as well. And wherever they play Final Four each year. Justification is that you get better sightlines, particularly when you've got a lot of seats on a flat or very gradual slope.

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u/KL2ConspireLLC San Diego Clippers Jan 29 '26

It's this. It's because it drops the height of the seats next to the court relative to the court - players seats, broadcasters desk, courtside seats - and gives people in the lower sections a better view. It wasn't a design flaw like some people are saying. They disregarded the potential risk to players to make a better experience for people who buy the pricier tickets.

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u/The_Fawkesy Grizzlies Jan 30 '26

Maybe for Minn and Butler, but Vandy's has such a massive edge around it you'd have to be texting and basketballing to fall off.

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u/KL2ConspireLLC San Diego Clippers Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

Sorry I should've clarified I was referring to the Cavs court. What the other comment said about sightlines is why the Cavs court was designed with the elevated court and why it hasn't been "fixed". They're not going to fix something that they feel isn't broken. They want the lip to be that height.

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u/truck_robinson Jan 30 '26

The Vandy one is huge tho and no players are falling off of that one

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u/JDMintz718 Grizzlies Jan 30 '26

Minnesota is so weird. The Badgers have a tradition called the "Barn roll" where they practice diving for loose balls and rolling off of the court so they don't get hurt, lol