How to make the NBA more enjoyable

I've watched a lot of college and NBA basketball over the past few days and never has it become more clear to me how uninteresting pro basketball is compared to the NCAA. There's really no point in watching any of the second or third quarter of an NBA game, rarely is a game greatly affected by the outcome of those two quarters. One only needs to catch the start of the game and the fourth quarter to get everything they need from it. This is probably why the NBA encourages dazzling dunks and alley-oops by not calling traveling but I digress.

I think the NBA could really benefit by taking a page out of the NCAA's book. I'm finding that college games are more exciting because the teams maintain a high effort level throughout the entire game, the kind of hustle you just don't see in the NBA. A team could really improve if they introduced a full court press during lagging points during the game. If I were a head coach I think the best way to do this would be to fill my bench with some fast athletic guys and form a sort of special "press team" where I could sub out my entire starting 5 late in any quarter or half for 5 guys with fresh legs who could run a press for several minutes and capture some momentum. What have they got to lose? They're a lot of bench players who don't really contribute in the normal game plan so why not give them the opportunity to work their butts for a little bit to rest my starters ad catch the other team off guard.

College teams can use the press and out-hustle their opponents which is what makes great upsets possible. The press always creates a lot of momentum and can get the crowd into the game. A great NBA game needs a great crowd response to make the game more exciting. The NBA game has become boring to me because relies a great deal on individual talent, as anyone can see if you look back at the 2004 olympics, and not enough effective team play.