The modern shot clock is here

The shot clock of the future is clear. Sort of. The AP has a story tracking the creation of the next-generation shot clock. While it will still count down from ‘24′ and still use numbers, the device is now clear.

Derrick Talton clearly could tell that Utah Jazz forward Mehmet Okur sank his foul shot during a recent NBA game at the new Charlotte Bobcats Arena.

The season ticket holder wouldn’t have been so sure last year, when the shot clock mounted atop the backboard at his end of Charlotte Coliseum obscured his view of the opposite end of the court.
Talton sees nothing but net this season, thanks to new see-through shot clocks recently given a thumbs-up by the league.

“It makes a big difference,” Talton said. “Now you can see if they make it – which you couldn’t last year.”

Few questions here. Just where was this man sitting that he has to look through the shot clock to see the hoop? It says he’s a season ticket holder, but unless he’s in the upper deck, that clock isn’t blocking anything. Considering the Bobcats’ attendance was 28th in the league last year, we’re guessing he wasn’t upstairs.

Is Derrick Talton a liar? Are those clocks actually clear or can you still not see shit through them like us? Why was the company who makes these clocks nice enough to email us this picture? Don’t they know who we are? Does anyone? What time is it?