I totally agree that time outs are rather stupidly managed in this game. But i think it's not always like that. Sometimes it works as it should. But at the end of games there sure could be used more if your behind. And those that come after a few seconds in the 1st or 2nd quarter are just silly.
i really hope that they make it with the shot clock, the less time you have to use your timeout the higher the chanche is that they get used.
Also i hope that they implement the official rules, so that in a close games there aren't 12 timeout during the final minute of the game.(i am never sure with it, but i believe you should use three in the first half)