The NBA’s Board of Governors announced today in a press release that the coach’s challenge will implemented permanently, following a one-year trial run during the 2019/20 season.
The Board of Governors is comprised of all 30 NBA team owners, their representatives, and league commissioner Adam Silver.
Thanks to the coach’s challenge, league head coaches can request an instant replay review for a finite amount of plays during a game. The Board of Governors also adjusted some language related to potential coach’s challenge scenarios. The timing of a request in relation to a ruling by referees was explicitly laid out, as was the concept that, should a team be penalized for a delay of game violation, it cannot request a challenge.
Meanwhile, the league also announced via a separate statement to the press that March 25 has been officially approved as the league’s trade deadline this season.
Additionally, due to anticipated COVID-19 related player absences and a compressed schedule, the Board of Governors has ratified a decision to increase its active player tally from 13 to 15 for 2020/21.
The permanent adoption of the coach’s challenge, increase of the active roster from 13 to 15, and March 25 trade deadline had all been previously reported — now they’re official.
Did someone write this in Chinese and used Google translate to paste here?
Kind of looks like it.
They’re gonna need a lot more than 2 extra players the way these guys in the NBA like to go out and party
Lol hot take. Who doesn’t like to party? MLB players sitting over there drinking warm milk