The NBA plans to adopt new rules for next season that would limit “non-basketball” moves used to draw fouls on defenders, writes Shams Charania of The Athletic. The changes still must go through the final discussion phase and receive approval from the competition committee and the league’s board of governors.
The rules were discussed Monday at a meeting of all 30 general managers in Chicago and they could be in place for the Las Vegas Summer League in August, sources tell Charania. The proposed changes stem from “serious discussions” throughout the NBA about minimizing some of the advantages that have been given to shooters.
According to Charania, referees will be trained to identify moves that are designed solely to draw contact, such as:
- A shooter who launches or leans into a defender at an abnormal angle.
- A shooter who kicks his leg at an abnormal angle.
- An offensive player who purposely veers sideways or backward into a defender.
The new rules mandate that these actions will be no-calls if they’re considered marginal or offensive fouls in more serious cases.
Trae young rule already lol
It’s CP3 who is known for the swim move to initiate contact and getting easy free throws late in the quarter when the other team is already over the limit.
Yet you weren’t complaining when he was playing for Houston. You’re such a joke.
Yes. He is the main culprit lol.
Steph jumps sideways constantly, but since he doesn’t need to chase he’s the best shooter in earths history he will be fine
Harden too wrt the launch into players at abnormal angle.
They should track and tally and if guys draw too much attention towards embellishments, they should be fined. Its ruins the the game. I’m glad they’re looking to eliminate this garbage.
Cp3, Trae, Harden will be the most hindered by this and thank God for it. It’s so stupid they get away with it and it makes for really bad basketball
One player that doesn’t get mentioned regarding this a lot is Jordan Poole. The kid flails his legs on an incredible amount of his 3 point attempts. Heck, he did it with his game winner at Michigan in the NCAA tourney.
DeMar DeRozan as well
James Harden has had only a negative effect on the NBA, change my mind.
Team hopper? Check
Team ruiner, after he leaves? Check
Makes up some cheat code move that while being within the rules, but is just some true coward ish? Check.
0-27.
Well to be fair the move to the rockets was a great one. He would of never become the man he is today if he never let okc and stop being the 3rd option behind west and kd . The nets move was only because rockets were going no where fast.
I think you just don’t like James Harden.
Pfffttt. He wanted to lead a team so he did and was great at it. OKC was still great after he left. Things had run their course in Houston with his team owner, GM, and head coach all gone and the new owner being a tightwad. Fertitta is the real reason The Rockets are in the gutter now.
As far as the rules thing goes, you just said that it’s within the rules so why are you crying?
If you don’t know what you’re talking about, then don’t post.
didn’t they come out and say they were going to correct the advantages shooters were taking to draw fouls last season?
same stuff about leg kicks and unnaturally contorting to draw contact… same story of getting the refs clear about what to do …
If I may add shouldn’t that stupid basketball move players make be a offensive foul. 90% of the time it looks like the shooter jumps into the defender body. What you expect from the guy that in the air and can’t move away . It a silly foul that players use for them way too much
How is any kick a foul on the kickee— the one kicked. If anything a kick should be a foul on the kicker.
SMH
So much for the principle of verticality. Now the refs are to look for offensive “abnormal lean”. Might work since they watch the ballhandler not the defenders. Not that anyone is looking down for baby steps.
I like when they call a block on a defender who arrives too late or goes too far forward. Might as well call that “inducing collision” lol.
Verticality – that’s a blast from the past – I believe it was eviscerated awhile ago. To the extent it’s given lip service, it presupposed that human anatomy is different for offensive and defensive players. If it really came back as an overriding rule, I don’t think any other rule change would be needed to give the defense a fighting chance. The rule that is likely to result from the current nonsense will probably just encourage offensive players to develop natural looking shots that project their bodies into the defender’s space.
FINALLY!!!
LOL. Great, a new rule. How about let the players play defense again (yes, eliminate the rules that have prohibited it). That way they’ll be close enough to the offensive player, and have sufficient right to their space, that when the offensive player draws a foul, it will be due to his skill, and won’t look like an unnatural act – just one most BB fans have seen their entire lives.
It’s also time to clean up an offensive player being able to push a defender under the basket by just backing into him repeatedly. That is an offensive foul, not a legal or good play.
Nah, that’s just post play. It’s the reason mismatches are a good strategy.
I wish they would also do something about the rip through where the offensive player swings through a defender’s arm supposedly to go up for a shot but more often is really just trying to create contact.
Tally them like they do with technicals. Too many in a season and you get suspended. And do the same with flopping. Enough of these useless fines.
The NBA board make this game so soft. Guess why people are not interested anymore to just watch guys shooting 3 FT because they step on someone shoe
Cool. Now do travelling.
Hell yea and bring back the hand check! Let folks defend because I’m sick and tired of having to watch game being interrupted every 30 seconds just to see somebody shooting free throws! Let these mfs earn their points!
If you really want to get rid of this behavior then train the refs, yes, but also issue technicals and/or fines after the fact as well. Officials can watch controversial moves after the game and decide to issue penalties that will eventually affect player availability. What I don’t want to see happen is more time watching officials watch replays of these types of plays which slows play and lengthens games.
Make the game interesting. Allow punches to the head. Or below the belt, even. That would teach those damn guys who try to get fouls. Then let them fight it out like real men do, with brass knuckles and razors.
Man what a bunch of bored people, havin’ nothin’ better to do than tryin’ fixin’ what it ain’t broken… which means it will just make somethin’ good in to bad, SMH!
I hate the one where a player is fouled at mid-court and then goes into a shooting motion. As if you’re shooting a half-court three with 22 seconds left on the shot clock two mins into the third quarter.
Damian Lillard would take that shot and get the and1