The NBA’s Board of Governors will vote later this month to approve a rule change to the way late-game out-of-bounds reviews are handled, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter links).
In past seasons, close out-of-bounds calls have been automatically reviewed in the last two minutes of games, resulting in prolonged stoppages that have halted the momentum of close contests and dragged out the final moments of those games. If the Board of Governors approves the rule change, a head coach’s challenge will be required to trigger those reviews, says Charania.
As John Hollinger of The Athletic points out, it’s possible some close calls would be missed as a result of this change. However, some of the calls being overturned by those automatic reviews were plays where a defender clearly knocked a ball out of bounds, but it grazed the ball-handler’s fingertips last, which was a change “nobody wanted.”
Here are more odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- Mike Schmitz of ESPN (Insider link) identifies several 2021 rookies who are strong candidates to outperform their post-lottery draft positions, including Rockets big man Alperen Sengun (No. 16), Pelicans wing Trey Murphy III (No. 17), and Nuggets guard Bones Hyland (No. 26).
- BIG3 director of basketball operations Thomas Scott, a former Lakers assistant, has joined the G League Ignite as an assistant coach on Jason Hart‘s staff, per an announcement from the BIG3 (Twitter link). Scott will also be the Ignite’s head of player development, tweets Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated.
- The Chinese Basketball Association has lifted its restrictions on teams signing foreign players now that it has decided to conduct its 2021/22 season in a bubble, as Nicola Lupo of Sportando writes. Sources tell Sportando that former Grizzlies and Nuggets wing Jamaal Franklin – a second-round pick in 2013 – is one of the first players to take advantage, having signed a lucrative new deal with the Shanghai Sharks.
Soooo… the PatBev rule, to use against his tactic that he used in the playoffs with timely success. The tv announcers were on to it quickly, but the call favoring the sneaky side Clippers had to be made under replay.
Not that Beverly would have played any other than harrassing defense regardless of the way the call wouldbe made.
The governors should really just change the rule to reflect the initiation factor, like the refs are supposed to for the block/charge call.
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link to hoopsrumors.com
Scmidtz of espn may have read my post… Or just is of similar mind. Sengun & Hyland was in my top five, and Murphy not, only because he backs up Zion & Ingram.
I was thinking Cam Thomas would be a candidate to outperform his No. 27 draft position, but, similar to Murphy, his time will be limited behind the Big 3.
I suspect Thomas’ PT will also be up against star vanity (KI, JH, even Mills & Harris). Of course he could go straight to starting when KI does not show. Thomas’ own vanity will be tested! That expression on his face when his name was called later than expected… there may be more of that.
Have said for years… it’s not who hit it – its who it touched last. If it grazed his fingertips, its off him. If it grazed his chest/uniform, its off him. If it grazed his leg, its off him.
If you hit it and it doesn’t graze anything on the other team, its off you.
Pretty simple.