NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has come out even more strongly against the so-called “Hack-a-Shaq” rule.
Silver has long made it clear that he doesn’t like the strategy that calls for the intentional fouling of poor foul shooters, reducing games to free-throw-shooting contests. Silver says he’s “beginning to feel a change needs to be made.”
Owners could address the issue at their meeting in Toronto on Sunday, but Silver insisted that no change will come this season. What might stop is what the commissioner says is a safety issue is a player jumping on another player’s back to get an official’s attention.