Solomon Silver has ruled. The Hack-a-Shaq strategy that has spread throughout the NBA remains legal, but with fewer opportunities.
The intentional fouling of poor foul shooters, which reached its zenith with the Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan in recent years, is now against the rules in the final two minutes of every quarter. Which limits the proliferation of the maddening strategy but doesn’t eliminate it.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced the rule change, which was a compromise between two opposite sides.
Some are outraged at the practice, accurately saying it disrupts a free-flowing game. And sure enough, the constant fouling became absurd.