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Thunder's Sam Presti Criticizes Call to Ban Charges: 'What Kind of Game Do You Want?'

Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti questioned the idea of banning charges in the NBA during a chat with reporters Friday.

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Sam Presti on banning charges:<br><br>"How many more limitations are we going to place on the defense? Just a real question for the league: what kind of game do you want to have?... Hopefully, we can find ways to help the defense be a part of basketball too."<br><br>tl;dr team <a href="https://twitter.com/johnhollinger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@johnhollinger</a> <a href="https://t.co/YqTylyW9vA">pic.twitter.com/YqTylyW9vA</a>

Two of the NBA's superstars—Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant—each suffered injuries in Game 1 of their respective playoff series after driving into a player attempting to draw a charge.