If you have been living under a rock you may not know what the hack-a-shaq rule is. Well lucky for you we will define it. It is a strategy, in which players intentionally foul poor free-throw shooters to get a team leverage to get back into a game when they are losing.
On Thursday, Silver stated at a press conference that he wants to find a way to cut the strategy down significantly as research has shown the fans hate it.
“Not only is that something that is bad for our network partners, but for all of the fan research we have shows that the fans hate it,” Silver said, according to ESPN.