NBA Announces Changes to Intentional Foul Rules

July 12th, 2016 by Alec Nathan Leave a reply »

The NBA announced changes to its intentional foul rules Tuesday following years of debate regarding teams' various Hack-a-Shaq strategies.

According to the league's official press release, the NBA Board of Governors approved a rules change for the 2016-17 season that will make the intentional foul rules for the final two minutes of the fourth quarter applicable to the final two minutes of every quarter.

"The current rule for away-from-the-play fouls applicable to the last two minutes of the fourth period (and last two minutes of any overtime)—pursuant to which the fouled team is awarded one free throw and retains possession of the ball—will be extended to the last two minutes of each period," the league announced.

NBA TV on Twitter relayed Commissioner Adam Silver's comments about the new rules from a press conference Tuesday in Las Vegas:



Silver later told reporters the league is projecting a 45 percent decline in fouls of the Hack-a-Shaq variety, according to Bleacher Report's Howard Beck.

The announcement also stipulated two other changes to the intentional foul rules.

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