Despite earlier reports indicating the NBA had banned intentional fouls on a player who is on the free-throw line, the league has since clarified its stance to say no such change has been made.
Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens told Chris Mannix of The Vertical on Sunday that those fouls will now be considered flagrants. However, a clarification was later issued indicating Stevens had misinterpreted an internal memo. No rule changes have been made at this time.
The confusion came just days after Adam Silver said he was looking to make changes that would eliminate the hack-a strategy.
"I'm increasingly of the view that we will be looking to make some sort of change in that rule this summer," Silver told Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today. "Even for those who had not wanted to make the change, we're being forced to that position just based on these sophisticated coaches understandably using every tactic available to them. It's just not the way we want to see the game played."
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