The NBA may finally be ready to create rule changes to the Hack-A-Player rules.
“I’m increasingly of the view that we will be looking to make some sort of change in that rule this summer,” said Adam Silver.
Silver has long been neutral to the strategy of intentionally fouling a player who is poor at free throws.
“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," Silver said. "It’s just not the way we want to see the game played."
There have been nearly 300 Hack-A-Player instances this season compared to 164 in all of last season.
DeAndre Jordan, Andre Drummond and Dwight Howard comprise the majority of Hack-A-Player fouls.