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Adam Silver: Hack-A-Shaq to Undergo Rule Changes

Updated 10 months ago on October 15, 2021

By Basketball Insiders

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s evolving opinion of Hack-A-Player indicates there may be changes to the increasingly practiced and increasingly reviled strategy.

After months of media debate, putrid foul shooting, lengthy games and fan discontent, Silver told USA TODAY Sports in an NBA A to Z podcast that, “I’m increasingly of the view that we will be looking to make some sort of change in that rule this summer.”

Source: Jeff Zillgitt of USA TODAY Sports