Warriors coach Steve Kerr is pushing for fouls committed to prevent fast breaks to be upgraded to technicals, Tim MacMahon of ESPN tweets. That would mirror the FIBA rule regarding transition-stopping take fouls. “It’s terrible,” Kerr said. “It’s terrible for the game. It’s terrible for the fans.”
Kerr added that the NBA is “very serious” about changing its current rule. The league’s competition committee has discussed an increased penalty for take fouls.
We have more from around basketball world:
- The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie has posted his latest mock draft and the first player taken doesn’t play for Gonzaga of Duke. He projects Auburn forward Jabari Smith going off the board first due to his superior shooting ability for a big man, giving him a slight edge over Duke’s Paolo Banchero and Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren.
- Smith is also No. 1 on the latest rankings from Chad Ford of NBABigBoard.com. Ford even goes as far to say that’s he’s a consensus No. 1 among scouts and GMs he’s talked to, with Holmgren ranking No. 2.
- Former Pistons forward Tony Mitchell is signing in Uruguay with Club Trouville, JD Shaw of Hoops Rumors tweets. The 29-year-old last played in Venezuela. He saw action in 21 NBA games with Detroit during the 2013/14 season.
- What has it been like for NBA executives to try to bring in players when members of their 15-man roster enter protocols? ESPN’s Brian Windhorst takes an in-depth look at the frenzy of free agent signings on 10-day deals to fill in for players who test positive.
- The Kings have been fined $50K for violating league rules prohibiting team owners and executives from interacting with scorer’s table personnel during game play, NBA Communications tweets. Assistant GM Wes Wilcox was fined $15K.
I hope they change the fast break rule . . . it’s really annoying. And 18-year old Jabari Smith going first? Wowwww
Auburners and Jabaris are really tearing it up in the NBA. (Not.) It’s still just Charles
(I have not seen Smith tho)
Smith and Banchero both will be stars. And are more ready than Holmgren. Smith cause of his athleticism may have bigger upside.
I agree with Kerr. Let them play
It is a must to change the rule, it should never be any rule to aid or favor a defensive player, they are always bad, if a rule has to favor someone it must always be the attacking player, that is the only way to keep the game interesting for the fans as a matter of fact!
Preach brother!
No more def!
Who needs def!
Why the def!?
It has always boggled my mind that baseball has been dumbed down repeatedly over the last decade because the subtle complexities of the game that allow coaches to be strategic are bad for viewership, meanwhile the NFL has no problem retaining current fans and adding new ones while simultaneously being one of the most complex sports at least from a coaching perspective. I hope the NBA doesn’t go down the same path in order to appease TNT viewers.