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"Rip-through" moves, in which an offensive player swings the ball into a defender's outstretched arm and then attempts a shot once he has created contact, will be considered non-shooting fouls if the contact begins before the offensive player starts his shooting motion.

Also, on drives to the basket, a shooting foul will be called only if contact occurs after the offensive player has begun his shooting motion, not after he has initiated his leap toward the basket.

"Certain types of contact involving the shooter were all being called in his favor," Jackson said. "It doesn't look good for the game. There was a strong feeling that those types of plays were creating an ill-advised reward for the shooter, often with three free throws."

The league will also make traveling in the post and on the perimeter a point of emphasis, with a player hopping off of and landing on the same foot viewed as an automatic violation. Referees will also consider locking or clamping an opponent's arm or hand under the basket while battling for a rebound and discontinued or hesitation dribbles as automatic violations.

Several rule changes will also be introduced, most to shorten the overall length of games and speed up the final minutes of a contest:

• Substitutions will only be allowed before the final free throw of any trip to the line that is not for a technical or flagrant foul.

• Two horns will be sounded 15 seconds apart after every timeout. Teams whose players are not moving toward the court as soon as the second horn sounds will receive a delay-of-game warning.

• Instant replay will be utilized only during full timeouts, not 20-second timeouts, when necessary.

• Whether a player's foot is on the three-point line or midcourt line will be determined by where it last touched the floor, meaning a player could have a toe on the three-point line but if he leans back on his heels before he releases the ball a successful shot would be deemed a three-pointer.

• The eight-second backcourt violation will occur when the shot clock reaches 15 seconds, rather than 16.
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https://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7329584/nba-alters-emphasis-shooting-fouls-2011-12
 
I just hope they get rid of all handcheck rules. Such ********. Let them play and defend for hell's sake.
 
"Rip-through" moves, in which an offensive player swings the ball into a defender's outstretched arm and then attempts a shot once he has created contact, will be considered non-shooting fouls if the contact begins before the offensive player starts his shooting motion.
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This is the dumbest rule and still a fail unless they mean it is a foul on the offensive player. So the shooter can still whack the defender in the arms, and it is still a foul, as long as he has the ball? Stupid. If a defender has his arm outstretched, his arm has every right to that space that the offensive player's arm has. Why would it be an automatic foul on the defense if the offensive player initiates contact? Or did I read that wrong?
 
Thank god they're cracking down on the silly rip through. I used to cringe watching Deron do it even though it benefited us.

That "toe on the line leaning back rule" is also a nightmare. There's going to be some iffy calls on that. Why overcomplicate it? Toe on line, 2. Toe not on line, 3.

And if the league really cared about speeding up games, they'd stop giving teams 900 time outs a game. But time outs mean commercials so I get not going that route.
 
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