NBA to Test Revolutionary One Free-Throw Rule at 2026 Summer League

Adam Silver’s NBA has once again decided to fix something that was not broken and they are using the Summer League as its laboratory. League officials will test a one free-throw rule during the 2026 NBA Summer League, an experimental change designed to reduce game interruptions while maintaining the same scoring value for shooting fouls. Under the proposed rule, players will take just one free throw regardless of whether the foul would normally result in one, two, or three attempts. The lone free throw will simply be worth the total…

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Make A Free Throw! 

Last night I watched the Clippers beat the trailblazers, I knew the inevitable parade to the free-throw line with DeAndre Jordan as the grand marshal would soon ensue. Once again we were treated to Jordan’s consistent bricks from the charity stripe. While he was an abysmal 8-18, his usual fashion on ineptitude didn’t hurt and the clippers as Portland was an able to capitalize on the bounty of misses.   I know some people absolutely hate the hack-a-[insert horrendously bad free throw shooter] strategy, citing it slows down the game…

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