During this week’s NBA Board of Governors meeting, commissioner Adam Silver announced the league has approved a new rule allowing more liberal heave attempts as quarters end. This change was made ...

ESPN NBA analyst Richard Jefferson can be counted as a critic of a new NBA rule that will keep most end-of-quarter heaves from being counted against a player’s shooting percentage. Hoping to increase ...

Starting this season, shot attempts taken more than 36 feet from the basket will be counted against the team, not the player. These NBA "freebies" have drawn all types of reactions.