re: David Blatt: "Hack-a-Shaq not allowed overseas"...

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You need to be careful as to how you change the rule due to unintended consequences. Next thing you know you create ways for referees to cause huge impacts on the game by calling ticky-tacky off the ball fouls late in the game.

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This is something that has to be taken into consideration when changing rules. This is also why allowing teams to decline free throws and take the ball out of bounds for off the ball fouls is the perfect solution. No added penalty for accidentally fouling off the ball, doesn't prevent teams from fouling at the end of games as they do now, and completely takes away any advantage the defense would gain from using the tactic.