I love the NBA. I really do. For all of its flaws, I think it's the best sports league on the planet. Full stop. One of those flaws, which I detest, concerns how many players approach end-of-quarter ...

The NBA is set to see a surge in long-range shot attempts after approving a rule change that alters how end-of-period heaves are recorded. As first reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania, beginning with ...

NBA analyst Zach Lowe wasn't too happy to hear NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announce that the league has approved a rule change that will charge last-second heaves to team field goal attempts instead ...

NEW YORK — NBA players can now fire up those end-of-quarter heaves from deep without their shooting percentages being adversely affected. The league has approved a change in the way statistics on ...

The NBA is hoping to bring back some end-of-quarter long-range highlights ... or at least encourage players to try for them. The NBA will attribute missed heaves at the end of the first three quarters ...

Like it or not, the NBA is officially pivoting to new rules regarding quarter-ending shot attempts from afar. During this week’s NBA Board of Governors meeting, commissioner Adam Silver announced the ...

Some NBA players will throw up an end-of-quarter heave with the clock winding down, even though it will hurt their shooting percentage. Now, the NBA has removed that disincentive. The NBA will ...

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. When the NBA ...

The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Congrats to Germany on its EuroBasket victory! From 36 feet … and beyond ...

Every NBA fan knows the experience: a player has the ball approaching halfcourt as the buzzer is about to sound on the end of the quarter, and their last-second heave comes just late so the shot doesn ...

The league has approved a change which could spur players to take more deep heaves with hopes of a miracle make. Tim Reynolds | The Associated Press Nikola Jokić buries the ridiculous one handed ...