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Anonymous
To reduce fouls, get rid of the block/charge call. That's not basketball; that's taking advantage of an arbitrary semicircle by standing still. And it results in A LOT of injuries to star players who attack the basket. Sure, there were hard fouls in the 80's and 90's, but they were plays on the ball and in close quarters where serious injury was not a threat.
The league changed the handcheck rules to encourage more drives to the basket and create more entertaining basketball. But, instead of finishing, players are now running full speed into other players, getting fouled (or offensive fouls that take them out of the game), shooting freethrows, and possibly getting injured.
Also I agree with Jeff Van Gundy. The league should review tapes for suspected flops, and brand floppers with a scarlet F.
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