I am assuming the game would change a bit wouldn't it? I mean without this rule it was three point era and everyone is shooting three pointers that is for sure however how well do you think will this rule work?

I assume that people may end up not creating their own shots too much anymore, defenders will eventually realize that these fouls won't be called and they will defend better and shooters will realize they can't get that foul anymore so they will try to find even more open places. All in all I believe this may hurt the all around three points taken in a game average down this year. Not that I am complaining, I believe it is a marvelous decision, just waiting to see how it will work.

Ya, Paul George is the worst to watch sometimes when he's doing his jump into defenders thing. 

On a different note, I can't believe the Suns are not wanting to give DeAndre Ayton his max contract.  He was the reason they had such a good playoff run and if he hadn't completely disappeared vs the Bucks things might have been different.  He's still young and probably not worth the money to be honest, but he's developing fast and if he can find a way to keep that energy that got him through the first few rounds of the playoffs, dude will be a beast.  Not sure salting the relationship is something Suns management should be doing, but it's Suns management...  Did we really think they were going to be able to keep a team competitive?

WAT?

Crazy idea to let him go knowing that dude have a huge potential, he has so many years to improve since he's young and this is a huge loss for their organization if they let this guy out on their team for not giving him the contract he deserve.

Its good to have him with Booker for long time since they can build more good chemistry together and then grab some quality players that can help them on the court for sure the Suns will be a good contender each year once this guys lock up in this team.

There are rumors that Simmons is selling one of his residences in Philadelphia. So I guess he may not worry about fines at the moment, but it's worth noting that he can still lose $30 mln after the end of the season if nothing changes. Anyway, Simmons needs to improve his mental health because he should be resistant to stress even if he finds a new team.

Yes, that's true.
Most of the players that do these tricks are ball handlers with shooting skills. i.e. Harden, Kyrie, Trae, Curry, PG13, and even Kobe before.

1. Trae has a method of stopping while the defender is chasing him and then using his butt to take the hit for a defensive foul.
2. Harden using his foot mid-air to gain more space and make the defender commit a foul even at a vertical position.
3. PG13 entangling the arms of the defender when they are stretching them while doing a shot attempt for a shooting foul.

All of these examples might not be called anymore or worse they will commit an offensive foul that could be a game-changer when there are seconds left in the game.
I think the NBA will be slowly going back to powering up the inside players like Jokic and Giannis to balance the game.

Fan favorite (at least when he was on the Lakers) Alex Caruso put up a double double off the bench for the Bulls in his first time out with 10 points and 10 assists.  I think the Bulls got themselves a good deal on Caruso as the Lakers decided to draft a younger version of him.  

With just 2 weeks to go until opening night for the NBA, it feels like we haven't gotten to see much of the players.  I guess because we're still trying to make up time from the whole Covid bubble thing...

I don't think that's a good idea for the sixers, so you are saying that they are willing to play undermanned this season and sacrifice their chance just to give Simmons a lesson? I guess they should focus on the goal, and that is to win since the management invested a lot of money for their roster, and knowing they are not complete this season, they should not expect a championship, or even a chance to be in the ECF.

I think, I kind of like this new rule implemented. Though we might need some more time to judge it perfectly, but from a naked eye, it seems kind of fair to me. Players like Lebron and Harden are good at abusing this technique but I think if this rule is strictly followed, we might see a shift of attackers trying other kinds of playstyle. Maybe just let some games fly by and then we can come to a conclusion about this rule being fair or not.