The NBA is set to implement a new rule during the 2025-26 season that will allow players to attempt end-of-quarter shots from long distances without impacting individual statistics. The league ...

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 ...

The NBA will implement a rule change in the upcoming season to record missed end-of-period heaves as team field goal attempts rather than individual player attempts. Because the reclassification means ...

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 those shots are ...

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 those shots are ...

Adding three-point shooting should help the Atlanta Hawks ' spacing. As new Hawk Kristaps Porzingis is showing at EuroBasket, that spacing goes beyond the three-point line. Porzingis shot 5-for-12 ...

It happens at least once in almost every NBA game. At the end of a quarter or the first half, a player will get the ball in the backcourt with a second or so on the clock, take a dribble, and hesitate ...

FILE - Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) heaves a shot from half court over Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant (9) as the buzzer sounds in the first half of an NBA basketball game in ...