LAS VEGAS -- The NBA is taking a step toward trying to reduce the "hack-a" strategy on poor free throw shooting players. The NBA's board of governors approved rules changes for the 2016-17 season that ...

There's no question that the series between the Los Angeles Clippers and San Antonio Spurs was the best in the first round of this year's NBA playoffs. The matchup featured two of the top three teams ...

During Shaquille O'Neal's prime years with the Los Angeles Lakers, there was a stretch when no defensive scheme, no matter how creative or physical, could stop him. The only realistic way to somewhat ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he would use his "bully pulpit" to try to force through reform to eliminate the intentional fouling of poor free throw shooters, also known as the ...

DALLAS -- NBA commissioner Adam Silver told ESPN.com that he expects the league to have "full-throated conversations" this summer about potentially implementing rules to eliminate the Hack-a-Shaq ...

Analysts claim that Shaquille O'Neal could've been the greatest of all time if he had just consistently made his free throws. O'Neal was his own enemy whenever he got to the charity stripe. Opposing ...

TORONTO — Adam Silver said Saturday no changes are coming to Hack-a-Shaq this season, though he seems to favor some rule adjustment. And with no consensus within the NBA about what it would entail, ...

TORONTO (AP) The Latest on Saturday's events at the NBA's All-Star Weekend in Toronto (all times local): 7:20 p.m. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has come out even more strongly against the so-called ...

The Los Angeles Lakers came out of the gates scorching hot in Game 1 of the 2000 Western Conference finals against the Portland Trail Blazers. They executed the triangle offense to perfection and ...