NBA commissioner Adam Silver has come around on the so-called "hack-a-Shaq" strategy of intentionally fouling poor free-throw shooters away from the ball, and plans to make rule changes to eliminate this as a strategic tactic once the current season is finished.<br />“I’m increasingly of the view that we will be looking to make some sort of change in that rule this summer," Silver said, via USA Today.<br />LeBron James is already on record as saying he would prefer that the league left the rules unchanged, and Kobe Bryant has joined him in taking that very same stance.<br />“You can’t protect guys because they can’t shoot free throws,” Bryant said, via ESPN.<br />“You’re getting paid a lot of money to make a damn free throw, dude.<br />I think it sets a bad precedent.<br />I wouldn’t change it.”
