National Basketball Association

NBA announces 'Hack-a-Shaq' rule change for upcoming 2016-2017 season

Published Jul. 12, 2016 9:25 p.m. ET

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Andre Drummond, DeAndre Jordan, Dwight Howard and all bad free-throw shooters in the NBA: REJOICE! On Tuesday evening, the NBA officially announced new rules pertaining to deliberate away-from-the-play fouls.

The new rules, which will go into effect immediately for the 2016-2017 season, are as follows:

No more jumping on backs, no more away-from-the-ball fouling in the last two minutes of ANY quarter, no more fouls during inbounds -- does this solve the NBA's hacking problem? Only time will tell.