NBA commissioner David Stern has some legitimate plans in streamlining the process to come up with potential rule changes.
Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News reports that the committee has targeted two major rules changes immediately. The group will discuss adopting the international rule for goaltending, meaning that balls could be legally knocked off the rim or backboard that now would result in a basket. They also hope to penalizing serial floppers.
It’s interesting that the Spurs apparently will have no representatives on the committee. Among those who will serve include owners Dan Gilbert of Cleveland and Joe Lacob of Golden State; general managers Bryan Colangelo of Toronto, Mitch Kupchak of the Lakers, Kevin O’Connor of Utah and Sam Presti of Oklahoma City; and coaches Rick Carlisle of Dallas, Lionel Hollins of Memphis and Doc Rivers of Boston.
The creation of the committee is being made to get Stern’s control on potential rule changes to become more absolute. Formerly, any rule changes had to be made by a vote of the league’s general managers.
Lawrence also reports that Stern wants to spend two more seasons as the commissioner of the league before he retires.
