With the controversy of
Golden State’s Draymond Green’s repeated groin shots on Oklahoma City Thunder’s
centre, Steven Adams during the Western Conference Finals as well the groin
shot to Finals MVP, LeBron James which ultimately lead to his suspension in
game 5 of the Finals, the NBA has instructed referees to crack down on players
who excessively flail their arms and legs in an attempt to put an end to these
fouls.
This may have come from
external pressure from the online community who following these events have
shown a great deal of discontent with the NBA’s officiating standards when it
comes to this matter.
The NBA senior vice
president of replay and referee operations, Joe Borgia, said this in light of
the controversy: “Now all of a sudden legs are coming out in different
directions at weird times, they're coming higher...Well, for the protection of
the players, we're going to stop it.”
Hopefully these instructions
are put in place effectively with the 2016/17 season soon to kick off, and we
can move on from the groin shots and watch these men do what they do best; play
basketball.
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