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- Eom Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Before that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after nearly 12 years at the New York Daily News and is a graduate of Michigan State University.
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The NBA Summer Leagues are getting a new look with two new features being tested.
The NBA will test the one-free throw rule and connected basketball with a built-in sensor at summer leagues this month in Northern California, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.
The one free throw rule allows for one free throw for any infraction that would normally result in one, two or three free throws under standard NBA rules. This free throw attempt will be worth the same total points as the free throws it replaces. This will occur until the final two minutes of the fourth quarter and throughout overtime, when standard NBA free throw rules will begin to apply.
The one free throw rule has been used by the NBA G League since 2019–2020 to improve gameplay.
The NBA will also test a connected basketball with a built-in sensor to detect contact with the ball. The league says the ball will provide data that will be collected to support future officiating applications such as last-touch out-of-bounds signals. The sensor does not affect the weight, feel or playability of the ball.
Both features were discussed at a recent competition committee meeting. The first summer league, the California Classic, starts Friday.