Since hand-check rule change, NBA has become a perimeter player’s league

 
BY MIKE BALDWIN, Staff Writer, mbaldwin@opubco.com | Modified: March 10, 2010 at 5:45 am | Published: March 10, 2010   

The NBA six years ago literally put the ball in point guards’ hands.

Frustrated the league had evolved into a physical, plodding game, a major rule change abolished hand-checking above the free-throw line.

photo - Point guards like New Orleans’ Darren Collison, who the Thunder face today, have benefitted from the league’s hand-check rule change. AP photo
Point guards like New Orleans’ Darren Collison, who the Thunder face today, have benefitted from the league’s hand-check rule change. AP photo

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