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#140: Are officiating changes hurting the game?

Thinking Basketball

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LeBron James: Some of these rules have and relaxations have helped the league tremendously. And finally, that there's a balance in some areas to strike. But when you have too much contact, then do you start to eliminate the things in the game that are exciting? He asks if we should be angry at coaches for trying to teach this skill set of the shoulder bump. Or should we try and preserve a sort of normative spirit of what basketball should be, which might not include that sort of shoulder bump?

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