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Look, no hands! The NBA's no-touching police are patrolling the perimeter, with (really) offensive results.(NBA)
In the late 1980s, an emerging superstar forced Ron Rothstein, then a Pistons assistant coach, to plot. The upshot of those strategy sessions came to be known as the Jordan Rules. For at least a few seasons, bumping, shoving and rerouting Michael Jordan was enough to make the Pistons a championship team.
Now, nearly two decades later, amid a wildly different defensive climate in the NBA, Rothstein is asked whether those rules still can be applied. He smiles. "It's harder," he says. "It's harder because you don't get the advantage of gaining balance." Or touching. Or having a fighting chance.
Referees have been ordered to emphasize what often is called ...
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