— Widen the lane to 16 feet
— Reset team fouls at the 10:00 minute mark of each half and begin double bonus on the 5th team foul of each 10-minute segment. This would eliminate the one-and-one free throw.
— Allow laptops, tablets, or similar devices in the bench area for coaching purposes.
— Adopt a modified six-foul rule with the following provisions:
1. A player may not commit more than three personal/technical fouls in any one half. Penalty – disqualification.
2. A player may commit three personal/technical fouls in the first half and three in the second half. In this case, the player is allowed six fouls before being disqualified.
3. A player may commit two personal/technical fouls in the first half and would be disqualified on his fourth personal/technical in the second half. Total – six fouls.
4. A player may commit zero or one personal/technical fouls in the first half and would be disqualified on the player’s fourth personal/technical in the second half. See #1.
— Award possession of the ball to the defense when they create a held ball situation.
— Limit the number of timeouts that may be called by any one team in the last two minutes of the second period or of any overtime period to two.
— In the last two minutes of the second period or of any overtime period, allow instant replay review of potential shot-clock violations when the shot is unsuccessful.
— Eliminate the ten-second backcourt rule.
— Permit the use of Instant Replay on all basket interference/goaltending calls throughout the game, but only when a call has been made by an official.
— Permit a team to decline free throws in the last two minutes of the last period or of any overtime period and elect possession of the ball for a throw-in instead.
— Eliminate offensive basket interference after the ball hits the ring or flange. Would make the rule consistent with the FIBA rule.
— Adjust the traveling rule to allow a player to take two steps after lifting his pivot foot which would make moves such as the spin move, Euro-step and step-back shot legal.
— Eliminate the five second closely guarded rule.
— Reset team fouls at the 10:00 minute mark of each half and begin double bonus on the 5th team foul of each 10-minute segment. This would eliminate the one-and-one free throw.
— Allow laptops, tablets, or similar devices in the bench area for coaching purposes.
— Adopt a modified six-foul rule with the following provisions:
1. A player may not commit more than three personal/technical fouls in any one half. Penalty – disqualification.
2. A player may commit three personal/technical fouls in the first half and three in the second half. In this case, the player is allowed six fouls before being disqualified.
3. A player may commit two personal/technical fouls in the first half and would be disqualified on his fourth personal/technical in the second half. Total – six fouls.
4. A player may commit zero or one personal/technical fouls in the first half and would be disqualified on the player’s fourth personal/technical in the second half. See #1.
— Award possession of the ball to the defense when they create a held ball situation.
— Limit the number of timeouts that may be called by any one team in the last two minutes of the second period or of any overtime period to two.
— In the last two minutes of the second period or of any overtime period, allow instant replay review of potential shot-clock violations when the shot is unsuccessful.
— Eliminate the ten-second backcourt rule.
— Permit the use of Instant Replay on all basket interference/goaltending calls throughout the game, but only when a call has been made by an official.
— Permit a team to decline free throws in the last two minutes of the last period or of any overtime period and elect possession of the ball for a throw-in instead.
— Eliminate offensive basket interference after the ball hits the ring or flange. Would make the rule consistent with the FIBA rule.
— Adjust the traveling rule to allow a player to take two steps after lifting his pivot foot which would make moves such as the spin move, Euro-step and step-back shot legal.
— Eliminate the five second closely guarded rule.