PBA implements rule banning hang time from ring

THE Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) now prohibits players to hang on to the rim following a new memorandum released by the league on Wednesday night. In its latest tweak in the rule book, all players would not be allowed to hang on to the rim just like the trademark dunk antic of San Miguel Beer forward Arwind Santos.

“A player, however, who hangs onto the rim after a dunk and places either or both of his feet onto the backboard, shall be assessed with an unsportsmanlike technical foul,” the PBA said in the memorandum sent to all teams.

The league clarified that the player could hang on the ring to prevent an injury to himself or another player down low.

The league also imposed three major changes for the 44th season.

The PBA now patterned the traveling violation with Fiba with the 0-1-2 step rule and in goal-tending review for the entire match, as well as permission of verbal calls of coaches on player timeouts are now implemented. Ramon Rafael Bonilla