1 free throw latest NBA rule to be tested at Las Vegas Summer League

We need to rewrite the article as original SinCity Press journalism, preserving all facts, names, dates, numbers, quotes exactly. Use professional journalism tone, vary sentence structure. Output only the rewritten article, no preface/commentary. Must keep all facts exactly: names, dates, numbers, quotes. Must not add or omit any factual info. Must keep quotes verbatim. Must preserve the content but rephrase sentences. We need to ensure we keep all details: Title? The original title: "1 free throw latest NBA rule to be tested at Las Vegas Summer League". We can rewrite title but must preserve facts? Title is not a fact but we can change as part of rewrite. However must preserve all facts, names, dates, numbers, and quotes exactly. So we can change wording but not alter any factual statements. We need to check the article for facts: - There will be 1 free throw rule test at this year's NBA Summer League in Las Vegas compared to previous years. - The yearly event has become the halfway for the new generation of NBA players to get their first taste of the league, and for the NBA to test out new rules. - This year's games could be a bit shorter with the new "one free throw rule," where players will have a single free throw attempt for each foul call. The value of points each free throw will be worth one, 2 or 3 points depending on the foul, in an effort to speed up the game. - The 21st Las Vegas NBA Summer League begins Thursday with 7 games between the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion at UNLV. Thursday's games start with the Minnesota Timberwolves and New Orleans Pelicans at 12:30 p.m. at Cox Pavilion. - Highlighting Thursday's action is a showdown between the 2 top wide picks from last month's NBA draft. No. 1 overall pick AJ Dybantsa and the Washington Wizards face off against second-overall pick Darryn Peterson and the Utah Jazz at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center. - Quote: “It’s truly 1 of those springboards to spot what will work and what won’t work,” Hall said. “We’ve tried a batch of things, and not all of them have stuck and carried over, but it’s important, because this is the 1 showcase in the summertime where (we can see) however do we make the game better. - “If we can make the game better here, it translates because we’re dealing with NBA referees, NBA players, just the full NBA ambiance and NBA experience. We’re that example that is close to NBA action you could possibly get to see if things truly work.” (Note: the original quote had some odd phrasing; we must keep it exactly as given.) - The 1 free throw rule has been in effect in the G-League since the 2019-20 season. The rule was also implemented at the Salt Lake and Northern California Summer Leagues, which were played earlier this month. - However, the Summer League games will revert to standard NBA free throw rules during the last 2 minutes of regulation and the duration of any overtime periods. - Also at this year's NBA Summer League, the league will use a "connected basketball" which contains sensors that detect when the ball has been touched. - The league’s communications section said in the announcement that: “The hoop contains an embedded sensor that detects interaction with the ball. The sensor does not materially impact the ball’s weight, feel or playability. Data collected from the ball will be used for future officiating applications, such as last-touch out-of-bounds calls.” - NBA Summer League co-founder Albert Hall said the Summer League has embraced being the testing ground for some new rules that aim to improve the game. - Quote: “It’s truly 1 of those springboards to spot what will work and what won’t work,” Hall said. “We’ve tried a batch of things, and not all of them have stuck and carried over, but it’s important, because this is the 1 showcase in the summertime where (we can see) however do we make the game better. - “If we can make the game better here, it translates because we’re dealing with NBA referees, NBA players, just the full NBA ambiance and NBA experience. We’re that example that is close to NBA action you could possibly get to see if things truly work.” (This appears duplicated; need to keep exactly as appears in original. Actually original had two quotes: one after Hall statement and then later again? 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Actually it's two quoted sentences: first "It’s truly 1 of those springboards to spot what will work and what won’t work," Hall said. Then second quoted sentence: "We’ve tried a batch of things, and not all of them have stuck and carried over, but it’s important, because this is the 1 showcase in the summertime where (we can see) however do we make the game better." Then third quoted sentence: "If we can make the game better here, it translates because we’re dealing with NBA referees, NBA players, just the full NBA ambiance and NBA experience. We’re that example that is close to NBA action you could possibly get to see if things truly work." We must keep quotes exactly as they appear, including any odd phrasing and typos? The original has some weird phrasing due to OCR errors: "investigating crushed", "immoderate caller", "purpose to amended", "volition enactment", "batch of things", "not each of them person stuck", etc. We must preserve those exactly. So we must not correct them. Must keep the exact text inside quotes. Thus we need to rewrite the article but keep the quoted text exactly same, including any weird wording. Also preserve numbers, dates, names. Let's extract all factual statements: - There will be 1 free throw rule test at this year's NBA Summer League in Las Vegas compared to previous years. - The yearly event has become the halfway for the new generation of NBA players to get their first taste of the league, and for the NBA to test out new rules. - This year's games could be a bit shorter with the new "one free throw rule," where players will have a single free throw attempt for each foul call. The value of points each free throw will be worth one, 2 or 3 points depending on the foul, in an effort to speed up the game. - The 21st Las Vegas NBA Summer League begins Thursday with 7 games between the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion at UNLV. Thursday's games start with the Minnesota Timberwolves and New Orleans Pelicans at 12:30 p.m. at Cox Pavilion. - Highlighting Thursday's action is a showdown between the 2 top wide picks from last month's NBA draft. No. 1 overall pick AJ Dybantsa and the Washington Wizards face off against second-overall pick Darryn Peterson and the Utah Jazz at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center. - Quote block from Albert Hall (exact): “It’s truly 1 of those springboards to spot what will work and what won’t work,” Hall said. “We’ve tried a batch of things, and not all of them have stuck and carried over, but it’s important, because this is the 1 showcase in the summertime where (we can see) however do we make the game better. “If we can make the game better here, it translates because we’re dealing with NBA referees, NBA players, just the full NBA ambiance and NBA experience. We’re that example that is close to NBA action you could possibly get to see if things truly work.” (Note: there may be line breaks; we must keep exactly as in original, but we can reproduce as a single paragraph? Safer to keep line breaks as in original? The original had line breaks after each quote? We'll preserve the quoted text exactly, including internal line breaks if any. We'll need to copy them verbatim. - The 1 free throw rule has been in effect in the G-League since the 2019-20 season. The rule was also implemented at the Salt Lake and Northern California Summer Leagues, which were played earlier this month. - However, the Summer League games will revert to standard NBA free throw rules during the last 2 minutes of regulation and the duration of any overtime periods. - Also at this year's NBA Summer League, the league will use a "connected basketball" which contains sensors that detect when the ball has been touched. - The league’s communications section said in the announcement that: “The hoop contains an embedded sensor that detects interaction with the ball. The sensor does not materially impact the ball’s weight, feel or playability. Data collected from the ball will be used for future officiating applications, such as last-touch out-of-bounds calls.” - NBA Summer League co-founder Albert Hall said the Summer League has embraced being the investigating crushed for immoderate caller rules that purpose to amended the game. - (Note: This sentence before the quote is also part of the article; we must preserve it exactly as is? It contains weird wording: "investigating crushed", "immoderate caller", "purpose to amended". Must keep exactly.) - The Summer League has been a breeding ground for new, experimental rules. Many have made their way into the NBA. - One of the most important rule implementations from the Summer League is the coaches challenges. The NBA added coaches challenges to the 2018 Summer League, and the league brought the challenges into the league for the 2019-20 season. - Other rules that have been experimented at Summer League and later added to the NBA see the 24-second shot clock resetting to 14 seconds on an offensive rebound and a one-shot free throw awarded for a take foul — where a defender instantly fouls an offensive player earlier transitioning into the offensive end of the floor. - At the 2023 Summer League, the league tested an in-game flopping punishment where referees could assess a technical foul and free throw if they determined that a player flopped. That rule made its way to the NBA for the 2024-25 season. - Before the 2025 season, the league added the “heave rule” where a shot from at least 36 feet away with 3 seconds or less remaining in the first 3 quarters does not count toward the player’s field goal percentage, which was tested in the Summer League. - Contact Alex Wright at awright@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AlexWright1028 on X. - Up next: NBA Summer League When: July 9-19 Where: Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. Who: All 30 NBA teams What: Game involving rookies and new NBA players. TV: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or Prime Video We must keep all these facts exactly. Also need to preserve the heading tags? Not needed; just output article. We need to vary sentence structure, use professional journalism tone, but keep all facts same. Must not add or omit any factual info. Must preserve quotes exactly. We need to be careful not to inadvertently change numbers or names. Also keep the weird phrasing inside quotes unchanged. Let's rewrite. We'll produce something like: SinCity Press – [maybe but we must not add commentary. We'll produce article: Title maybe: "One free throw rule to be trialed at Las Vegas Summer League" But we must not change facts; title is not a fact, we can change. Let's craft. We'll start with lead: The NBA will test a one‑free‑throw rule at this year’s Las Vegas Summer League, aiming to shorten games. Then continue. Make sure we keep the quote exactly. Let's draft. Check for any missing facts: The article mentions "There volition beryllium 1 quality astatine this year’s NBA Summer League successful Las Vegas compared to erstwhile years." That's weird but we must keep meaning: "There will be 1 quality at this year's NBA Summer League in Las Vegas compared to previous years." Probably they meant "There will be 1 change". We must keep the meaning but we can rephrase as "There will be one change at this year's NBA Summer League in Las Vegas compared to previous years." That's preserving fact: one change (the one free throw rule). Good. Now ensure we keep numbers: 21st Las Vegas NBA Summer League, Thursday, 7 games, Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion at UNLV, 12:30 p.m., Minnesota Timberwolves vs New Orleans Pelicans, Cox Pavilion, 5 p.m., Thomas & Mack Center, AJ Dybantsa, Washington Wizards, Darryn Peterson, Utah Jazz, etc. Check the quote: We need to include exactly as original. Let's copy the quoted block exactly as appears in original (including line breaks). The original had: > “It’s truly 1 of those springboards to spot what volition enactment and what won’ Read the full story at Las Vegas Review-Journal →