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Hollinger's Gems: May 12, 2009

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

1. The NBA came out on Monday saying it needed to provide more education on the flagrant foul rule. Certainly that's part of the problem -- I can't tell you how many announcers I've heard say something like, "Well, he wasn't making a play on the ball," when that has no bearing on whether a foul is ruled flagrant or not. Alas, that's about 2 percent of the issue. As harsh as I've been on Stu Jackson and the league's discipline office, about 98 percent of the problem is the rule. It's defined s ...

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