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Billeducation. Are we calling this the Jalen Brown? Who are we naming that one after? It's basically they're saying you can't use the stiff arm as you're driving.

BillLeBron does it too. I mean, a bunch of people do this, but I'll be interested to see how long they stick to this one.

GoldsberryI've heard trainers call it the paddle, the off arm, like, and they're training it now. They're training it. Yeah. The paddle, like you're dribbling with your right hand and you can't use your hand as much, but you can sort of maneuver your off arm, like the Heisman trophy a little bit, as long as you don't fully stiff arm.

GoldsberryBut yeah, that came out today. And I count me among the people that are sort of happy that they announced this a little bit cynical that they're going to enforce it, Bill. We've seen these kinds of points of emphases now called points of education for years. Sometimes they last a week. Sometimes they last a month.

GoldsberrySometimes they actually last. So I, as an old guy,

Goldsberryhand checks were part of the game. Now it feels like the offensive players in this attacking guard era, SGA, Jalen Brown, Luka Doncic are, are weaponizing that off arm and almost committing like reach and fouls as an offensive player.

Goldsberryand I would love to see it go away. You don't see it in college basketball. You don't see it in women's basketball. You don't see it in European basketball. It's an NBA -specific issue that I think has arisen in the last 10 years that has gotten out of hand, no pun intended,