LAS VEGAS — The NBA's Board of Governors approved two rule changes that will go into effect next season — a second coach's challenge if the first is successful, and an in-game flopping penalty — during its annual meeting here during the league's Las Vegas Summer League.
Both rule changes had been unanimously recommended to the Board of Governors by the league's competition committee — a group made up of players, union representatives, coaches, governors, executives and referees — to be implemented next season.
Coaches having access to a second challenge is something that teams — and coaches, in particular — have been pushing to have in place for years.
Now, if a team gets a challenge correct earlier in the game, they'll get the chance to get a second one later in the game. But while teams will still retain the first timeout they have to use to call for the initial challenge, they will not get their timeout back for their second challenge — even if it is successful.