"The NBA will implement a new change for the 2025-26 season with unsuccessful end-of-period heaves now being recorded as a missed field-goal attempt for the team, not the player. Under the new rule, which was finalized at the league's board of governors meeting Wednesday, those long heaves will no longer impact an individual player's percentages. Even more long-range shots are expected from players this season, which was behind motivation of the change and the league testing it at the Summer League in July."
"For stat-keeping purposes, the NBA will tell teams that any shot taken within the final three seconds of the first three quarters and is launched from at least 36 feet away on any play that starts in the backcourt will count as a team shot attempt -- but not an individual one. Many players have avoided taking the miracle 50-footer or deeper shot at the end of quarters to protect their personal shooting percentages. The "heave rule," the league hopes, will fix that."
The NBA will record unsuccessful end-of-period heaves as team missed field-goal attempts beginning in the 2025-26 season, removing those misses from individual player statistics. The rule was finalized by the league's board of governors after Summer League testing and competition committee support. Any shot launched from at least 36 feet within the final three seconds of the first three quarters on a play that begins in the backcourt will count as a team attempt but not an individual one. The change aims to encourage more long-range heaves by removing statistical disincentives and reflects a roughly 4% make rate last season under these criteria.
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