The rule changes that the NBA have implemented will indeed affect how the game is played in the NBA. The NBA has said that it wanted to eliminate players confronting referees about calls on the court. They have given the referees more power to give players technical fouls. This leads to the opposing team getting a free throw at the other end of the court. This is a rule that can change the pace of the game and also places too much control of the game into the hands

You’re sitting around watching game after game on your Direct TV satellite but all you really want to know is who’s going to go free agent when summer hits? The ball’s already rolling on some of these players but we’ve got the scoop on who’s most likely to go rogue this summer in the NBA. The Cavs have Anthony Parker who is, as of now, totally unrestricted. After the Lebron fiasco, though, no player is likely to leave the Cavaliers in the lurch.