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The NBA’s Challenging Problem

The challenge system has evolved over recent years, and coaches want to see it change one more time this offseason.

The NBA’s challenge system remains one of the league’s great mysteries on any given night.

Ambiguous language, time wasted staring at a monitor, officials huddling several times, and a general sense that you never know exactly why it’s taking so long as a team of officials in Secaucus, N.J., the NBA’s review headquarters, gather around televisions to aid in decisions.

This past Wednesday at the Board of Governors press conference, commissioner Adam Silver was asked if there had been any discussion on tweaks to replay or take fouls, two things that would fall under the purview of the league’s competition committee.