Officials will be focussing on players who initiate contact to draw shooting fouls.
VICTORIA—Never mind that the Raptors may make subtle adjustments to the way they play that alters the way they use DeMar DeRozan, the whole NBA still seems out to get him.
As one of its points of emphasis for officials heading into the 2017-18 season, the league is taking a firmer stance against a move that is described as “The James Harden-DeMar DeRozan Special.