Larry Bird
Since the 1980’s the Larry Bird exception was enacted that teams are forbidden from exceeding the salary cap to resign one of their players. This was because of the Boston Celtics who tried to do exactly that with Larry Bird. Free agents who qualify for this exception came to be known as “Bird Free Agents.”
Larry Bird
Kevin Durant
The “Rip Through” has been seen too many times with all NBA players. It is when an offensive player intentionally swings his arms into his defender and carries out the ball towards the basket in the hopes of getting a foul. The biggest exploiter of the Rip Through is Kevin Durrant himself as he turned an infrequent incident to a problem the league had to address. Other players have integrated the technique into their offensive repertoires, but it is Durrant’s trademark. Since the 2011-2012 season, the NBA declared that they would not call shooting fouls on so-called “rip throughs.”
Kevin Durant
