Intentional Fouls (Advanced)

I was never a fan of the Intentional Foul rule as presented in the rules booklet. In my opinion, it just doesn't replicate all of the opportunities where an NBA team, looking to intentionally foul, would be able to do so. For instance, in the board game, if you miss a shot attempt that is rebounded by a defensive player, the rebounder will almost always be able to get the ball to another player before an intentional foul can be attempted. In addition, there is a 42-50% chance that an intentional foul attempt would automatically fail due to a pass result (42% if in a Normal offense and 50% if in a Fastbreak offense) after a defensive rebound or Stolen result.

So, to address what I believe are the inadequacies in the original intentional foul rules, I've come up with the following alternate rules, which I use in my games:

22.2 INTENTIONAL FOULS 

An Intentional Foul Defense may be called by a team that is behind in the last two minutes of a game. An intentional foul can be committed immediately after a rebound, Stolen result from the offensive player's Passing column, or when the offensive team inbounds the ball. You must inform your opponent (or determine for the trailing team, if playing solitaire) that your team is playing an Intentional Foul Defense. A team playing an  Intentional Foul Defense will automatically attempt to intentionally foul at every opportunity. An Intentional Foul Defense may be called, or taken off, during a stoppage of play or after a timeout.

22.21 If an intentional foul is committed after a rebound, the rebounder is fouled; roll the two white dice and refer to the INSIDE column of the Foul Assignment Chart to determine which player commits the foul. 

If an intentional foul is committed after a Stolen result, the player who stole the ball is fouled by the player who turned the ball over. 

If an intentional foul is attempted when the offensive team inbounds the ball, refer to the Press CONTROL section of the action deck. In the case of a FB Pass result, the intentional foul attempt fails and play continues as normal. If a single player reading occurs, roll the two white dice and refer to the OUTSIDE column of the Foul Assignment Chart to determine who is fouled, and which player commits the intentional foul. If the result is “Primary Defender,” (roll of 6, 7, or 8) then the offensive coach selects the player who is fouled; roll the white dice again to determine which player commits the foul. 

22.22 - ELIMINATED 

22.23 All intentional fouls are treated as F(1) fouls. 

22.24 If a team commits an intentional foul on an inbounds play, which does not put them in the penalty, do not re-use the control reading from the same action card for the intentional foul attempt on the next inbounds play. Instead, cut the discarded action deck and refer to the Press CONTROL section of that card to determine the result of the intentional foul attempt.

The original intentional foul rules allow WAY too many failed intentional foul attempts, in my opinion. I found that the above rule adjustments make intentional fouling more in-line with what you would see in an actual NBA game, when a team wants to extend the game.

As always, I encourage you to post in the Comments section with your thoughts on my rule, or with  your own variations on the Intentional Foul rule.