Adam Silver

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is in favor of ads on jerseys and the elimination of the "Hack-a-Shaq."

(AP)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Los Angeles Lakers and a few other teams are opposed to placing advertisements on NBA jerseys, league sources informed cleveland.com.

An NBA owners meeting was held Sunday in Toronto during All-Star Weekend, and the topics of ads and deliberate fouling were the central subjects discussed. The majority of the teams appear to be in favor of ad patches, a source said, but voting on the matter won't occur until April's Board of Governors meeting at the earliest.

If ads were sanctioned, they would go into effect for the 2017-18 season, the same year Nike takes over as the league's uniform partner.

Owners and television partners are for eliminating the "Hack-a-Shaq" rule. They believe the deliberate fouling at the end of games diminishes the product, slows the pace to the fans' dismay and ultimately will affect TV ratings.

The consensus among players, general managers and coaches is that if a player can't make his free throws, he should be subbed out to avoid the constant stoppages of play.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver recently outlawed players from jumping on another player's back in order to get the referee's attention for a deliberate foul. Silver wants to see another season of research before making a decision on the "Hack-a-Shaq" conundrum.

The All-Star Game is headed to Charlotte for 2017 and although nothing is official, league sources consider Los Angeles and Brooklyn to be strong favorites to land All-Star Weekend for 2018 and 2019. Cleveland has put in a bid for 2018.

Sources say the league feels Brooklyn is deserving of its own All-Star Weekend in the near future since it shared the event with New York in 2015.