dump the free throw

[so cal lurker]

I believe FIBS used to allow teams to decline freer throws many years ago.

While I think the NBA needs an intentional foul rule akin to HS and NCAA to get rid of the really silly off the ball fouls, I don't think there is a problem in general. There have been efforts to make more fouls intentional (2 plus th ball), but the game reverts back. Contrary to your view, it seems that the overwhelming majority of folk see fouls at the end of the game as part of the drama of the game. (And in watching my son play HS games, I don't see the fouling at the end of the game as any different from how it was when I played 30
years ago.)