On July 28 of this year, the league decided to implement new rules for the new season, the new rules are mainly used to restrict unnatural shooting actions to create fouls, such as Harden's pinch arm shot, Doncic's forward jump shot, which are the objects of restriction, and the promulgation of the new rules confirms that the league will promote confrontation, so that the killing on the three-point line must be affected, because everyone dares to fight on the three-point line, and those players who want to touch the porcelain can not get a chance.
Under the new rules, many stars have been affected...
James Harden
Harden can be said to be the son of the previous version, with excellent foul-making ability, coupled with the refinement of the magic ball theory for scoring, Harden has become one of the strongest scorers in the active campaign, Barkley has praised him as one of the strongest singles players in history, either scoring, or making fouls, it is difficult to prevent, 18 years of Lakers against the Rockets, Lakers teams are backhanded to defend Harden, Rubio was blown behind Harden to defend him.
From 18 to 20 years of the three seasons, Ha debuted an average score of 30.4 points, 36.1 points and 34.3 points, three consecutive scoring champions, and in these three seasons his average penalty shooters per game were: 10.1 times, 11.8 times and 11 times, each game through the free throws can get about 10 points, the original Harden is a proper league superstar level player, In the 18-19 season, he averaged 36.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 2 steals per game, and won the regular season MVP in 18 years.
But with the implementation of the new rules, Harden has revealed his original form this season, averaging 20.8 points, 7.9 rebounds, 9.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game, shooting only 40.4% of the shooting rate in addition to the lowest in the rookie season, and the three-point shooting rate of 33.7% is the lowest career. The average number of free throws per game has also dropped to only 7.4, and most of these free throws are still won by killing the inside line, if harden was the top ten superstars in the league, then now it is the all-star level, his killing ability has dropped significantly, if not other aspects like defense, organization is good enough, it can even be said that he is already a third-rate star, after all, it is too inefficient.
Harden wants to get out of the current predicament, he has two ways, the first is to lose weight, Harden is too heavy his movement speed has been greatly affected, Harden in the Thunder period is still a very athletically talented player, now facing the same position most players do not have a speed advantage, in addition, Harden needs to enrich the offensive means, he has a middle range, but playing magic ball for a long time, developing a habit, increasing mid-range projection is not a way to improve the offensive threat.
Doncic
Luka Doncic has played well since the first season of his career, averaging 28.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 8.8 assists in the second year of his career, and last season he entered the top five of the MVP list, this season is the fourth season of his career, Luka has been selected for the best team twice, because of his outstanding performance, he even compared with James in the same period, and even looked at the data alone.
In addition to the regular season MVP, the highest gold content in the regular season is the best team, and Doncic's performance does have the level of a superstar, to be honest, I thought he would surpass Nowitzki to become the best player in the country, after all, the technology is comprehensive, the ball quotient is high, and the playing style is very mature, just like a veteran who has been playing in the league for many years, and now he is only 22 years old, the ceiling is really too high.
But after the league implemented new rules in the new season, Doncic of Harden's style of play was also affected, averaging 25.6 points, 8 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 1 steal this season, shooting 44.7% from the field and 32.6% from three-point range, and the overall shooting rate has dropped significantly compared to the past two years (46.3% in 20 years and 48% in 21 years), while his free throws have also reached a career low of 5.5 per game, and his performance has fallen from a league superstar to a good All-Star level.
In addition to the new rules, he is too heavy like Harden, because Doncic has sprained his ankle many times this season, and the lateral ability is too slow to face the opponent's players in the same position being targeted by various singles, Harden can now break him, how slow do you say Doncic? He also needs to lose weight, and Doncic should add more interior damage to contribute to the team's offensive end, and his low-post offensive skills are still good.
Bill
Harden and Doncic are a little better, after all, the two are comprehensive enough, they can help the team in other aspects even if they don't score points, and Beal's pure scorer will be a nightmare if he is plagued by the new rules, this season's Beal is estimated to not even be able to score the All-Star if he plays according to the current situation, averaging 22.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game so far this season, shooting 44.6% from the field and 27.1% from three-point range.
Originally considered the league's best No. 2 no. 2 second boss, even beyond the existence of Clay, the reason is because Beal has both no ball ability and offensive ability to hold the ball, he can give any killer star as a helper, like James, Alphabet Brother, when they joined forces with Wall, the two also led the team to the playoffs for several years, and now Beal seems to be unable to do it, because his three points have been strongly suppressed.
To know that in the past few seasons, Bill is known as the league's second quarterback, one of the strongest firepower in the league, in the 19-20 and 20-21 seasons he averaged more than 30 points per game, proper superstar level performance, although everyone laughed at him as the owner of the empty slash group, but if there is no strength to brush 30 points per game is also difficult, because the new rules affect the overall shooting rate of Bill this season fell to a new low in the past 6 years, a new low in the three-point shooting rate, the average free throw per game in the past two seasons is about 8 times, He has averaged only 4.4 times per game this season.
If there are more than 4 free throws, Beal can also play an average of about 25 points per game, of course, the biggest impact on him is the increase in the intensity of the outside defense, I think now the league rarely blows the outside foul, Beal can increase the middle distance projection, his middle distance is also very good, even can be said to be the league's top level of this column, while the Wizards do not have the top center of the high quality block also affected Bill to some extent.
Lillard
To be honest, after the new rules of the league were promulgated, I had expected that Harden, Trae Young and Doncic would all be affected, but I did not think of Lillard, Lillard is not a player who plays three points by eating fouls, he is relying on rhythm, Lillard's three-pointers are generally a string of goals, in the past two seasons he has averaged only about 7 free throws per game, and in the case of 5 less than two this season, his average points per game have dropped from 30 points and 28.8 points per game in the past two seasons to 22 points per game this season. The average number of shots per game is still about 19 times before.
The reason for this is that Lillard's overall shooting percentage has dropped too much, the overall shooting rate in the past two seasons has exceeded 45%, the three-point shooting rate has exceeded 39%, and the overall shooting rate this season is only 38.9%, the three-point shooting rate is only 29.7%, which is like a top star should hand over the shooting rate, last season's defensive intensity in the playoffs, Lillard handed over an average of 34.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 10.2 assists and 1 steal, shooting 46.3%, shooting 46.3%. The three-point shooting rate is 44.9%, and if you look at the current performance, this is like the performance of a superstar.
Lillard last season is still a league superstar, this season's performance is barely a star, this efficiency is more like a brush, and the team's record is also very bad, Lillard has the current problem I think the new rules have an impact on him, but the impact is not as big as the previous three, after all, his average free throw per game is only 2 less, and the biggest impact on him should be the team, Billups requires every player to integrate into the team system, so that Lillard has added a lot of no-ball running positions.
Friends who are familiar with Lillard know that he has not had this habit of playing since his debut, he can't adapt, and more importantly, I think it's a matter of mentality, the offseason Blazers didn't give Lillard a reinforcement, although he said loyalty, but maybe he couldn't work like Harden last season, there was no game mentality. He was only 31 years old at the peak of his peak and was far from the age of decline in form.
Lillard wants to play more or rely on himself, speaking of which, what do you want to say after reading the article? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.