The NBA in the new season is obviously much smoother than before, and the biggest change is because of the change in the rules of punishment. After the rules were changed, the past "body hair" fouls will not be blown to the present, the number of free throws on the NBA team has obviously changed a lot, netizens have called the NBA better, and the previous NBA has returned. In addition to the fans feeling very happy about the change in the rules of punishment, many NBA players also feel very happy, especially those who are known for their defense, they are obviously much more relaxed on the defensive end.
Warriors player Drummond Green talked about this topic recently, and let's take a look at how he commented on the change in rules. Green said: "What I want to say is how enjoyable it is to watch a basketball game without those xx whistles. Sorry, I shouldn't have said dirty things in the interview, but after those bad blows, the basketball game was much better. Some of the players cheated in the game and made fouls with those whistles, and this year it's much better and I really enjoyed the game this season. It can be seen that Green is still very satisfied with the change of rules.
In addition to this, Green also talked about some of the players, saying: "I didn't want to watch NBA games before because it was so confusing, players cheated in the game and could get free throws. So I think the rule change is great! "Who is Green talking about?" It seems that the fans who watch the game are well aware that the big free throw players in the NBA are actually a few players, such as James Harden, such as Trae Young. This season, their number of free throws has dropped to a certain extent, and their average points per game are not as explosive as before.
Half a month into the season, the impact of the penalty rule change is already apparent, look at the season's average score per game, the first place Morant and Curry averaged only 28.7 points per game, compared with the first place last season, at least 3 points less. Compared with last season, Harden, Doncic, Trae Young's average score per game has dropped to a certain extent, especially Harden, who can average 18.7 points per game, down nearly 8 points compared with last season, which is a considerable amount of decline. Recently, Harden's performance has been very difficult, and the change in the scale of punishment has directly led to a change in the scale of defense, so the "backhand defense" has ceased to exist.
Over the years, the NBA has been labeled "soft and boring" due to the problem of penalty scale, more and more fans do not like to watch such games, and after the revision of the rules this season, most fans are in favor of the modification of the rules, because the game is really different, as a spectator, the higher the fluency of the game, the happier the audience is to watch, after all, no one likes to watch "a bit of rain".
Of course, as said before, the revision of the penalty rules makes many stars uncomfortable, and the high-scoring ratio of masters like Durant and Curry naturally has little impact, and for those players who are good at scoring through free throws, this season is really a grind for them. In addition to adapting to the rules, but also adapt to the defense, now the defensive players are also particularly tough, will not give you the opportunity to "face the back of the frame", will not care about the number of fouls affect the playing time.
The NBA has now passed 75 years, before everyone thought that the NBA was going to go downhill, since Xiao Hua became president, the NBA is becoming more and more "acting", the game is becoming more and more "fake", but now it is different, Xiao Hua finally made the best decision since he came to power, and the change of rules really makes the NBA look better. Like Green said, a lot of fans who didn't want to see the NBA before are back.
The NBA's popularity has also risen, and there is no doubt that the NBA is also one of the most influential commercial sports leagues in the world. This is the good side of the NBA, but also worth learning from other sports leagues, constantly changing, conforming to the development of the times, this is the magic weapon of the NBA, I hope that the change of punishment can continue!