Players definitely want to have more free throw opportunities so that they can get more points and can help the team while saving as much energy as possible. Why this type of player, represented by Harden, is so obsessed with using the rules to score points is basically because of this consideration. However, while this phenomenon is good for players and teams, the league's ratings are declining. Quite simply, no one wants to watch a free throw show. Everyone gives money to watch the beast battle, not the performance artist's two-point line fixed-point shooting audition.
So how to solve this problem? It's also very simple, adjust the rules. For the league, they are the rule-makers, and changing the rules is the simplest thing to do. But for the players and the respective teams, there is a period of pain. Players who like to foul and take free throws have to adapt to the new system so that they can get more opportunities. Otherwise, it will only be a mistake again and again. Harden's performance at the beginning of the season was just that. There is no adaptation rule, and there is no way to force Harden.
We often say that the emergence of a rule, or the prevalence of a custom, tends to have two sides. Some people can benefit from it, and some people will be eliminated as a result. The arrival of the small ball era has created a number of defenders, and countless small forwards have ushered in their best era. And also because of small balls, countless centers are facing unemployment, and the inside players have completely entered the cold winter period. Therefore, it is foreseeable that this current rule reform will inevitably have a great impact on the future alliance. Of course, the first to bear the brunt of it will certainly be those who rely on free throws themselves.
First of all, it must be admitted that these floor-flowing defender players have played very badly at the beginning of the season. Mitchell, Trae Young, Doncic, Harden, these are the cases. Friends who understand the ball should be able to see that these are the big core of holding the ball. It also reflects a phenomenon that many of the league's ball-holding cores now rely on free throws to get scoring opportunities. Strictly speaking, this is not too strong a skill. So, after the specification change, they all have a certain degree of decline.
Of course, although these players have reduced the number of free throws, the situation is not the same. Because some players don't find a feel at the beginning of the season, such as Lillard. Lillard is a very special player, at this stage almost all the data is full of crotch. That's why there is a joke on the Internet: Lillard is using his own practical actions to prove that he is not a qualified 75 superstar. If Lillard maintains this performance this season, it is estimated that the Trail Blazers will lose ugly games this year.
And the technical players led by Harden are now also in a dilemma: how to find a suitable whistle scale again and whether the referee is willing to continue to give them free throws. This combination of subjective and objective factors is more difficult to summarize in one or two sentences. But for those younger players, they are actually less affected. Because it is not fully qualified now, they still have time to develop more offensive means. So, a short period of discomfort is inevitable, but this situation will not last long.
Having said that, let's go back and look at some of the lucky ones who benefited from this rule. For players who don't already have too many free throws, is this change in rules a disguised improvement in their strength? In fact, there is no problem in saying so, because this principle is very simple, sailing against the current, if you do not advance, you will retreat. So it can be roughly inferred that two types of people, one is the inside player, those who are not good at free throws, the big center, they are almost unaffected. Even, because of this larger scale, the scope of their defense can be further expanded, which is also a big improvement for the level of defense. Another crowd is a group of people who don't have their own whistles, such as Players like Curry. Curry had been fouled before and often couldn't get a whistle. Now that no one can get it, Curry's offensive threat is, to some extent, correspondingly improved.
In fact, the focus of discussing this rule should still be on Harden. Harden is now the most affected by the free throw, but also the most representative of the player. Because the direct reason for Harden's decrease in the number of free throws is that the referee does not give so many whistles, and the impact of this factor is one is the reduction of scores, and the other is the reduction of Harden's own threat.
Because we have to understand what it means to make a foul, and his foul is not only about scoring, it's also about giving his teammates chances. Opponents worry about the number of fouls, so they reduce their defense against Harden, in which case Harden has a lot of offensive and assist opportunities. But now that the whistle isn't so easy to pick up, Harden has to think about how to create more space and assist opportunities than before. The Nets need Harden's scoring, as well as Harden's assists. Before Irving returned, Harden was already shouldering the responsibility of the team's only core guard. If he doesn't adjust his state, or is still trying to understand the scale, it is likely to outweigh the loss. And according to the current trend, the whistle of the future playoffs will certainly be more difficult to take, and at that time, how can Harden still take the Nets to stand out? Could it be durant alone? Nor is this realistic.
So, Harden's anxiety should be the biggest now, after all, this directly affects his tactical position on the team. This kind of problem is not solved for a day, and the Nets' offensive blockage problem is the same. Now Durant can go down, but can't let Durant solve the battle every game.
It's clear that after the new rules were implemented, the entire league became very sluggish in its offense. This delay is relative to last season, in fact, this is also a helpless move of the league. They have to find a balance between offense and defense in order to win back more fans. Teams that are defensively based have been squeezed out to the point of finding no space, and now with new rules, they can breathe a sigh of relief. However, this is only the initial stage, and we do not know what the future will be. Whether the ability of players will be affected by this change is also a matter of consideration. Therefore, this season is destined to be full of variables, and any team will become a dark horse. Don't see the end, I really don't know who the boss is!