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Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash's famous "That's not basketball" to Trae Young, pointed at his trickish offense move. Damien Lillard and James Harden, are other stars guilty of throwing themselves at defenders in attempts to get a shooting foul.
The NBA has had enough and have implemented changes in the rules to curtail this.
In June, the NBA started words going off their intentions to put a fist on some 'abnormal' movements used in play. In recent years, many shooters would draw a shooting foul by intentionally running themselves into defenders. Under the old rules, this would get them a shot at the charity stripe but not anymore.
As the 2021-22 season approaches, the NBA has made rule changes to restrict 'unnatural shooting motions' by players. This is an attempt to increase fair play and competitive feel on the court.
The new rules stipulate that there would be no calls for 'marginal' contact between opposing players, and any exaggerated contact would be deemed an offensive foul.
The preseason game between Portland Trailblazers and Golden State Warriors brought attention to the changes made.
During the game, Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, tried to get the refs to blow foul by launching himself at Blazers defender Robert Covington. The refs spotted the move and refused to award a foul.
It displeased Curry and he tried to convince an officiating ref that he should have gotten a throw at the charity stripe but to no avail. He was lucky to not get an offensive foul, but unluckily, got trolled by the Blazers who taunted him with "Not this year!".
The rule changes by the NBA targets "non-basketball moves" by shooters which are:
Launching or leaning into a defender at an abnormal angle
Kicking his legs up at an abnormal angle
Veering into a defender, sideways or backwards
Initiating contact with an off-arm movement
The warriors won the game with 119 points, but you can bet that Blazers got the last laugh.
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The NBA League has become more offense-minded since it brought rules to reduce game violence in the 2000s. The rules have favored the offenses at the defender's expense. The league has gone from dominant centers in the 1970s to the quick and skillful point guards of the 2010s.
The rules have made the defender's job harder because contact with an offensive player was an automatic ticket (for the offense player) to the charity stripe. The loopholes it had made play uncomfortable for many players.
The NBA has said it seeks to even out the playing field for all players and the rule changes are testaments to its resolution on that. On “The Crossover NBA Show,” Monty McCutchen, one of NBA's VPs, said the league now encourages "good game".
“If you are at a disadvantage because of a good play, then a foul should be called, offensively or defensively,” he told Sports Illustrated's Howard Beck. “We are not trying to remove every pump scythe. We are trying to remove a pump scythe which then leads to an abnormal throw angle that the defender would never have hit the offensive player if that offensive player hadn’t taken this abnormal launch angle.
“We want to balance the ability of a defensive player to compete with passion with an offensive player who can compete with passion, and when we find that balance, good competition is the result.” Go here to see more competitions.
In a podcast with David Aldridge and Marcus Thomas, Stephen Curry admitted to some wrongdoing on Monday night but says the issue was controversial. He said:
"That's kind of a judgement call, in terms of, is the defender truly stopping and still in legal guarding position, or am I the one truly initiating contact? There's going to be that gray area there. Obviously, I lost that conversation."
He also agreed that the changes was a positive improvement to the league.
The thoughts of his coach Steve Kerr, was also on the positive side.
"It's what every coach wants" he said. "As long as the refs follow through on what the league says they will do — and I have every confidence they will — we'll get away from players manipulating refs and back to basketball.
Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer has nodded to the new rule changes. He stated his team had no player that took advantage of the previous rules.
Twitter fans have shown their support of the rules while pointing out that players like James Harden would take a hit to their offense strategy.
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