Fair enough. It was never really legal to grab a player, but my larger point is that the adjustment period of this "point of emphasis" will be about like the change in play when 2 hands were no longer allowed. Give it a month. I'm with you on screens (I think). My take is that all moving screens should be fouls, and that for player safety, a player should never be allowed to go through another player that has set a screen. You can fight over the top but never dislodge a player that is stationary. In my opinion, that should always be a foul on the player that initiates contact. If the person is stationary and has set a legal screen, go around. Make contact with a screener and dislodge them, it's a foul. Remove the ambiguity. Force teams that want to guard closely to switch. Some of you would roll your eyes and say, "If we do that, how are we going to guard these guys?" Here's my remaining wish list on rules: Allow all zones and double teams. Allow coaches to be creative. Adopt all the international rules for goaltending. Give the paint back to the big men. If you want to scoop it off the glass, fine. We can take it off the glass or even the rim.
The problem is the enforcement of this rule makes the game unwatchable, nobody wants to see freethrows and stoppage of play. I think eventually the NBA will tell the refs to back off again when games drags on and fans starts to complain.
fwiw: All defenses are allowed. There are no illegal zone rules anymore, or limitations on doubling, etc, except for Defensive 3 Seconds. Defensive 3 Seconds is the only NBA rule limiting defensive schemes that college and FIBA doesn't have.
our only chance is to 1 go crazy from 3 and win by a lot 30-40pts so that it becomes very hard for the refs to influence the game or 2 Morey to find a way to pay the refs or silver under the table
Yes, I can't wait for this rule to go away. Because you can't play zone if you can only provide help for 3 seconds. You're on a clock. I think defenders should have total freedom like they have in FIBA play.
The NBA got scared that the Rockets almost won and the refs were barely able to pull the warriors into the finals, so they actually went and changed the rules lol. i'm sorry but i'd be so pissed if i worked or played for the rockets. I'd be willing to go ALL in this year. whatever it costs. just ruin the NBA's plans, make them rewrite the storyline, and stop the handouts to the warriors.
that's not what 3 seconds, means. You can provide help all you want. You can be in the lane forever, as long as you’re within arms length, and you can switch who you are guarding. And if you aren’t in the lane, you can do anything, just like College and FIBA. 3 seconds is about guarding no one, while standing in the lane, and you just jump out to reset the 3 seconds. It’s not really that hurtful to playing zone in the NBA. Teams play zone all the time.
Bingo Just another PRO WARRIORs rule change Some felt that teams were Roughing up the Splash Brothers Rocket River
i hope morey is working on the new deal with foster brothers as we speak.. I am confident morey will crack the refs code as he cracked all of the nba codes #thenewmath
All the rule changes always favor smaller players. I remember Yao would get the most BS foul calls, Dwight too, for basically using any strength in the low post to get to the basket. The refs one day started emphasizing that call and it has destroyed post play. Now remember, there was always a rule against lowering your shoulder and running over people. The league was fine with it when Shaq was playing for the Lakers, after that though they seemed to have a different stance for it and started rewarding flopping. We now realize that flopping as a player is backing you down is GOOD defense. We call this good defense, in the 90s though, to don't let the other man back you down and if he does you raise your arms up and try to affect the shot. So rule emphasis applied over a long period of time can heavily affect the game. If they call this like they did last night then it will be a lot harder to play defense. It will be just like how the NFL is now, can't touch WRs, can't hit QBs, defense is no longer important and all that matters is who scores more. Eventually you take it far enough and big men are gone entirely from the game. If you can't touch players running through screens then switch everything. We'll have wing players like Giannis being centers and actual big hulking centers just get phased out of the game entirely since they can't switch. It really feels like we are headed this way.
I dont mind the 14 second on the shotclock on offensive rebounds but if it leads to defenses getting worse then that would suck for the Rockets going up against not just the Warriors but also lesser teams such as the Spurs and Celtics...
With you 100%, the margin of error was already mind bogglingly low against the Warriors, now these rule changes makes it virtually impossible to guard them. That team is going to either shoot 60 free throws a game or score 130 without breaking a sweat...
The Warriors impede progress like crazy on defense while we switch and allow a better positioned defender to slip the guy unimpeded. I think we'll be okay if the refs call what they see and not the team's reputation. Last year we got hosed by refs in the Warriors series for nothing other than anti-Rocket type calls. It felt rigged during those last two games especially. We were up big in game 6 & 7 until the refs took over.
