Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 202 Jones Clause
After the opening game, the Thunder officially announced James' injury status.

James will be out for 4 to 6 weeks due to a grade ankle sprain.

Jones is a professional after all, and his lethality is much stronger than that of James.

The league subsequently announced its punishment for Jones, who was fined $2 and suspended for two games.

The punishment was not severe, but it caused Han Sen's strong dissatisfaction.

After the team's open training session, he asked the league a soul-searching question through a reporter: "Why didn't LeBron get suspended when he stepped on Granger and me? No one advocates such dangerous behavior as stepping on others, but why can he escape punishment?"

In fact, Hansen's remarks were very targeted.

The reason why foot-tripping is a common practice is that the punishment is too light.

The story of "Bowen three-times blocking Carter" is well known to everyone, and even Carter chasing Bowen is a famous scene that fans talk about with relish.

But in fact, Bowen did not receive any punishment for tripping Carter.

The only time Bowen was suspended for tripping Paul was in 2008, when he was suspended for one game for tripping Paul.

And Hansen knew that Pachulia tripped Leonard, but he also did not receive any punishment.

Han Sen's remarks also caused an uproar.

As I said, there is no harm without comparison. James has the experience of both padding and being padded, which is hard not to attract attention.

James fans tried their best to explain the viewpoint "I pushed others unintentionally, but others pushed me intentionally" on social media, but this aroused more people's dissatisfaction instead.

But one comment explains why foot-tripping is so persistent.

"You can't tell whether a person's foot-tapping is intentional or unintentional. In fact, the number of passive foot-tapping is far greater than the number of active foot-tapping."

This also triggered further heated discussions among fans. Some people agreed with this view because when you are defending, you look at the opponent's head, or at most the shoulders, to judge the opponent's offensive intentions. It is impossible to stare at the opponent's landing point.

But some people object, believing that tripping mostly happens when the opponent is making a jump shot, and it can be completely avoided if you consciously retract your foot.

As public opinion continued to ferment, the alliance introduced a new rule a few days later.

The rules stipulate that if a defender is too close to a shooter and does not leave space for the shooter to land, the referee can call a technical foul or a flagrant foul depending on the severity of the behavior.

Similar to the previous clauses, this clause is also called the "Jones Clause" by fans.

If you look at this clause carefully, you will find that it does not stipulate the severity of punishment for foot-stepping behavior, but rather controls it at the source.

No matter whether you are passive or active, as long as there is a possibility of tripping, the minimum is a technical foul.

Technical fouls in this era still use the one-free throw-one-shoot rule, which means that being called for a technical foul will result in an exchange of ball possession.

The inevitable effect of this is that passive foot-tapping will be greatly reduced, and players will have to pay attention to retracting their feet when defending.

After the screening, stepping on someone's feet is basically an active behavior.

Considering Jones was suspended, if this standard continues, other players who tripped others will also be punished.

So from a rule perspective, this is a strong push to punish foot-tapping behavior.

This is also good news for Hansen, because the jump shot is the easiest to be tripped. In the past, Kobe practiced landing on both feet to prevent tripping.

This matter came to a temporary end as the league introduced new rules, but James fans seized on the Grizzlies' dirty handle and began to record in history that "the Grizzlies won the championship by being dirty."

The Grizzlies are a bit like the Spurs back then.

But on the bright side, this bad reputation may not be a bad thing.

After all, fans have only heard of the Spurs badmouthing others, but rarely heard of other teams badmouthing the Spurs.

Therefore, this wave of hype by James fans is equivalent to indirectly putting a shield on the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies defeated the Thunder amid controversy, and then successively defeated the Trail Blazers, Rockets, Jazz, Clippers and Knicks, achieving six consecutive wins at the start of the season.

Not only did they get a head start in a hellish season, but one more win would put them on pace for the best start in team history.

They had such an opportunity last season, but unfortunately Randolph was seriously injured in the game against the Bulls and failed.

This time the opportunity came to them again.

And their next opponent is the Warriors.

The last time the Warriors made the playoffs was in the 06-07 season, which was the classic season when the Mavericks let the Warriors make the playoffs and made the eighth place themselves.

That Warriors team was famous for the black eight, but in fact they were not very competitive.

"Only good at disrupting battles" and "no defense" are the labels of the Warriors.

Last season, Mark Jackson moved from the commentary booth to the Warriors head coaching booth, injecting defensive genes into the team.

Last season, the management gritted their teeth and sent away Monta Ellis, the outside core they had cultivated for many years, in exchange for Australian No. 1 pick Bodog, who is known for his fierce defense.

They started this season with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses, unexpectedly grabbing a place among the Western Conference powerhouses.

This undoubtedly made the outside world look at them with admiration, and Curry even slapped the faces of many experts.

When the Warriors renewed Curry's contract for 4 million over four years, experts considered it an extremely risky signing.

You have to know that the maximum salary for rookies in this era is only a little over 4 million over four years, and Curry only played 6000 games last season. Considering that he had ankle surgery last summer, he is a complete glass man.

However, Curry averaged 6 points, 22 rebounds and 4 assists in the first 7 games of this season, and his scoring average ranked among the top ten in the league.

Although the sample size is not large enough, the potential shown by Curry vaguely makes people see the style of Hansen when he first joined the Grizzlies.

It was also at this time that fans noticed that Curry and Hansen were from the same class.

Add to that Harden, who averaged 25+ points per game after joining the Rockets, and Griffin, who consistently contributed 20+10+5 as the leader of the Clippers.

Fans suddenly discovered that the 2009 draft class, which was once known as a weak draft year, was actually comparable in quality to the 03 platinum generation!
Some fans even dug up what Hansen said to Curry after winning the three-point contest, "The future is yours," which undoubtedly added more topicality to the game.

However, what no one expected was that the most watched player before the game was not Hansen or Curry, but Warriors rookie Green.

The No. 35 pick has been actively managing social media since college, and now has millions of followers on social media.

He also made some shocking remarks when the team was about to face the Grizzlies.

"The Grizzlies are an outdated team, and their style of play is about to be eliminated by the times, while the Warriors play modern basketball."

These remarks sparked huge controversy on social media.

Some people think that Green is talking nonsense because the Grizzlies defeated the Lakers and swept the Heat last season with this style of play.

Not to mention they haven't lost a single game since the start of the new season.

Of course, some people think that Green is right, because the Grizzlies' game rhythm is indeed very retro, and they play positionally. In contrast, the Warriors combine fast and slow, especially in offense, there are a lot of off-ball pick-and-rolls and three-pointers, the space on the court is larger, and the play is simpler and more efficient.

Because the Warriors haven't done anything yet, most people are complaining about Green.

However, as a second-round pick, Green was able to draw attention to himself, which is also a perfect display of his personal abilities off the court.

Han Sen's eyes lit up when he saw Green's remarks.

Of course, he was not angry because of Green's words, but because of Green's mouth.

When he was on the Cavaliers, he trained Pierce to be the leader of his black fans, and then wanted to train Griffin but was not successful.

Because this thing has a lot to do with personality. Griffin looked very tough at first, but in the end he was only tough for a short while.

But Green, the number three anti-fan leader, has to take the lead.

Because all the parts of the Warriors team are in place, and they are not far from rising. When the Warriors fans come together, they will be a new group of black fans.

So now he not only cannot ignore Green, but he has to help Green increase his influence on social media.

After realizing this, he logged into his social media and started a war of words with Green.

"Can anyone tell me which NBA team has won the championship by using 'modern basketball'?"

Han Sen's words hit the soul directly, because there is no such team now.

Moreover, he didn't just go for the saliva, because modern basketball itself is a vague definition.

You can say that basketball is developing towards larger space and simpler and more efficient scoring, but if you say that running fast is modern basketball, then the Suns' run-and-gun tactics appeared long before the Warriors.

To put it bluntly, there is a new god in each version, and the birth of the Warriors has a lot to do with the continuous modification of the rules.

The Warriors' most proud "small five" only appeared after one rule after another almost eliminated the center.

Just imagine, if Yao Ming or O'Neal is under the basket, how many blows can Green withstand with his body?
In fact, the season when the Warriors took off was the season after the league introduced the [Vertical Jump Rule]①.

When Green saw that Han Sen actually responded to him, he instantly became excited.

Although the two had exchanged trash talk in the NCAA arena and Han Sen's first $50 bet was made to him, there is still a huge gap in their status now.

Han Sen was the new FMVP, and he was just a second-round pick. He was really afraid that Han Sen would ignore him.

Now that Han Sen paid attention to him, he had the opportunity to continue to increase his popularity!
"The Warriors will be first and I'm going to do it with Steph Curry!"

Green's "Kobe and I scored 83 points together" fully illustrates how shameless he is, but it also reflects his level.

As long as he is firmly tied to Curry, his position in the Warriors will be secure.

"I hope your modern basketball can help you last three quarters."

Han Sen also continued to make harsh remarks on social media.

It was unexpected that he was so excited about a second-round pick, but this war of words successfully attracted attention to the game.

Of course, the biggest beneficiary is Green. Although he was put into the rotation by Mark Jackson because of his excellent defense, his rotation position was very far back.

But after this, everyone knows that the Warriors have a person like Green.

Some people even dug deep into the history of the feud between the two, only to find out that Hansen had played against Green in the past, and there was also the famous scene of Hansen jumping off the technical platform for a buzzer-beater.

TNT also attached great importance to this game and directly arranged for the Big Three to go to the scene to commentate.

On the night of the game, the Oracle Arena, which usually has a low attendance rate, was packed.

The online ratings were also surprisingly high. It is relatively rare for a battle that is not the focus to be hyped up so high.

But it's completely understandable.

After all, Hansen is a big mouth, and now the Warriors also have a big mouth. The two have grievances and entanglements, which happen every day in the regular season, but this kind of topic and story does not come every day.

When the two teams were warming up before the game, there were cut shots of Hansen and Green. Green must have been very happy.

Especially since Green wore No. 23 when he entered the NBA, just like he did in college, and when you remember their jersey numbers, it was exactly 100, which matched Han Sen's famous meme and brought the show to its full effect.

Han Sen was warming up on his own. Green wasn't even the starter for the Warriors yet. If training a black fan leader was divided into stages like raising fish, now would be just like putting the fry into the pond.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were announced one after another.

The Grizzlies still have their regular five players, while the Warriors have Curry and Thompson on the outside, Barnes and David Lee on the front line, and Ezeli at center.

Bogot underwent ankle surgery in April this year and has not yet returned to the game.

Seizing this point, the Grizzlies also attacked the inside fiercely after the opening, which made the Warriors' inside line unable to resist and could only rely on fouls to stop it.

The Warriors' positional warfare was clearly not going well.

Han Sen noticed one thing, that is, although Curry scored the most points on the Warriors, in Mark Jackson's tactical system, Curry's ball possession ratio was not high.

Jackson uses Curry more as an off-ball shooter.

This leads to a very strange thing, that is, Thompson's tactical position seems to be higher than Curry's.

Simply because of off-ball shooting, the taller Thompson is obviously more tactically threatening.

Hansen seemed to understand why Jackson was eventually fired. Even if you didn't recognize Curry's talent, you shouldn't only give this tactical status to your top scorer.

In Jackson's "history", he was indignant about being fired by the Warriors, and felt that he, like Carlisle, was picked by Kerr. But now it seems that there is no comparison between him and Carlisle. If you really want to make an analogy, he is more like Hollins.

They have all built important systems for the team, but when it comes to coaching, their thinking is too old-fashioned.

After five minutes of the game, the score was 11 to 5, with the Grizzlies leading.

It was at this time that Li received his second personal foul.

Although Jackson has consciously let the stronger Ezeli defend Randolph, who is more lethal in the low post, the black and white duo of the Grizzlies' inside line have grown up now, and Lee will be at a disadvantage no matter who he defends.

Just at this moment, cheers broke out at the scene.

Han Sen turned around and saw Green standing at the technical table stuffing his jersey.

Who says the NBA is not a makeshift team? Because of the pre-game war of words, Green's rotation position was moved forward, which means he made his debut in advance.

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①: The vertical jump rule means that when defending, players are not allowed to turn to the sides in the air to block the offensive player when defending vertically. This means that the defender can only jump vertically, cannot turn in the air, and can only raise his hands vertically, not press down.

Congratulations to Choi Young-hee for successfully signing with the Nets. After 6 years, a Chinese player appears in the NBA again!

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