NBA: Defensive master, averaging five doubles per game

Without warning, just half a month after the start of the new NBA season, the NBA officially announced a new rule: the Nohandcheck rule!

The "No Handcheck" rule is: Before the free throw area, there can be no hand touching and interference with the breakthrough forwarder.

The Nohandcheck rule corresponds to the previous handcheck rule.

According to the referee's explanation, this new rule can basically be summarized as any area of the unreasonable collision zone in the process of attacking with the ball!

The defender can no longer give all kinds of personal interference to the attacker as before.

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There is no doubt that this new rule is a great benefit and strengthening for the outside attackers!

But as the saying goes, "a few happy and a few sad," in turn, it weakens the inside players and outside defenders?

Anyway, literally, and the initial outlook, this is true.

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As soon as such a new regulation came out, it sparked a heated discussion.

"Damn, the big four are strong enough, and we need to continue to strengthen them? It seems that the league is going to change from the center era to the division guard era. "

Those super scorers are already hard to defend, and now they are coming to this again, how can they play?"

"Is this encouraging outside offense?

It's good, the league game will be good, and the offensive team will be advantageous!" "It's a good change, finally I don't have to look at the defensive battle on the inside, I'm about to vomit!"

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Every time the NBA introduces new rules, there is opposition and support, and it is clear that the new rules will hurt some people's interests, but at the same time they will benefit others.

For the Dallas Mavericks, this rule is generally positive.

After all, they are an attacking team, the team's main scorer, and the means of scoring almost always come from the outside.

Mavericks main player Dek Nowitzki is a very special type of big man shooter in the league.

In this way, the whole rule is obviously in their favor!

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But for the team's owner Mark Cuban, in addition to a little joy, there is also a little embarrassment.

In

the first game of the season, after Cuban saw Long Fei's unparalleled performance, he decided to package him as a new star such as "Dallas's future defensive superstar".

And in the following games, Long Fei did not disappoint Cuban! The

Mavericks won five consecutive games, and Long Fei's average of blocks per game was close to 6, and his average steals per game came to 5.

Not only are both data ranked first in the league, but they are also

the only ones! You must know that the second place on the block list, the average per game is 3.5

, and the second place in the steals list is only 2.5

Even if there are still too few samples, it is undeniable that Long Fei's performance on the defensive end is unprecedented!

It is based on this that Cuban decided to bet on a big wave

of ......

But judging from the content of this Nohandcheck rule and the predictions of experts, this new rule is very unfavorable to the outside defenders

! Of course, this makes Cuban unhappy

! All the preparations have been made, just waiting for Long Fei and the Mavericks to return to their home court, and the publicity work will start immediately!

At this juncture, such a rule change will definitely affect Long Fei's data and performance.

Then, the hype of the Kuban can easily have a reverse effect.

Now, he is a little confused, whether he wants to continue?

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At a critical moment, after a high-level meeting with the Mavericks, Cuban and the team's general manager and head coach Nelson Sr. complained about the matter.

Old Nelson smiled and said, "Mark, don't worry about doing it boldly, hesitation is not your style!"

Cuban was a little stunned.

Immediately, Nelson Sr. added: "Remember what I told you before the start of the season that Long Fei would surprise the team?"

Cuban thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, I still remember, you said that at that time you seemed to be pretending to be mysterious and didn't want to tell me what it was."

"That's it...... I heard some gossip back then that the league was going to change the rules early in the season, because I promised the guy who told me not to spread the news, so I didn't tell you, and now, the news is exact, and that's exactly what it is.

"Donnie, you really have great powers, and you can also find out this kind of inside information, it's really amazing...... But isn't

this rule bad for outside defenders? What kind of surprise would that be?" To this question, Nelson Sr. shook his head and smiled: "You're right, for the average outside defender, the introduction of this rule will make it more difficult for them to defend and weaken their defensive influence in different directions, but Long Fei is a completely different player, I dare say that this rule doesn't affect him much, and as other defenders are affected, he will be better!"

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Cuban was a smart man, and he quickly understood what Nelson Sr. meant.

When he felt a sense of surprise, he said excitedly, "Coach Donnie, I see! Thank you so much for your explanation, I'll let them start promoting it now!"

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From this day on, the major basketball media in Dallas began to promote Long Fei, and used a large area similar to "Dallas's future defensive superstar", "strengthening the backbone of the Dallas champion", "Long Fei, one person to support the Dallas defense!" ...... Such various propaganda reports.

Originally, in the first two home games, Long Fei had already conquered the fans of Dallas through his strong performance.

Now, combined with all that publicity, he's quickly becoming a hot spot for Dallas fans.

His No. 7 fan jersey was even snapped up and became the Mavericks' best-selling number this week

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! As for Long Fei's future prospects, these Houston media are even more stingy

!"After strengthening rebounding, Long Fei in the future is very likely to play quadruple-double performances frequently!", "

Long Fei will definitely be the first player in history to make steals and blocks at the same time in a single game!" "Long

Fei's outburst may be in the next game!"

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Long Fei's popularity was instantly filled in the city of Dallas.

The fans' expectations for him have also risen to a new height

! When the publicity is in place

, it is time to "verify"! To this end, Mark Cuban personally went to discuss with Nelson Sr.: "Coach Downey, can you ask you to increase Long Fei's playing time, we need him to score more performances and statistics to cooperate with our publicity work."

In this regard, the old Nelson smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mark, as the general manager of the team, even if you don't say this kind of thing, I will do it to your satisfaction...... Besides, Long Fei actually has a lot of potential!".