The NBA is a very commercial place, so sometimes in order to add fun to the game, or to limit a certain superstar player, the rules of the game will always be changed, and there are many examples of this in NBA history, and O'Neal was one of them.

In the more than 60-year history of the NBA, the league has changed the rules of the game many times, including the addition of the three-point line to enhance the spectacle of the game, but more rule changes for interior players are due to the emergence of unstoppable restricted area dominance at the time. In 1951, George McCann, who was 2.08 meters, forced the league to expand the three-second zone from 1.8 meters to 3.6 meters, and in 1964, because of Chamberlain's sideshow, the three-second zone was expanded again to 4.8 meters.

Dr. Naismith certainly didn't have a player like Shaq O'Neal in mind when he created the game, so when O'Neal smashed three rebounds in a row, pulled down a basket and made 15 blocks in a single game in his rookie season, a rule change was imminent. At that time, the specific situation was like this, O'Neal couldn't come out under the basket, whether it was defense or offense, it was enough to achieve the purpose of destroying the opponent, no one could defend him one-on-one, let alone what physical confrontation under the basket, all the rules about the three-second zone were completely subverted by O'Neal alone, and it was also at that time that the league's top management suddenly discovered that the current basketball rules had seriously lagged behind the speed of human evolution, so the reasonable collision area under the basket appeared, the joint defense tactics appeared, and the three-second violation of the penalty area appeared, Everything is designed to reduce O'Neal's lethality so that he doesn't throw the game off balance because of his presence.

Even so, the league's top brass has not been able to stop O'Neal from writing a brilliant 19-year career, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to create a three-game championship dynasty, and helping the Heat to the top in the 2005-2006 season.

As we all know, the emergence of rules such as reasonable collision zones, three-second violations, and joint defense is to limit the impact of O'Neal's inside line monster, but after all, there is only one O'Neal in the league's more than 60-year history, so there are many other interior players who have been suppressed, such as this year's defending champion Los Angeles Lakers, who have three highest interior lines, were swept under the Dallas Mavericks' joint defense team, and the Orlando Magic Although they have the same unborn talented center Dwight Howard, Still lost because of the Eagles' frequent inside impacts. Many fans are asking, why can't the current interior players play the terrifying data like Chamberlain and Russell back then? Imagine if there is no three-second violation, no joint defense, with Howard's physical fitness and Yao Ming's height under the basket, how many people can pose a threat to them?

So now, the league is gradually entering a fast-paced, new era dominated by point guards and swing guards, just as this year's Miami Heat, which is recognized as extremely weak on the inside, has defeated the Celtics and Bulls to reach the finals in a row, if they win the championship, it can also be called the most powerful subversion of the old saying "those who win the inside win the world", somewhat ironically, the growing loss of ground players today is indirectly caused by the most dominant interior players in the history of the league. And this once again shows the strength of Shaq O'Neal, after all, there are only a few super players in history who have forced the league to change the rules, and O'Neal is the only one we can get in touch with and have the greatest impact on the development of the league since then.

In recent years, slashing tactics on the NBA court have become more and more common, to the point where it seriously affects the viewing of games, which has become a very difficult problem for the commercial-oriented NBA. So the question is, should the hacking tactic be abolished?

The answer given by the vast majority of fans is - no.

There are two reasons for this: first, free throws are the basic skill of basketball players, and if a player does not master this skill, then other teams have the right to use his weakness to effectively attack his team. Second, the so-called slashing tactics actually involve not many people, mainly three people, Howard, Jordan Jr., Zhuang Shen, although other teams also have the experience of "being cut" (the Cavaliers' TT, the Warriors' Iguodala was also cut in the season finals), but on the whole, the generation of slashing tactics is only produced by individual people.

Indeed, from a rational point of view, most of us believe that slashing tactics should not be abolished. However, the league has made some changes to not allow slashing tactics in the final moments of the game, and violators will give the opponent a chance to throw two free throws.

This approach ensured a great view in the final moments of the game, but it didn't do much in terms of the game as a whole.

But if the NBA does away with slashing, I think it's a disgrace to athletics. That's because almost all of the rules changes the NBA has made so far have been designed to limit the strong, not help the weak.

In the arena, the weak are the ones who are eliminated, and abolishing the tactic of slashing people is itself contrary to the spirit of sportsmanship. And restricting the strong is to promote the competitive intensity of the game, which is acceptable.

It's also interesting to say that almost all of the important rule changes the NBA has made have been related to centers, if not centers, to dominating interior players. Let's take a look at the rules of the NBA that have changed for some people.

1. George McCann causes the creation of interference balls.

This is the first superstar recognized by the NBA, with a height of 2.08, who completely dominated the interior in that era and was known as the "invincible center". Because of his incredible dominance under the basket and his ability to "block" other people's shots, the league has set the rule of "interference ball", which greatly improves the scoring score and spectacle of each game. Just imagine, if there is no "interference ball" rule on the basketball court today, I am afraid that after a game, the combined score of both teams may not reach 100 points.

2. Chamberlain prompted a change in the three-second zone.

The NBA's initial three-second zone was just 6 feet.

Again, George McCann's perverted dominance led the league to expand the three-second zone to 12 feet, but the rule also limited the amount of time other forward players could get into the box to help McCann.

However, after George McCann, there was another perversion in basketball history, this person was strong, tall, agile, and fast, once mentioned Schwarzenegger with one hand, averaged 50+ rebounds per game in a single season, 100 per game, and by the way, he also won the title of assist king in one season, and was the most versatile center in history - Chamberlain. The league, in an effort to limit his abilities, expanded the three-second zone to 16 feet today.