Chapter 368: Crazy Zhang Dashuai

When it comes to Kevin Garnett, there are always many names that come to mind, Wolf King, Hard Special, Hulk, Three Giants, as well as his flamboyant roar, wild style of play, a versatile soldier, a superstar who can have a season of 20+10+5, but he has missed the championship for most of his life. It wasn't until he came to Boston, an epic team that hadn't been taken seriously for too long.

When Garnett came to the Celtics, he was at the end of his livelihood, his strength and ability were declining rapidly, and for him, the meaning of a championship ring has now transcended everything, and the desire for a championship seems to have become a flame, burning every day and night. It's such an obsession that aroused the most fatal Garnett, yes, not the strongest, but the most terrible, just talking about the data, Garnett in 08 was not the peak state of his livelihood, but his fighting spirit was indeed the most terrible that year.

Boston Garden in '08 was known as the home of the Devils, and it was hard for either team to beat them on the road, and anyone who tried to steal the win would face a crazy Garnett. Remember the Rockets' epic winning streak? That's right, it was finally ended by the Celtics, and by the end of the season, the Celtics really won the top spot in the regular season.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Celtics almost couldn't withstand the impact of the Hawks' three J's, and in seven games, Ray Allen was inertial and invisible, and Pierce was at a loss, as long as Garnett was in the middle army, he steadily handed over the average of 20+10 data per game, and struggled to suppress the Hawks' counterattack.

In the second round of the playoffs, facing the Cavaliers led by the little emperor James, Garnett's brother came to a three-game battle against Lu Bu, and it was seven fierce battles, and the final one was 40+ against Pierce and James, overcoming strong opponents.

Facing the combination of Kobe + Gasol in the finals, Garnett was even more eye-catching, defeating Gasol many times, and the deepest scene was that Garnett and Gasol grabbed the rebound together, but KG roared angrily and pressed Gasol to win the rebound. That's where Gasol's soft-egg fame spreads even more. To be honest, Gasol is doing a very good job, and the data is not too much worse than Garnett, and it can't be said to be soft, mainly because Garnett is too hard.

All in all, Garnett in '08 is going crazy thinking about the championship now, maybe not the peak of him at that time, but he must be the craziest of him.

There is a legend that in the early years, when Chamberlain made free throws, he used a dunk on the spot to improve the shooting percentage.

It has been mentioned that Chamberlain used to jump from the free throw line to dunk to improve his free throw percentage in his early years, and that guy can not run, so the NBA prohibits dunks on free throws. This statement is very appalling, you must know that we really see from the video that the free throw line jumping dunk is Julius Irving DR.J at the beginning, Brent Barry, Michael Jordan and other historical stars through long-distance running, the process is not very easy, Jordan's air calm attitude has earned him the reputation of "Flyer". Carter has dunked with both feet and one foot, but all of them have been done in one step on the line.

And the big coach is helpless to run and dunk on the spot when he makes free throws? Even with innate divine power and alien-like height and arm span, this statement is too exaggerated, right?

To decipher this message, we first have to look at the dimensions of the NBA court: rectangular free-throw areas marked at each end of the court, 19 feet (5.79 meters) long and 16 feet (4.88 meters) wide. The distance from the center of the hoop to the free throw line is 4.225 meters, or 14 feet.

That is, a free-throw line dunk you have to leap almost 14 feet or more (because you have to keep your hand high) to do it. Long-distance running is conducive to the accumulation of kinetic energy and helps to complete the action.

Then, let's take a look at the NBA free-throw line distance change: 1951-52, the free-throw area was increased from 6 feet to 12 feet, which was made possible by George McCann's dominance. 1964–65, the free throw area was increased from 12 feet to 16 feet, a change made due to Wilt Chamberlain's dominance.

In addition, it has been suggested that this is a widening of the free throw line, which is the result of the expansion of the three-second zone. Rather than the distance from the free throw line to the basket. Sure enough, the power of the masses is great, and you will still make mistakes by yourself.

So what does "dominance" stand for here. There was a report on November 28, 1956, which roughly meant: Chamberlain had just entered the University of Kansas in '56, and the rules were changed to limit his play before the coach started playing (because the freshmen were not eligible for the competition at that time): dunks during free throws were not allowed, and TEX Winter, the second-generation successor of the triangle offense, also had a nonsense testimonial: "If you don't limit Chamberlain like this, we won't be able to live when he starts playing next season", and, When making free throws, it is not allowed to throw the ball directly from behind the rebound to the big marshal stewardess, and there is also a goal tending offensive interference ball (if you don't add this rule, the opponent's 2/3 of the ball will not want to touch the basket), and air catches are not allowed, etc.

Translated to this, Chamberlain, Dr. J, Drakes, Jordan, Pippen, Kobe Bryant (this one is going to be a mouthful of saliva haha), Kemp, James, Carter, Howard, etc., can dunk near the free-throw line — about 15 feet from the basket, but Chamberlain is different in that he doesn't need a full run-up start, but starts from the outside arc of the free throw circle.

When Zhang was still in college, he had a unique way of making free throws: he would stand behind the top of the free throw line, throw the basketball to the basket, take two steps, jump to the basket and dunk in. As a result of this "bestiality", the NBA added a rule: people can't cross the line when they make free throws.

The coach can not run and dunk when he makes free throws, so the league has to add rules that don't allow this kind of cheating. Indeed, as the picture says – these things are unbelievable.

In general, the big coach did dunk free throws back then, and the league also issued rules that didn't allow it, but the distance to the free throw line has changed over the course of history because of him, and the big marshal's non-running "free throw line" dunk and Jordan's sprint "free throw line" dunk are about 4 inches different (to be verified). However, there is no guarantee that Dashuai will not be able to put it today. At that time, it was done, maybe there was a little foul, YAY, although there was still a bit of doubt and reverie, I personally gave the rumors a C.

There is some information and some people have proposed that the NBA's free throw line has not changed, what has changed is the two lines on the side, LANE should mean free throw line, the official rules history is mentioned, I also found that it has not changed when I checked other information, but because the information is difficult to find 61 years ago, especially the video picture, what is the truth, it can be left to everyone's thinking, if the distance of the real line has not changed, the handsome can still do this, oh buy Karma I can only say.