Watching the physicality this year is night and day from the past few years.From no calls to charges.A lot less calls drawing contact.I think certain players are feeling the difference .Payton Pritchard ,Jayson Tatum.two prime examples..
Teams defenses can breath now and Jason has to fight off aggressive double teams,quicker closeouts and fatigue. Payton Pritchard has to adjust to quicker closeouts and defenses not paralyzed in the paint .Take away the breath fouls ,flops,increase the physicality.The lean in fouls,kicking your leg out and allowing more contact at rim
allow for more hands on players this benefits guys like Grant Williams or Romeo.
With a premium on length and wingspans passing lanes can just disappear.
Liberating for defense and an adjustment for the offensive players.
Even Freedom is missing bunnies as he braces for getting hit.
The past calling fouls every time Harden got the ball or having to leave space on 3 pointers fearing a leg out ,the up fake to lean in,the flops on charges and screens.
The adjustment period throws certain players out of rhythm and teams out of sync.A shifting of advantages in a game of fractions and milliseconds.
And then there is the on off play as defense is hard work full game and even the offence has to play harder with physicality.
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