Wilt Chamberlain
First of all, there is Wilt Chamberlain, the great NBA scorer with a series of records that are difficult to break. Wilt is known as a center forward who can sweep all opponents under the basket, but he also has a weakness that all center forwards often have, which is extremely bad free throws .
Taking advantage of his height, Witl came up with a solution to overcome this weakness by throwing the ball against the backboard and then immediately running into alley ops. No other striker of Wilt’s time had the height and long arms to stop him. And so NBA lawmakers had to step in, and since then a new rule has been added and is very familiar to current basketball fans: Every time a free throw is thrown, players cannot move from the shooting line until when the ball touches the backboard.
Reggie Miller
Second, it was Reggie Miller with his trademark 3-point shots. So what was it about his 3-point shot that caused the NBA to change the rules? That is Miller’s clever creativity when he always shoots the basket with his right foot always pointing outward to create collisions with defensive players to earn a 3-point phase plus 1 or 3 free throws.
This trick has also been learned by other superstars such as Dwayne Wade or Kobe Bryant. And once again, the NBA had to change the rules to limit this trick. For each such behavior, instead of being fouled, the attacking player will be penalized.
Hack-a-shaq
At number 3 is the famous “hack-a-shaq” formula that is so familiar. This trick was devised to target strikers with pathetically low free throw rates, such as Shaquille O’Neal, Dwight Howard or Andre Drummond. Many playoff matches have made the audience extremely bored and frustrated with this type of competition.
To combat this somewhat unfair behavior, the NBA has added a rule that if a player is fouled without the ball within the last 2 minutes of each quarter, the fouled team will get 1 free throw and the right to control the ball immediately afterwards.
Charles Barkley
Ranked 4th is the name Charles Barkley. Those who have not had the opportunity to watch Barkley play will not understand why his name is on this list. At his peak, Barkley often used 15 to 20 seconds to post up his opponents and then gradually work his way to the basket.
Not many players in Barkley’s era could withstand his extremely heavy post-ups. After a few seasons, the NBA issued a new rule: It is forbidden for a player holding the ball in his hand to stand with his back turned or post up under the basket for more than 5 seconds, a rule that directly attacks Barkley’s playing style.
Shaquille O’Neal
Finally, it’s the name Shaquille O’Neal again. After witnessing Shaq just standing in one place right under the basketball board and destroying most of his opponents, the NBA issued an additional rule against this way of playing.
This rule stipulates that defensive players, when unmarked, cannot stand in one place for 3 seconds under the restricted area on the backboard. Despite this rule aimed directly at him, Shaq still crushed all the center forwards of his time to become an NBA icon to this generation.
