3 Basketball Drills to Improve your Shooting Accuracy
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Working on ways to increase the buckets you make will always be valuable to you and your team. Coaches want players who take meaningful shots and that they can depend on in the final minutes of a game. At Nike Basketball Camps, our coaches work with our athletes to make sure they are in the best spot to take and make shots when it comes down to it. Here are three tips for beginner to advanced players that will help improve your shooting accuracy and make you a dependable player when it matters.
1. Practice "Nothing but the Net" Shots
The whole point of all net shots is to make your target smaller and to learn where you need to focus your eye line to make you a more successful shooter. Do you need to focus on the backboard, the back of the rim, the front of the rim, etc, all athletes are different. By taking these shots, you are increasing the amount you need to focus to be a successful shooter. You will soon learn that all net shots are harder to make than regular shots, making game day shots easier for you.
Every shot you take, the ball can only touch the net. Touching the rim or backboard does not count. Start off by taking stationary shots at four different spots and making five net shots in each. Track your progress each time to see how much you improve.
2. Focus on Reps Close to the Basket
While at practice, start out with easier shots closer to the basket. Don't start practice taking 3-pointers, instead work up to this over the course of practice. Start out focusing on your shot technique so you can eventually build out your range and become a more consistent shooter as you grow. Practice is the time to focus on what you are doing right and what you may be doing wrong. After every missed shot, focus on what went wrong and what you can do to fix this for the future. By immediately recognizing your mistakes, you will be able to not only avoid them in the future but build strong habits that will help improve your shooting accuracy.
If your shots are too long or too short, it may just be something you need to work out by taking more reps and getting a better feel for the ball. Often times if you overshot to the left or right it has to do with your core mechanics. Try to make it your goal that over the course of practice you are making 100 perfect shots.
3. One-Armed Shots
A third way to help you improve your accuracy is to take one-armed shots. This will force you to focus on your follow-through and make sure you are flexing your wrist every time.
Start just under the basket and make five shots. To make it more challenging, take a step back and make five more shots and so on. As you take these shots the power should be coming from your legs and you should be following through on every shot, making sure not to drop your arm after the shot.
Finding ways to locate your target faster will give you a leg up when it comes to shooting accuracy. By staying focused in practice and using that time to develop tricks, you will become more confident on the court and in your shooting abilities. Practice these three drills a few times a week and you will see results over time. Check out more basketball shooting tips and learn even more this summer at a Nike Basketball Camp near you.
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Although it may often be considered a recreational activity, shooting buckets and practicing your basketball shot is a skill that often makes the difference in any game, from school leagues to the pros. It takes practice, repetition, and consistency to ensure you're comfortable with hitting your shots when all eyes are on you.
During the shooting motion, the placement of your hands and feet are crucial. With IMG Academy’s How-To Become a Better Shooter drills video, hear directly from the team’s coach, and learn how to set yourself up to shoot nothing but net!
In this video, you will be introduced to three basketball shooting drills to become a better shooter. Watch how student-athletes perform each drill with instruction on stance, follow through, and balance to control the ball and make the shot. Each of these drills will allow you to enhance your skills:
Form Shooting
Quick Feet
Transition Shooting
The keys to Form Shooting are good balance and follow through, keeping your elbows in, and properly judging your power - don’t miss short. To master Quick Feet and set yourself up to score, take three steps to get behind the three-point line, pivot to catch, and get the shot off before it’s contested. Transition Shooting is all about maintaining good balance and your follow through being stuck to ensure your shot finishes strong.
Ready to impress the crowd when you step on the court? Press play below to get started!
IMG Academy basketball has created a library of basketball training drills that you can refer back to any time! Check out our other News stories as well as our YouTube channel (@imgacademy) for all of our How-To content.
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Basketball coaching hacks: how to score goals for beginners
Even if you are a novice basketball player, we will not give you a training plan, but we will tell you why the ball flies anywhere but into the ring and into your hands. It's all about technique: even with regular training and perseverance, novice adults and children often make simple mistakes. It's a shame, let's fix it. Below are 11 life hacks on how to hone your technique to increase the likelihood of a goal for your team.
Basketball Shot Rules for Beginners
1. Hands up
In pursuit of the attacker, raise your hands, even if you are standing with your back to the pass, and even more so if the ring is in front of you. Your raised hands will increase the chance of intercepting the ball from the opponent by 2 times. Don't overlook this little thing!
2.
Make shield rolls
Even Tim Duncan did not neglect them! A square is drawn on the basketball backboard. If you are standing opposite the ring, then aim at the middle of the upper part of the square, if you are standing on the side, then at the corner. If you hit this square, then the ball is at 90% of cases will fall into the ring. The law of physics and no cheating!
3. Look at the ring, not at the ball
Practice driving the ball with your hand, not your eyes, develop tactile control. Your eyes should be on the hoop while dribbling and be aware of the position of your body in relation to the hoop. Then you will be able to take the correct posture, and the throw will be effective.
4. Dribble with the balls of your fingers only
The palm should not touch the ball, only the pads of the fingers. Dribbling should become familiar to you, like an extension of your hand. Then you can change its trajectory at any time and you will have more chances to score goals. Practice with the ball constantly.
5. Throw with one hand
If you throw the ball with two hands, you reduce the chance of hitting the basket. All the efforts of the throw are in one hand (in the right for right-handers, in the left for left-handers). The other hand only holds the ball, the leading one holds it with the fingers, not the palm.
6. Do not jump when protecting the ring
Jumping is the main mistake of rookie defenders. To intercept the ball and block the shot, simply stick out your hands. When you are in a jump, the attacker will easily bypass you.
7. Don't look back
When you dribble, don't look back, but dribble and aim for the ring, focus on shooting (or passing to another player on your team).
8. Bring the throw to automatism
Incorporate the most basic basketball techniques into your training plan and bring the shot to automatism. Throw first from a distance of half a meter from the ring, gradually increasing it. Learn to throw the ball so that it hits the hoop without touching the edge.
Throw the ball with all fives and jump
Throwing Rules:
Head in the center of the body - if tilted, accuracy is lost.
Look at the ring: mentally build a trajectory. If you are far away, the ball flies in a curved curve with a maximum height of 2 meters above the hoop.
A strong hand is in front and throws, a weak hand is on the side and directs, only holding the ball. The elbow of the throwing hand must be in line with the ring.
The ball must rest on the fingers without touching the palm. The fingers are as far apart as possible and grab the ball.
Throwing arm bent 90 degrees, forearm perpendicular to the floor. If you bend less, then you get not a throw, but a throwing of the ball horizontally.
The main thing in the throw is the position of the body and its balance. Place your feet apart and parallel to each other: it is important to orient them in the middle of the basket. Then the direction of the body during the jump will coincide with the direction of the throw, and the ball will fly straight into the ring. When the feet are uneven, the ball flies in the wrong direction or does not reach (although the throw was normal).
Take a deep breath and release as you exhale.
How to hold the ball and shoot in basketball
How to throw correctly: straighten your arm, point your wrist up, and with your hand set the ball to rotate in the opposite direction from the flight. The ball should seem to "roll" off your fingers.
9. Copy masters and play as a team
Watch professional basketball games and try to copy the movements of your favorite players in training. And be sure to conduct game sparring - this will allow you to develop more techniques.
10. Do not throw in a straight line
The higher the arc of the ball, the greater the chance of a goal and the less chance of blocking by the opponent.
11. Do not throw the ball from a full height stand
This is the biggest newbie mistake!
Before the throw, bend your knees slightly and at the moment of the throw, straighten your body, making a jump. You need to straighten up and push off the ground at the same time. When squatting, keep the elbow of the throwing arm close to the body and towards the ring.
The jump will give momentum to the ball and will allow you not to make sudden movements with the brush.
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And to be a long-term player, do not forget about your health: take care of your joints and muscles, use tapes, do a warm-up. And be sure to strengthen your arms, legs and shoulder girdle, develop coordination. Regular exercises on uneven bars and horizontal bars will help you with this.
The 20 Most Important Free Agent Moves in NBA History
Durant, O'Neal, LeBron and more - The Lantern blog looks back at how free agent moves changed the league.
Bonus
Caeszi Russell
Transition: San Francisco-Lakers
Contract: unknown
: 1974 9000 9000 of the transition of the crossing, selected under the Selected Derel first pick in the 66 draft, won the title in the 70th, playing for New York, and then ended up in San Francisco.
After three good seasons, during which he scored an average of 15 points and once visited the All-Star Game, Russell unexpectedly fell out with the leadership of the Warriors. The forward did not understand why the team did not appreciate his reputation, his contribution, his work ethic and chose to become a free agent, since San Francisco was not going to offer him a multi-year guaranteed contract.
In the end it turned out that the Warriors knew something. When the 30-year-old Russell moved to the Lakers, he was covered with injuries, and he could not help the club painlessly survive the restructuring that had begun.
League impact: First official free agent in NBA history.
20. Al Horford
Transfer: Atlanta - Boston
Contract: 113 million for four years
Year : 2016
0088: Horford found himself in a situation of stagnation from which he had to get out.
Yes, the Hawks had a good team that pretended to be fighting for something.
Yes, she was perfect for the big one.
And yes, Atlanta offered him a five-year deal.
But basketball wasn't that much fun.
Apart from the simulated fight, there was nothing else.
Despite the victories and seemingly prominent role, no one began to consider Horford a star.
Hawks fans are extremely passive citizens.
Horford chose between the Thunder, Washington, Rockets and Boston and was ready to help Durant in Oklahoma. But after he delayed the decision and took a break, the best financial offer and ardent fans brought the Dominican to Boston.
League Impact: First all-star free agent in the Celtics' 69-year history.
19. Amare Stoudemire
Crossing: Phoenix - New York
Contract : 100 million for 5 years
Year: 2010
Transition circumstances: Everyone is afraid of the Lakers. The Knicks convinced themselves that everyone was afraid of them, too. Gradually, the idea was born that all basketball players dream of New York, and creating a team here is very simple - just unload the payment.
Once again, New York got hit in the nose in 2010: the Knicks fought for all the top free agents, but in the end they were content with only Amara Stoudemire and once again got into jokes.
Impact on the league : According to their fans, only the Knicks could give a hundred million to a one-eyed, lame-footed "big" who can't play defense. The former Phoenix forward came to the Big Apple calling "New York is back," but only lasted until the Knicks traded Anthony: then there were communication problems, lack of teamwork, injuries, an attack on a fire extinguisher, and Amar'e Stoudemire gradually turned into a contract for Amare Stoudemire.
18. Robert Orry
Transition : “Lakers”-“San Antonio”
Contract : 9.5 million for 2 years
: 2003
Circumages: As Orri himself, Lakers himself later recalled »-2003 looked better than even championship combinations. But in the last minutes of the key matches in the series with the Spurs, he himself still couldn’t get out of open positions - and the team bosses considered that this was a reason to write off the forward for scrap and not inflate the already impressive payroll.
Orry held a grudge and returned to Texas. And not just to Texas, but to the main rivals of the Lakers in the conference.
Impact on the league: In San Antonio, Orry's time was drastically cut (he played only 17 minutes on average), which allowed him to extend his career and lead him to the playoffs in the best possible condition, when the best qualities Big-Shot-Roba were in demand the most.
Orry went on to win two more titles (he played a huge part in the 2005 win over Detroit) and created a collection of rings the likes of which no one has had since the 60s.
17. Dikmbbe Mutombo
Transition: Denver - “Atlanta”
Contract : 55 million for 5 years
: 1995
Circumages of the crossing : along the Mutumbo was supposed to remain along the Mutombo. in Denver: he was adored by the fans, more recently, in '94, the Nuggets won a historic victory in the first round over the Sonics, and he himself felt great in Colorado. But then so many nuances were revealed that leaving was inevitable.
Mutombo pushed for a Magic Johnson-style 10-year deal, and the Nuggets owners didn't want to be so committed to a center whose true age was constantly in doubt.
A few years later it became clear how wrong they were - a long-term agreement would have allowed them to save a lot of money in the conditions of the price revolution in the NBA. It was just too late. Mutombo's agent was the legendary David Falk, who didn't sway Denver management and quickly negotiated better, albeit shorter terms with Atlanta.
Impact on the league : Over the next few years, Mutombo definitively became a star and the league's best defender.
16. Trace McGready
Transition: Toronto-Orlando
Contract: 67.5 million for six years
: 20000
Circumages: in 200088 in 200088 in 200088 in 200088 in 200088 in 200088 in 2000 The Magic were planning to put together their "big trio" and Tracey McGrady was their third option.
Timak himself, who wanted to get out of the shadow of Vince Carter, chose between "Chicago" and "Orlando". Two arguments spoke in favor of the latter: firstly, he grew up nearby from there and always wanted to play for his native club, and secondly, his “team” insisted that the Bulls wanted to deceive him.
League impact: Theoretically, it could be scary - Duncan, TMC and Grant Hill at the peak of their careers. But everything worked out: Duncan stayed in San Antonio, Hill broke down, and McGrady himself regretted leaving Toronto - four years later he demanded a trade.
15. Dwight Hoard
Transition : Lakers - Houston
Contract : 87.5 million for four years
: 2013
Circumages Circumages 0088 : Howard's transition to the Rockets is remembered for three outrageous moments:
First, the way the center fooled everyone for a year, bringing the drama series around his person to the highest point. July had already arrived, and Howard was still holed up in the bushes and strained four clubs at once.
Second, the Lakers went to the unprecedented humiliation of realizing that their exclusivity was far-fetched - there was a banner on the Staples Center imploring Howard to keep the talent next to Kobe.
Finally, by the fact that Bird's rights should not be idealized - although the Lakers offer was technically much better in terms of money, Howard's representatives perfectly calculated that, taking into account the tax in California and the absence of it in Texas in the Rockets, he would earn more.
League impact : Howard left for the Rockets to build a full-fledged title contender with James Harden. The challenger turned out to be inferior - the Houston stars lacked the seriousness, hard work and luck to truly change the balance of power in the West. But in the conference finals, they played.
14. Stead sofas
Transition: Charlott - Sacramento
Contract: 62.5 million for six years
: 1999
Circumages : one of the most famous most famous exchanges in basketball history almost ended the career of the Serbian center: when the Lakers traded Divac to the Hornets for the 13th pick in the draft, he announced that he was ending basketball. Divac's wife, a young actress, did not want to leave Los Angeles.
After staying in Charlotte for two years, Divac happily returned to California. And Sacramento gladly trusted the perfect big for Chris Webber and Rick Adelman.
Impact on the league: The Kings never won anything, but, firstly, they could have, and secondly, they remained one of the most striking phenomena of the 2000s. The passing culture that made that team famous came largely from the Serbian bearded man.
13. Ray Allen
Transfer: Boston-Miami
Contract : 9 million for 3 years
Year: 2012
Circumstances of the transfer : In the summer of 2012, Boston offered Allen a new contract - 12 million for two years, but after lengthy negotiations LeBron's sniper made an unexpected choice for everyone in favor of the Heat.
There were enough accompanying circumstances: they said that Allen was offended by Danny Ainge, who tried to exchange him during the season; they said that Allen had a conflict with Rajon Rondo; it was said that it always existed in autonomy from Garnett Pierce.
But in Boston, they looked at it unequivocally, much like KG, who erased any trace of Ray Allen's presence in the Celtics from memory. Nobody forgave the man who abandoned a ship going under water and jumped into the camp of the winners after a recent loss to them in a 7-match series.
League impact: While the Celtics were destroying the team and changing the remaining stars, it turned out that Allen - albeit at such a price - carved out the perfect end to his career: two more finals, another title and one of the most significant hits in basketball history.
12. Jamaal Wilks
Transition: Golden STATE - Lakers
Contract: unknown
: 1977
Circumages: to zero transitions of status free agents remained extremely rare and must have a solid foundation.
Most often, the sums he offered were substantial. But in the case of Wilks, the Lakers did not even have to fork out: the player wanted to return to his native Los Angeles, wanted to play next to Jabbar, and therefore agreed to quite modest conditions.
League Impact: Wilks was the third star on Jabbar and Magic Johnson's team and was involved in three titles. It was vital that next to the stars there is always a player who is famous for his defense, and who can take on the functions of point guard, and knows how to score points. The striker has always been in the shadow of his partners, but the jersey under the arches of the Staples Center has completely earned. Everyone remembers that in the 6th game of the 80 final, Johnson replaced Jabbar at the post and scored 40 points, but Wilks then made 37 + 10.
1 how he began to show signs of life in Minnesota. It happened largely by accident - Terrell Brandon took off with a knee for a long time, and the young point guard unexpectedly successfully managed to replace him.
In the summer of 2002, when Billups became a restricted free agent, he was still not completely confident in himself and wanted to stay in Minnesota, which had become his home, next to teacher Brandon. But the "wolves" then did not see him as the main first number and deliberately abandoned him, including from the economy.
Influence on the league: The final transformation into "Mr. Big Shot" and a backbone player happened already in the hands of Rick Carlisle, who saw the leader in Billups and gave him freedom on the floor. The move to Detroit laid the groundwork for a team that worked wonders in a 2004 Dream Team series with an aged Dream Team and ruled the Eastern Conference before LeBron grew up.
10. Chris Bosch
Move: Toronto-Miami
Contract : 110.1 million for six years
Year : 2010
Circumstances of the transfer: Bosch was treated badly for most of his career, but leaving Toronto was never the reason. The forward from sunny Texas ended up abroad, where he endured for a long time incompetent management, not the most qualified partners and not particularly interested fans. Despite his best efforts, he was never able to fix the club's reputation in any way: the Raptors could not lure decent players, even if they had a desire to help Bosh in his efforts. But judging by the fact that they changed from one strange coach to another and focused on average European players, they definitely had no such intentions. In Bosh's last season, Toronto blew past the playoffs altogether.
To find out what it's like to win just one playoff series, Bosh hooked up with James and Wade and plotted to win "not one, not two, not three"...
League impact: Before transition Bosch was an incomprehensible weirdo who was compared to a dinosaur. After - he remained the same weirdo, but they began to treat him with more and more warmth.
Under pressure, in an atmosphere of general hatred for the Heat, Bosch easily abandoned all ambitions, retrained as a center and appeared as an ideal partner. Well, this is in addition to the fact that he finally cut his hair. In a team that dominated the league for four years, his role was often belittled and even denied him the right to be called a star, but the striker was very pleased with the newfound harmony with himself.
Those who served in the army don't laugh at the circus. Who came from the North - it is difficult to upset him with something.
9. Steve Nash
move : “Dallas” - “Phoens”
Contract : 63 million for 6 years
: 2004
Circumages of the transition : Legend for the return of Nash to “ Sans" is known to every baby who has learned to count to seven.
The 30-year-old point guard entered the free agency market and did his best to stay in Dallas, in conjunction with friend Nowitzki. The Mavericks were wary of placing long-term hopes on him and gave him a 4-year contract and 9million a year. Phoenix took the risk and laid out a six-year deal. The Canadian still pondered, and only after he personally offered Cuban to repeat the proposal, and he refused, did he pack his things.
Who could have known that Canadians do not age like ordinary people?
Mark Cuban eventually felt he had been lied to. In 2006, he said offendedly: "Steve, of course, is a great guy, and I love him very much, but why couldn't he play as an MVP in our team?"
League impact: Steve Nash never brought Phoenix to the final, but this should not detract from his merits: the Canadian point guard is one of the most significant phenomena of zero. At least in terms of basketball aesthetics, which peaked precisely with the creation of the "7 seconds or less" system.
8. Lamarcus Oldridge
Transition : Portland-San Antonio
Contract: 80 million for 4 years
: 2015
Transition circumstances: LaMarcus Aldridge is morally tired of Portland. The love of the fans did not help compensate for the annual disappointments: Blazers stars could not be lured, reservists added too slowly and unstable, the starting five looked monolithic only until they were smashed by injuries (and this happened almost every year). Despite the exploits of Aldridge himself and the rare colorful flashes from Portland, the forward felt that age, years of defeat and lack of prospects give him the moral right to choose a better situation. No one even from the fans of the Blazers could argue with this.
So in the summer of 2015, Aldridge traveled through interviews, listened to contender offers, neighed at the helplessness of the Lakers, and eventually ended up where he was supposed to - in his native Texas, in a congenial, quiet, inconspicuous championship team from the shores Alamo. 90,003 90,002 90,087 League impact: 90,088 Already in Aldridge's first season, the Spurs had their best performance of the season and might even have taken a shot at the Bulls' record if Popovich hadn't diligently held back his horses. Their year didn't end quite as expected - a loss to the Thunder, a litany of refereeing errors and Aldridge's inexplicable misses - but among the San Antonio's many lessons, one should never forget the most important thing: don't discount Gregg's team. Popovich.
There is another aspect to Aldridge's transition, if we rethink it now, that this transition is much more like Durant's jump to Golden State than LeBron James's tricks.
7. Andre Igudala
Transition: Denver- Golden State
Contract : 48 million for four years
: 2013
Circumages : in the first round of the Play- Off-2013, the Nuggets swooped down on Golden State and crumbled, losing a head coach, general manager, and leader in the disaster. Andre Iguodala liked the leadership of the Warriors, who decided that they needed such a person who would help everywhere and be a leader not in any particular component, but in general. Andre Iguudala liked the young Warriors, so bright and different from the rest with a special atmosphere.
From the outside it didn't seem so logical. The Golden State seemingly decided to take a big risk in order to attract Dwight Howard, but in the end they were left with a nose: in order to free up space under the contract of Iguudala, a competitor in those positions that the Warriors have closed with young players, they had to sacrifice two first round picks and three second round picks. Then the main advantage of Iggy was seen in the fact that he is a friend of the best center in the league.
Time has shown that the transaction had its own completely autonomous meaning, fully revealed only two years later.
Impact on the league: The Warriors would have been fine without Iguodala - Harrison Barnes has grown rapidly. But the presence of an experienced, unselfish, hole-covering player made Golden State special - both in the depth of the roster, and in the atmosphere in which the star does not hesitate to leave the bench, and the overall team work ethic.
Iguodala won the Finals MVP not only because he defended against LeBron and was second on his team in scoring. When the young Warriors' knees were shaking in the first matches, it was the experienced, seeing everything Iggy showed that everything was fine, and supported the collapsed confidence on his shoulders. It was a short but important episode - followed by a championship victory and a 73-9 skating rink, who stopped a meter from the finish line, largely because at the decisive moment the veteran's back let him down.
6. Rick Barry
Transition: New York NTS-San Francisco
Contract: unknown
: 1972
Circumages : Rick Barry manifested his Kozlin. in a variety of ways. In particular, after two years in San Francisco, in the 68th he defected to the ABA, to Oakland, which was coached by his stepfather. The Warriors went to court and got the striker banned from playing anywhere else - Barry missed one prime season and worked as a commentator at Oakland matches.
A couple of years later, Oakland went out of business, and Barry traveled to three ABA teams and ended up with the Nets. In 1972, when his contract with New York expired, another ruling followed: this time, the rebel was ordered to play exclusively for the Warriors by court order.
Impact on the league: Barry's return to San Francisco turned out to be the most important moment in the history of the club: in 75, the Warriors won the championship (in 76, they lost in the final), and these two years remained the best for the team almost 40 years old.
5. Mosks Malone
Transition: Houston - Philadelphia
Contract : 13 million for six years
: 1982
Circumages : Negotiations on the new Contract of Medial were very simple. The center wanted to become the highest paid player at the time, and only one club - the one that flew past the title with a bang every year - was willing to shell out that kind of money. There was only one hitch: when the owner and management of the 76s met with the player and his agent to discuss the deal, they had to wait an hour for the arrival of the head coach. Billy Cunningham was driving from the airport - he could take a taxi for $70, but preferred the bus ride for $7. As he then said, to save the owner $63 if something goes wrong.
Houston still repeated the MVP offer (and the 76th had to give the pick and Caldwell Jones as compensation), but it was an outright bluff - the new owner of the Rockets bought the club for 10 million and was mentally unprepared pay 13 to one Malone.
Another amusing moment was connected with the compensation. Caldwell Jones was one of Malone's friends, a fighter, an associate. Moses found out that they would not play on the same team only at the contract signing ceremony, and was terribly upset. He was upset to the point that his agent had to drag him aside and explain that at the moment, when he was poured so much money, he could no longer reverse.
Impact on the league : Philadelphia was able to daringly squeeze into the championship window: Moses Malone was still the league's MVP, and the 76ers had one of the best seasons in history and took the title. It was very fortunate, because then the unkind guys from Boston and the Lakers came and for a long time took away the opportunity for everyone to win anything.
4. Kevin Durant
Transfer: Oklahoma - Golden State
Contract: 54.3 million for two years
Year : 2016
Transition Circumstances : That Durant could theoretically leave has been discussed for a long time. The owner behaved tight-fisted and did not give all the best for the sake of victory. Russell Westbrook often pissed off even those who sat at the TV and sent KD vibes with calls to kick the point guard who had lost the coast. Assistants were afraid to throw from open positions. Even the journalists were pissed off.
In general, the Thunder leader spent the whole year on his nerves, he broke down ugly several times and gave a signal to everyone to be ready for any continuation.
But the playoffs somehow reassured me. It's not even that the Thunder passed the Spurs and almost passed the Golden State. There was confidence that the team had practically learned to overcome its shortcomings, and everything would come to it next year: coach Donovan gave a completely different control over the game, Westbrook learned to dominate, even being ineffective, Adams rehabilitated the Harden trade, instead of a deflated Ibaki, a whole package of Orlando, Horford seemed to be ready ...
In general, when Durant announced the transportation of talents to places where there is already no shortage of them, he was, to put it mildly, not understood. Superstars have never really acted like this, but it seems to be already clear how, over time, an ugly act can be rethought - perhaps already we can talk about zero loyalty from the players and total volatility in the league. Unless the new collective agreement introduces additional measures to Byrd's rights, Durant's transition will be remembered only for being the first of its kind.
League impact: When the third NBA player and best player of his generation at 27 joins a team that just won 73 games of the season and lost the title in the last seconds of Game 7, it should be something big. For the first time in history, 4 stars from the League's Top 20 will be in one place, and it is already clear that the Warriors will find ways to build a deep squad for them (and they may not even get into a luxury tax). If you are not going to watch at least 70 games of this team in a year, then, as they say, you do not like NBA basketball.
It's already clear that this is one of the most important transitions in NBA history. If Golden State builds something really great in the coming years, then it will easily move to the top spot.
3. Lebron James
Transition : Miami - Cleveland
Contract: 42.2 million for two years
: 2014
Circumages : one of the most important transitions: one of the most important transitions The 21st century came out of many circumstances, each of which will remain at the level of speculation:
LeBron was unhappy that the Heat had decided to skimp on his friend Mike Miller. This is when the whole "big trinity" agreed to cut financial appetites.
LeBron was unhappy with the transfer policy of the Heat, who could not provide him with assistance.
LeBron was unhappy with Pat Riley, who allowed himself to say too much after the defeat.
LeBron was unhappy with the rigid system that kept him from playing the way he wanted to.
LeBron saw more prospects in the younger Caves than in his aging partners.
In July 2014, James took a long break and watched closely to see who would bend under him and satisfy all his demands.
From this premise, a brilliant PR move was born that allowed LeBron to claim the laurels of the most promoted athlete of our time. And most importantly - having made LeBron the most influential athlete of our time - James received not only complete freedom on the court, but also headed the Cleveland front office.
League impact: Returning home at first smacked only of LeBron's usual pragmatism. The veterans of the Heat began to give up - talented young people grew up in Cleveland. A few years in Miami gave LeBron and everyone else a taste of his influence – so Dan Gilbert happily put all the running in the hands of his golden egg-bearing superstar. Apologies and a powerful PR campaign have significantly corrected the general hatred of James.
But what followed must have come as a surprise to him as well. Cleveland's first victory in half a century, defeating the season's best-performing team, and James' phenomenal dominance in the Finals saw LeBron go the distance that brought him as close to His Air as possible.
2. Lebron James
Transition : Cleveland - Miami
Contract: 100.1 million for six years
: 2010
Circumages of the transition : Lebron's roytures were invented move. No one has ever announced their decision live. No one has ever collected money for charity in this way. No one has attracted so much attention.
The little problem was that this move would have been genius if James had announced he was staying with the Caves. And so The Decision turned into a PR disaster and for a long time made LeBron the most hated player in the league.
League impact: In fact, James' first transfer should come first. Because, in addition to the influence of the immediate, there was a trend in it that would become decisive in subsequent years and change the league forever.
Since James himself corrected the situation, everything is clear. With Miami, he was finally able to break the eternal offenders from Boston, was in the final four times and left the Heat with two titles. Yes, it's "not three, not four" ... and so on, but also quite good.
James made even more important changes not on the court, but in the minds of his colleagues: in 2010, the notions of club patriotism, loyalty to the fans and other old-fashioned absurdities finally went down in history. Where once star franchises would not allow the thought of flirting with other clubs or, God forbid, teaming up with their best rivals, now the players have completely seized power in the league. In the six years since the first Decision, moving has become so commonplace that Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki are looked upon as dinosaurs.
1. Shakil O'Neill
Transition: Orlando-Lakers
Contract: 121 million
: 1996
Circumages: Summer 96th 96th 96th - the moment when the myth of the extreme attractiveness of the Lakers for free agents was born. In general, the championship teams of Californians have always gathered more due to the draft, but the arrival of Shaq once and for all brought fear into the hearts of basketball fans.
All this happened quite spontaneously, and then, at 96th, the Lakers weren't looked upon as such a clear threat as they are now. Twenty years later, both Horace Grant and Penny Hardaway admitted that if they thought such a thing could even theoretically happen, they certainly did everything to prevent the transition, which buried all the hopes of the Magic.
But that summer, Jerry West was at his best.
Shaq's move to the Lakers was not so much an "arrival" as a "leaving. " O’Neal then competed at the Olympics and took the signals with displeasure: the fans in Orlando did not show much love for the team leader who ensured they reached the final. Then the Orlando Sentinel published a lot of material discussing the defects of the center, for example, the inability to hit from the line, which turned him into a disaster in decisive minutes. As well as two polls: in one, journalists were interested in whether the Magic should fire Brian Hill, with whom O'Neal had problems - 82 percent answered "no"; in another, they were interested in whether the center was worth 115 million ”- 91 percent answered "no". At the same time, Shaq was jealous of Penny Hardaway: he was loved more, and it seemed like he claimed the role of the sole leader and almost let the club pay the center more than himself.
The Lakers came up with an offer that could have been turned down if not for all of the above reasons.
Impact on the league : When Shaq moved to Hollywood, in addition to the famous phrase about Pepsi and Reebok, he also talked a lot about the professionalism of the new club.
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It was just too late. Mutombo's agent was the legendary David Falk, who didn't sway Denver management and quickly negotiated better, albeit shorter terms with Atlanta. 
Divac's wife, a young actress, did not want to leave Los Angeles. 
But the "wolves" then did not see him as the main first number and deliberately abandoned him, including from the economy. 
Despite his best efforts, he was never able to fix the club's reputation in any way: the Raptors could not lure decent players, even if they had a desire to help Bosh in his efforts. But judging by the fact that they changed from one strange coach to another and focused on average European players, they definitely had no such intentions. In Bosh's last season, Toronto blew past the playoffs altogether. 
In a team that dominated the league for four years, his role was often belittled and even denied him the right to be called a star, but the striker was very pleased with the newfound harmony with himself. 
Despite the exploits of Aldridge himself and the rare colorful flashes from Portland, the forward felt that age, years of defeat and lack of prospects give him the moral right to choose a better situation. No one even from the fans of the Blazers could argue with this. 
Popovich. 
Then the main advantage of Iggy was seen in the fact that he is a friend of the best center in the league. 
The owner behaved tight-fisted and did not give all the best for the sake of victory. Russell Westbrook often pissed off even those who sat at the TV and sent KD vibes with calls to kick the point guard who had lost the coast. Assistants were afraid to throw from open positions. Even the journalists were pissed off. 
If you are not going to watch at least 70 games of this team in a year, then, as they say, you do not like NBA basketball. 
Apologies and a powerful PR campaign have significantly corrected the general hatred of James. 
" O’Neal then competed at the Olympics and took the signals with displeasure: the fans in Orlando did not show much love for the team leader who ensured they reached the final. Then the Orlando Sentinel published a lot of material discussing the defects of the center, for example, the inability to hit from the line, which turned him into a disaster in decisive minutes. As well as two polls: in one, journalists were interested in whether the Magic should fire Brian Hill, with whom O'Neal had problems - 82 percent answered "no"; in another, they were interested in whether the center was worth 115 million ”- 91 percent answered "no". At the same time, Shaq was jealous of Penny Hardaway: he was loved more, and it seemed like he claimed the role of the sole leader and almost let the club pay the center more than himself. 
