Champion Creed

Cleveland Cavaliers changed owners.

Steve Nash renewed with the Lakers, followed by Shawn Marion's joining.

Kevin Garnett transferred to New York.

It's another bustling summer, under the aftermath of the Olympics, the NBA landscape is changing.

Among this series of transfer news, Mark Cuban's signing of Jason Terry to the Mavericks is hardly newsworthy.

Really, although Jason Terry has a decent scoring ability, if not for that decisive three-pointer he made in Game 5 of the 2011 Finals against LeBron, who would remember him?

Anyway, in the summer of 2004, Jason Terry certainly wouldn't be considered a highly famous player.

People might only scold Mark Cuban as an idiot and wouldn't pay more attention to this transaction.

Is Mark Cuban truly an idiot?

No, of course, he knows the team already has Dirk and Shaq, but he still needs offensive players.

Because the "Dark Defense Era" brought about by the opening of zone defense will be gone forever.

This summer, Mark Cuban, along with Suns General Manager Brian Colangelo, spearheaded a coalition of multiple owners to the league, hoping to change the existing defense rules.

Although last season the NBA's ratings were saved, the Finals scores were still not high. This means that even Roger's team would be greatly stifled by the Pistons.

And this dull defensive battle will eventually lead to a decline in the NBA's spectacle. Imagine if every team molded itself after the Warriors, Pistons, and Spurs to build impenetrable defenses. The NBA games would turn into an utter disaster.

David Stern admitted, this is certainly a foreseeable issue.

The opening of the zone defense brought NBA defense into its most stringent era.

If in the 90s, the influence of offense and defense on victory was 50 to 50.

Then now, the influence of offense and defense on victory is 40 to 60, or even 30 to 70.

Look at the Detroit Pistons, do they have any top scorers in their lineup? Yet they almost overturned Roger.

And look at the Spurs, last season Spurs' reliable scorer was only Tim Duncan, but they still made it to the Western Conference Finals.

The art of offense is being smothered by terrifying defense. Apart from Roger, the unique god-level star, most players' offense is utterly ugly.

Through the league board's discussions and vote, the NBA decided to abolish the existing "HandCheck" rule.

The latest No HandCheck rule specifies that defenders are not allowed to put their hands on the offensive player unless he is near or has his back to the basket area.

Shortly after these transactions occurred, the league officially announced this new rule with far-reaching impacts on the NBA.

In fact, as early as 1994, the NBA claimed to have canceled Handcheck, but in reality, it didn't lead to much change.

This time, David Stern promised he wouldn't let No HandCheck become a mere token.

Mark Cuban believes firmly that in the future, the league will belong to offensive teams.

Shooters won't drain their feel due to excessive physical confrontation, drivers will find it easier to break into the paint.

Guys like Ron Artest, with mediocre offensive talent but fierce defense, will be thrown into the trash heap of history.

This rule has teams throughout the league researching new strategies, considering whether to change their team's direction.

The Golden State Warriors, of course, need such discussions as well.

Teams across the league are trying through transaction after transaction to strengthen themselves; the Warriors cannot sit idly by.

Last season, although the Warriors won the championship, some problems within the team still existed.

The shortage of ball handlers is a problem, apart from Roger and Old Cat, there's no third player who can handle the ball.

And Roger and Old Cat basically appear in staggered shifts, which means in one lineup, the Warriors have only one playmaker on the court.

Last season's Finals, the Warriors nearly got strangled by this, although later Erik Spoelstra resolved the Pistons with a daring One Star and Four Shooters lineup and a main ball-handler approach, when the Warriors' perimeter shooting was off, the game was still risky.

In the Finals' G4 and G6 last season, the Warriors' threes were not shot well, the Pistons actually had a chance to finish the series, but the Warriors eventually relied on Roger to hold down.

Warriors need to ensure Roger's dynasty establishment comes without any accident; to achieve consecutive championships, the team must be perfect, without any apparent disadvantages.

The current problem is, under the new rule, what kind of team do the Warriors need to introduce to make an impact?

9 years ago, when Roger obtained his first championship trophy in Orlando, he faced a similar issue of too few playmakers, eventually, the Magic introduced Sarunas Marciulionis, who became the last brick in the Magic Dynasty.

Bob Bass initially wanted to emulate the Magic of those years, to introduce a high basketball IQ European guard to Roger, but Roger vetoed that plan.

"The times are different, opponents are different, we need to solve this while maintaining defense."

Back then, although Sarunas showed great performance on offense, defensively he was a liability, which is also a common issue among most European white guards.

European big men often can rely on bigger physiques to become good rim protectors, but European guards, limited by athleticism and height, are often sieves.