At present, the league is increasingly testing the shooting skills of interior players, and traditional interior players will be slowly eliminated in future games. You'll find that today's popular interior players all have the ability to shoot from the outside. For example, Jokic and Embiid. So a lot of interior players are now also looking to transform, and they are also trying to shoot more outside shots.

As a veteran of the Warriors' treble, Looney was dropped by Kerr for a long time last season. Rooney was dropped by Kerr in large part because he couldn't open up space, coupled with his defensive efficiency dipping last season. Rooney's finishing efficiency on the inside is not high, he does not have excellent physical fitness and bounce ability, so even if the defender creates a good finishing opportunity for Rooney, he can't finish it in the first time, so Rooney's positioning is very awkward.

The Warriors originally wanted to trade Looney this offseason, but after weighing it up, they probably decided that they couldn't get a relatively better interior player through the free market in the offseason, so they conservatively chose to keep Looney. Looney, who managed to stay with the Warriors, admitted in an offseason podcast with Green that he might change his style of play next season and try more mid-to-long-range shooting.

In fact, it is very understandable that if Rooney does not punish the opponent's defense in the middle distance and on the outside, then the opponent will not put any pressure on his offensive end at all, and he will not be able to affect the opponent's defense on the court at all to help his teammates open up space. Looney has an innate advantage over other interior players to improve his outside projection, and he was a forward in college, and his style of play is also an offensive style with the ball. It's just that after coming to the NBA due to injury, he switched to the inside. You must know that he was a player known as Durant Jr. at the beginning.

So Rooney's transition should be relatively smooth. In fact, Looney has a good mid-range shooting ability, but he rarely shoots mid-range for so many years, and sometimes wants to shoot on the court but retracts it in time. At present, he must dare to take action when he is facing a crisis in his career, and if he does not seek change, he will be eliminated. At this age, he certainly doesn't want to fade out of the NBA prematurely. So next season will be a season for Wayne Rooney to prove himself. It was also a turning point in his career.