Mr. Friscus
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If you're a former NBA fan like me who has grown tired of the way the game has progressed, let me hear ya.
The game has become largely one-dimensional. It's mostly a two man pick-and-roll or pick-and-pop to get a mismatch, and/or drive-and-kicks to get an open, in-rhythm three point shot. Three pointer, three pointer, three pointer... back and forth.. over, and over, and over again.
Why is the highest form of basketball like this?
I saw a data-driven study that modern teams have based their offenses on. It turns out that an in-rhythm 3 point shot has the same likelihood of going in as a contested or at times uncontested unbalanced shot from 10+ feet.
So it's not that someone decided to just jack up 3's, as the game is played at this date, it's in a team's best interest to largely rely on the three pointer. Of course, not all three-point shooters are the same, and not all teams completely rely on it, but nearly all teams heavily rely on it.
Are 3-pointers bad? No. They are meant to be a risky shot, high risk, high reward. When the 3 point line was first implemented, players had rarely trained for shooting beyond 15 ft much less further. As play progressed into the 80's and 90's, three pointers slowly ascended but weren't embraced as they are today.
Nowadays, you have generations of players at all heights, all weights, and all positions who have shot 3's their whole lives. The shot isn't as risky. It's become too powerful as it is.
So, how do you solve it? You move the 3 point line back 2 feet. And what about the sidelines? You make the court 2 feet wider on each side. Given the advances in shooting, the court needs to catch up. We've seen the league tinker with the 3 point line before in the 90's by moving it in, do it again by moving it out. Bring the mid-range game back and post play. The league as it is has become difficult to watch IMO.
The game has become largely one-dimensional. It's mostly a two man pick-and-roll or pick-and-pop to get a mismatch, and/or drive-and-kicks to get an open, in-rhythm three point shot. Three pointer, three pointer, three pointer... back and forth.. over, and over, and over again.
Why is the highest form of basketball like this?
I saw a data-driven study that modern teams have based their offenses on. It turns out that an in-rhythm 3 point shot has the same likelihood of going in as a contested or at times uncontested unbalanced shot from 10+ feet.
So it's not that someone decided to just jack up 3's, as the game is played at this date, it's in a team's best interest to largely rely on the three pointer. Of course, not all three-point shooters are the same, and not all teams completely rely on it, but nearly all teams heavily rely on it.
Are 3-pointers bad? No. They are meant to be a risky shot, high risk, high reward. When the 3 point line was first implemented, players had rarely trained for shooting beyond 15 ft much less further. As play progressed into the 80's and 90's, three pointers slowly ascended but weren't embraced as they are today.
Nowadays, you have generations of players at all heights, all weights, and all positions who have shot 3's their whole lives. The shot isn't as risky. It's become too powerful as it is.
So, how do you solve it? You move the 3 point line back 2 feet. And what about the sidelines? You make the court 2 feet wider on each side. Given the advances in shooting, the court needs to catch up. We've seen the league tinker with the 3 point line before in the 90's by moving it in, do it again by moving it out. Bring the mid-range game back and post play. The league as it is has become difficult to watch IMO.