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I like what you're saying but there's some pretty gross hyperbole going on here. You cite zone defense as though it's drastically changed the NBA - but it's ra
by BRadmin 16y ago
I like what you're saying but there's some pretty gross hyperbole going on here.
You cite zone defense as though it's drastically changed the NBA - but it's rarely deployed.
You say most shots taken in games are three pointers, but they actually make up 18-22% (over the last decade) of them.
And you say KG and Rasheed take over 40% of their shots from three. Kevin Garnett takes 3.3% of his shots from downtown. For Rasheed it's just under 25%. Both are career stats....
- starkfist 16y agoWell it's the internet, i reserve the right to hyperbolize. I guess i was pretty far wrong about KG though... my bad. But, threes are up like 40% over the past 10 years. Over the past 5 years the games have been more shooting oriented than ever before. The WSJ had an article a while back suggesting that the real reason is because the league hasn't been doing that great financially, and it's cheaper for teams to get a set of 3 point shooters vs. one LeBron or KG.