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A lot of teams still get their points inside the perimeter. Look at Zion Williamson for example. Injured now, but most of the Pelican's points come through him,

A lot of teams still get their points inside the perimeter. Look at Zion Williamson for example. Injured now, but most of the Pelican's points come through him, and it's only going to become more worthwhile to do it, and build a team around the fact that he almost guarantees two points every other possession. The strategic trends always go in and out of fashion. One thing that I see in Basketball that needs fixing though, is that the rules make the defender's job incredibly hard. Especially with the rules around fouls. They need to look into fixing that. I think a solution to that class of issues, will inadvertently fix the 3 pointer issues you cite too.

bart_spoon 5y ago
> A lot of teams still get their points inside the perimeter. Look at Zion Williamson for example. Yes, but by "inside the perimeter", you mean up-close to the basket. Zion is a great example. Take a look at his shot chart [0]. He doesn't even think about shooting more than a few feet away from the rim. As I said, at this point, basketball has coalesced around offenses entirely focusing on shots at the rim, or beyond the 3-point line. Anything between there is a wasteland where teams don't even bother shooting anymore, despite Hall of Fame players like Michael Jordan and Karl Malone making those areas of the court a huge part of their game in the 90s. And this doesn't seem like much of a fad. Its a trend that has been becoming increasingly entrenched for nearly 2 decades at this point. The charts on this 538 article are all you need to see why this isn't simply a matter of what's fashionable, and is a simple mathematical reality under the current rules [1]. But I definitely agree with your last point. Basketball has numerous issues currently, of which unequal shot efficiency is only a part. [0] https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/zion-williamson-shot-chart https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/zion-williamson-shot-chart [1] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-mapping-shots-in-the-nba-changed-it-forever/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-mapping-shots-in-th...

bart_spoon 5y ago

> A lot of teams still get their points inside the perimeter. Look at Zion Williamson for example. Yes, but by "inside the perimeter", you mean up-close to the basket. Zion is a great example. Take a look at his shot chart [0]. He doesn't even think about shooting more than a few feet away from the rim. As I said, at this point, basketball has coalesced around offenses entirely focusing on shots at the rim, or beyond the 3-point line. Anything between there is a wasteland where teams don't even bother shooting anymore, despite Hall of Fame players like Michael Jordan and Karl Malone making those areas of the court a huge part of their game in the 90s. And this doesn't seem like much of a fad. Its a trend that has been becoming increasingly entrenched for nearly 2 decades at this point. The charts on this 538 article are all you need to see why this isn't simply a matter of what's fashionable, and is a simple mathematical reality under the current rules [1]. But I definitely agree with your last point. Basketball has numerous issues currently, of which unequal shot efficiency is only a part. [0] https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/zion-williamson-shot-chart https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/zion-williamson-shot-chart [1] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-mapping-shots-in-the-nba-changed-it-forever/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-mapping-shots-in-th...