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> That's not a huge difference. 3% is like an average of 3 extra misses More like 5 extra misses per game. And we're getting more uncontested misses today. >
by lapcat 2y ago
> That's not a huge difference. 3% is like an average of 3 extra misses
More like 5 extra misses per game.
And we're getting more uncontested misses today.
> a big man backing down his man for like 20 seconds and throwing up a clanker that gets rebounded into another 20 second post possession. Realistically that's what a lot of offense was like back in the day.
But this clearly wasn't happening 64% of the time.
The irony is that contemporary players are better shooters. Yet their overall shooting % is lower, because they're consistently taking longer, harder shots.
- cma 2y agoCan't it be that defense got better too? Free throw percentage is up since '95 so they aren't just less accurate in general at that distance.
- kenjackson 2y agoPerimeter defense is way better now. In the old days most 3s were uncontested. It’s a shot they just wanted you to take.
- lapcat 2y agoIf shooting and defense got better simultaneously, then all other things equal, overall shooting % should have stayed about the same, not gone down. Also, as hardwaregeek mentioned: "And in turn, the game has become less crowded and more spread out, leading to a higher percentage on dunks and layups."
- cma 2y ago> If shooting and defense got better simultaneously, then all other things equal, overall shooting % should have stayed about the same, not gone down. Why? Getting better simultaneously doesn't imply getting better in a way to perfectly equal out.