This is so going into my files as “getting inside the opponents OODA loop” examples file
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It’s kinda lovely. Clean examples of shift in real-life dominant strategies are rare.
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So presumably now that everybody is doing it, there’s no real advantage but the game is different
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Daryl Morey spearheaded the analytics movement, then warriors created dynasty behind the three point line and every one copied.
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The total expected value of a 33% 3-pointer shooting percentage is the same as a 50% 2-pointer. But three-pointers also put way more pressure on the defense by stretching the court which actually increases your ability to make 2-pointers. Crazy we didn't shift earlier.
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I always assumed it was someone finally crunching the numbers that the higher miss % of the 3-pointer still netted (hehe) more points in the end
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yeah, wasn't this a thing a few years back when some (team? guy?) started really hammering them - a thing that no one else was doing - and basically broke basketball because it was so effective? and then everyone else caught on to the strat
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Higher efficiency. “100 mid-range jumpers will provide 79 points on average, while 100 above-the-break 3s would provide 105”
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So interesting!
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