Basketball fans: why has 3-point shooting taken over? I’m guessing it’s not that the skill levels went up but that something made it a more valuable skill to cultivate? What?
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This is so going into my files as “getting inside the opponents OODA loop” examples file
It’s kinda lovely. Clean examples of shift in real-life dominant strategies are rare.
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It would be fascinating is teams were allowed to play around with the shape/distance from rim of the 3 PT line, will allow for home adv etc. Unfortunately, the regulations have not evolved to allow for more excitement/uncertainty
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The actual lasting effect is that team now can only play 1 poor shooter max. It’s too easy to defend a team with 2 poor shooters , teams used to put 2 or 3 poor shooters out there because rebounding and defense were more important thn spacing the floor. Can’t do that anymor
High volume 3pt shooting in itself is not the mode of dominance going forward. Turns out you need the one unicorn (Steph Curry) for that to really work
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