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Originally Posted by sedziobs
How often those two things happen is what has changed. In the triangle offense days and then the Kobe years, midrange looks were the goal. Teams now deliberately turn down wide open midrange shots to focus on getting a three. Defenses responded by blitzing pnr situations to prevent even deep threes while leaving the midrange open. Offenses didn't take the open midrange, they started slipping screens to catch defenders between guarding two three point shooters. That's all the result of data telling coaches what is most efficient, not just players hanging out at the 3pt line because they want to.
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From the college standpoint you can just look at Gonzaga.
Bartorvik started tracked where shots were taken in 2010. Here are some Gonzaga numbers for seasons.
2010 - 651 close 2's, 647 midrange 2's, 502 3's
2011 - 603 close 2's, 754 midrange 2's, 529 3's
2012 - 554 close 2's, 618 midrange 2's, 567 3's
2013 - 756 close 2's, 522 midrange 2's, 588 3's
a couple years of mixed offenses, but midrange and close 2's were close and then the aha moment.
2018 - 844 close 2's, 519 midrange 2's, 888 3's
2019 - 975 close 2's, 474 midrange 2's, 789 3's
2020 - 941 close 2's, 464 midrange 2's, 637 3's
2021 - 947 close 2's, 363 midrange 2's, 652 3's
Gonzaga has had the #1 offense in ADJO those last 3 years after averaging 23.7 the previous 9 seasons.