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Old 04-14-2021, 08:41 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by TheRealMick View Post
if you ever went to shoot around 20yrs ago players either hung out around 3pt line or dunked. This isn’t nothing new.
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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