NBA players have gotten too good at basketball

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Cliffs

Today’s NBA:

- shoot better from 3
- shoot highest FT% in history while taking the fewest FTs
- turn the ball over less than ever
- don’t even play at a particularly high pace compared to past eras, they’re just more efficient
- eFG% has shot up the past 10 years after being stagnant for decades, regardless of league average PPG or number of 3s taken per game
- The 2015 Warriors would be the 26th ranked offense in 2024
- Michael Jordan would be lucky to be a top 10 player in today’s league

This is the absolute highest level of basketball we’ve ever seen.

:wow:
 
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HandyWithTheSteel said:


Cliffs

Today’s NBA:

- shoot better from 3
- shoot highest FT% in history while taking the fewest FTs
- turn the ball over less than ever
- don’t even play at a particularly high pace compared to past eras, they’re just more efficient
- eFG% has shot up the past 10 years after being stagnant for decades, regardless of league average PPG or number of 3s taken per game
- The 2015 Warriors would be the 26th ranked offense in 2024
- Michael Jordan would be lucky to be a top 10 player in today’s league

This is the absolute highest level of basketball we’ve ever seen.

:wow:
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Surely this has nothing to do with the lack of defense and physicality. Surely.

In before advanced defensive statistics that don’t mean anything
 
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To be serious for a moment though, they need to suck it up and get rid of the corner three. The shot is just too easy for modern NBA players.

Back in 1995, they were willing to move the 3pt line in closer because that era's players couldn't shoot for shyt. Now it's time to move it out. Make the 3pt line a consistent length all the way around, so that teams have to shoot the long three from the corner, plus worry about stepping out of bounds, and spreading the court to shoot nothing but threes won't be the only strategy in the game anymore.


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The NBA is obsessed with 3s, so let's finally fix the thing

In an excerpt from "SprawlBall," Kirk Goldsberry illustrates four ways to make the 3-ball more interesting.
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Really good breakdown including examples of actual game footage. I've been spamming it so last time I post this.

The video shows how good offensive players are today and how punished defenses are (by the efficient play style and the refs) which makes for the "YMCA" feel of the games today. I don't even think reimplementing defensive 3 seconds will do much.

Additionally, it's a very controlled environment without much dynamic impact such as weather elements to contend with so teams really don't have to drift much from what they do.

Insane shooting has simply broken the game. 2,460 games of the same type of play style.

People are really going to tune in and draw big interest when records (like the Pistons) are on the line.
 
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Somewhat off topic but maybe not, because the refs are helping these players a lot. Watching Rockets games it seems whenever a player drives to the basket and is defended close it's a foul and if the foul isn't called immediately the refs wait to see if the offensive player makes the layup, if he misses then the late foul is called.

It's ridiculous how protected offensive players are these days.
 
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