The Warriors Are Responsible For The 3P Boom But Not For The Reason You Think

[CHICAGO]

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME
DEFENDERS WERE TAUGHT TO
GET INTO THE JUMP SHOOTERS CHEST.

THE NBA CHANGED RULES AFTER
ZAZAS DIRTY PLAY,
MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO
CONSISTENTLY CONTEST JUMPSHOTS
WITHOUT BEING CALLED FOR A FOUL
OR EVEN A FLAGRANT.

COMING INTO KOBES
LANDING AREA IS AN AUTOMATIC FOUL NOW.

THIS WOULD ALSO BE CALLED A FOUL NOW.

DIANTONI/HARDEN WERE THE FIRST
TO EXPLOIT THE NEW RULE:

THE ROCKETS BECAME THE 1ST TEAM
TO AVERAGE 42.3 ATTEMPTS
TWO YRS AFTER GS SET THE RECORD
AT 31.6....

HARDEN BECAME THE
FIRST PLAYER TO AVERAGE 13 THREES.

I SAID THIS 6 YEARS AGO
AND NOW WE'RE AT A POINT
OF NO RETURN.

THE LEAGUE LOVES THIS.

THEYVE PUT RULES IN PLACE
THAT MAKES ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONSISTENTLY CONTEST 3P SHOTS.

DUDES JUMP TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT OF THE SHOOTERS MOST TIMES FOR SHOW
JUST TO AVOID GETTING CALLED FOR A FOUL.


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SO YES IT MAKES SENSE
TO SPAM THREES KNOWING
PLAYERS CANT CONTEST THEM
ANYMORE BUT IT MAKES A HORRIBLE
PRODUCT.

ALL OF THESE RULES THAT HAVE BEEN
PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE THE GAME
EASIER FOR PERIMETER PLAYERS
HAVE RUINED THE LEAGUE WHILE
EXTENDING THE CAREERS OF OUR
OLDER STARS.


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[mindgawn]

Equivalent to - no hard-tackling QBs and prolonging QBs (stars salary cap eaters)

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

What an embarrassing, transparent thread. OP can't help but tell on himself for all the years he's been wrong about Steph/GS.