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0 pointslapcat1y ago0 comments

> That's not a huge difference. 3% is like an average of 3 extra misses

More like 5 extra misses per game.

And we're getting more uncontested misses today.

> a big man backing down his man for like 20 seconds and throwing up a clanker that gets rebounded into another 20 second post possession. Realistically that's what a lot of offense was like back in the day.

But this clearly wasn't happening 64% of the time.

The irony is that contemporary players are better shooters. Yet their overall shooting % is lower, because they're consistently taking longer, harder shots.

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cma1y ago

Can't it be that defense got better too? Free throw percentage is up since '95 so they aren't just less accurate in general at that distance.

lapcatOP1y ago

If shooting and defense got better simultaneously, then all other things equal, overall shooting % should have stayed about the same, not gone down.

Also, as hardwaregeek mentioned: "And in turn, the game has become less crowded and more spread out, leading to a higher percentage on dunks and layups."

cma1y ago

> If shooting and defense got better simultaneously, then all other things equal, overall shooting % should have stayed about the same, not gone down.

Why? Getting better simultaneously doesn't imply getting better in a way to perfectly equal out.

kenjackson1y ago

Perimeter defense is way better now. In the old days most 3s were uncontested. It’s a shot they just wanted you to take.

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0 pointslapcat1y ago0 comments

> That's not a huge difference. 3% is like an average of 3 extra misses

More like 5 extra misses per game.

And we're getting more uncontested misses today.

But this clearly wasn't happening 64% of the time.

The irony is that contemporary players are better shooters. Yet their overall shooting % is lower, because they're consistently taking longer, harder shots.

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cma1y ago

Can't it be that defense got better too? Free throw percentage is up since '95 so they aren't just less accurate in general at that distance.

lapcatOP1y ago

If shooting and defense got better simultaneously, then all other things equal, overall shooting % should have stayed about the same, not gone down.

Also, as hardwaregeek mentioned: "And in turn, the game has become less crowded and more spread out, leading to a higher percentage on dunks and layups."

cma1y ago

> If shooting and defense got better simultaneously, then all other things equal, overall shooting % should have stayed about the same, not gone down.

Why? Getting better simultaneously doesn't imply getting better in a way to perfectly equal out.

kenjackson1y ago

Perimeter defense is way better now. In the old days most 3s were uncontested. It’s a shot they just wanted you to take.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse