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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I do think it's funny that the 'analytics nerds' finally figured out what we knew 25 years ago playing video games.
I coulda told you after a season on NBA Live for my Super Nintendo that firing 3 pointers was the way to put up 130+ points. It's simple math.
The only thing that surprises me is that it took this long for the NBA decisionmakers to figure it out. Maybe it was just a shortage of shooters? And now, a generation later, all of us kids that learned to bomb away have kids we taught to shoot?
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NBA Jam was literally all dunks and threes. Midway knew what it was all about.
I think it took a while for front offices to take full control of the in-game strategies and processes just like baseball but now they have (many NBA head coaches today are now little more than conduits for the GMs). Also, the Steph/Klay Warriors of a decade ago no doubt had an influence on what we're seeing today too. If you can't shoot 3s now (regardless of your size), you almost can't hold a spot in the NBA.