That Lilliard Three.

[midnightpulp]

Ah, so I saw Lollard made a 37 footer at the buzzer. I figured it might've been some desperation heave as time ran out. Nope. Ten seconds left on the clock, Lollard isos with a couple lazy dribbles, and then pulls up and drains the shot like an 18 footer. I think we need to move the line back. Skillsets have caught up to the standard distances (except when the Spurs are shooting :lol). The NBA game looks like fuckin' street ball. :lol today's NBA.

Hate away. I know some on here love this shit.

[WallyTiger]

+1

[LeGiannis]

If you move the line back, the rich will just will get richer. The elite 3-pt. shooter's like Curry, Harden, and Lillard will continue to chuck from long distance. Curry can hit from 40 ft. in his sleep. You would actually be helping Curry because you are for stretching defenses further from the basket.

Meanwhile, the marginal shooters (guys who actually focus on other parts of their game) will be devastated. In the long run, young kids in college and AA will start practicing shooting from longer distance. It won't take long for newer players to adjust. The great shooter's will continue to be great shooters.

[LkrFan]

Playoff P knows a couple of things:

1) He has size and length on Dame
2) Dame HAS PROVEN he can make that shot

All defensive abilities, yet he lazily let Dame get that shot off

Dame knows:
1) He has made that shot many times before
2) Score was tied. Even if he misses they going OT

I'm glad he made it. Playoff P chose to hitch his wagon to Chuckbrook over Bron. He deserves the consequences. 2nd year in a row he suffered a 1st round exit. He deserves that shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! :lol

[midnightpulp]

Playoff P knows a couple of things:

1) He has size and length on Dame
2) Dame HAS PROVEN he can make that shot

All defensive abilities, yet he lazily let Dame get that shot off

Dame knows:
1) He has made that shot many times before
2) Score was tied. Even if he misses they going OT

I'm glad he made it. Playoff P chose to hitch his wagon to Chuckbrook over Bron. He deserves the consequences. 2nd year in a row he suffered a 1st round exit. He deserves that shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! :lol

I know since the Lakers are terrible, you've probably only casually tuned into NBA basketball over the past couple of years (don't lie to kick it, bro :lol. I know how you are.). Defenders are paranoid as shit to play tight defense on the perimeter cause all manner of ticky-tack shit gets called. Remember how playoff basketball used to be games in the 80s and 90s? Why do you think we're seeing all these 120-110 games in the post-season?

[baseline bum]

LMAO at 37 win team fan talking shit about first round exits.

[midnightpulp]

If you move the line back, the rich will just will get richer. The elite 3-pt. shooter's like Curry, Harden, and Lillard will continue to chuck from long distance. Curry can hit from 40 ft. in his sleep. You would actually be helping Curry because you are for stretching defenses further from the basket.

Meanwhile, the marginal shooters (guys who actually focus on other parts of their game) will be devastated. In the long run, young kids in college and AA will start practicing shooting from longer distance. It won't take long for newer players to adjust. The great shooter's will continue to be great shooters.

Fair point. I'd like any solution that gets the league wide average on 3s down to about 25%. The original intention of the shot was to supposed to be a Home run/Hail Mary type play, not a shot you take 40 times a game and one you take from 37 feet out in the playoffs. People are no doubt entertained by this, but I think it goes against the spirit of the team game basketball is supposed to be when isolating yourself for a 37 footer is a "good play." Athletes are catching up to distances/rules in all sports, due to the rise of analytics finding exploits, leading to more focus on training to take advantage of those exploits. Outcome is an unbalanced sport. NBA won't change anything, though. 37 footers are perfect twitterverse highlights.

[apalisoc_9]

Yeah terrible move. Lillard is one of those guys that dream of impossible movements. Sometimes he makes it but 99/100 time its a bad play hence why hes been a perenial loser.

I mean Durant is probably an overall better shooters but I never see him take ill advised shots like these.

Its just the new culture wave. Everyone trying to be superhero except for the really best players.

[midnightpulp]

Yeah terrible move. Lillard is one of those guys that dream of impossible movements. Sometimes he makes it but 99/100 time its a bad play hence why hes been a perenial loser.

I mean Durant is probably an overall better shooters but I never see him take ill advised shots like these.

Its just the new culture wave. Everyone trying to be superhero except for the really best players.

It's just ugly basketball. A soccer comparison for you would be hoofball. That's what the modern NBA looks like to me. Guys basically chucking back and forth (like how they do nothing but play longballs back and forth in hoofball style soccer).

[apalisoc_9]

It's just ugly basketball. A soccer comparison for you would be hoofball. That's what the modern NBA looks like to me. Guys basically chucking back and forth (like how they do nothing but play longballs back and forth in hoofball style soccer).

Nah. Hoofball is strategic. Since soccer is the most popular sport in the world by far, the pool of players is significantly more so the discrepency in talent between teams is bigger and in such situations, hoofball is used sometimes and if you have an elite striker and an elite Holding midfielder it can work perfectly both tacticlly and aesthetically.

And hoofball doesnt happen between the same teams in the same game. Soccer is a very dynamic sport, if one is doing direct long pass approaches, the more talented team usually plays a lot more calculated soccer.

These kind of NBA shots are ugly, not strategic and is just flatout heroball. A proper comparison would be a team relying on on one blow bys in soccer. 90% of the time those tend to be awful both strategically and aesthetically because 9/10 it ends up in steals, and you eliminate passing.

Ie. Soccer strettballers

[apalisoc_9]

The NBA should anther line. Maybe 3 feet behind the threepoint line. In this line handchecking would be allowed.

Should discourage teams from shooting 90% of their shots from threes without comptely disregarding their improved shooting skill. And also discourage dumb shots.

[Raven]

awful D from george tbh

[Bonner]

Or just remove the three-point line.

[UZER]

Just make it a game of winning quarters.

You win the quarter, you get 1 point. If each team wins 2 quarters, you go to overtime. If a team wins the first 3 quarters, the game is over (this would save players bodies over time), and everyone gets to go home early.

It would be 4 mini games within a game. There would be more potential meaningful buzzer beaters because wining every waiter matters. It would be more intense basketball every quarter. Sleeping through thre quarters then turning it on in the fourth would be a thing of the past.

[Killakobe81]

Playoff P knows a couple of things:

1) He has size and length on Dame
2) Dame HAS PROVEN he can make that shot

All defensive abilities, yet he lazily let Dame get that shot off

Dame knows:
1) He has made that shot many times before
2) Score was tied. Even if he misses they going OT

I'm glad he made it. Playoff P chose to hitch his wagon to Chuckbrook over Bron. He deserves the consequences. 2nd year in a row he suffered a 1st round exit. He deserves that shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! :lol

I'm fine with calling out Playoff Pee .. but to be fair ...
you don't wanna foul (he had 5 if game goes OT no way they win without PG13)
You don't wanna give up a layup either
If you watch replay from behind but right of shot you can see Dame barely gets it off despite the soft stance initially by George the contest was a bit late, but solid (not great).

But you are right, dame had made that EXACT shot in the first half ...a tough shot PG was right normally a bad shot but when a dude is cookin' like Dame was very makeable

PG should be called out for missing 3 of 4 Ft's with less than 4 mins to go with a turnover.
Russ getting killed but Pg had some blame for that L as well ...

[HarlemHeat37]

How the hell is that Paul George's fault?:lol that was a TERRIBLE shot that few players in NBA history could make..

[Mugen]

Playoff P knows a couple of things:

1) He has size and length on Dame
2) Dame HAS PROVEN he can make that shot

All defensive abilities, yet he lazily let Dame get that shot off

Dame knows:
1) He has made that shot many times before
2) Score was tied. Even if he misses they going OT

I'm glad he made it. Playoff P chose to hitch his wagon to Chuckbrook over Bron. He deserves the consequences. 2nd year in a row he suffered a 1st round exit. He deserves that shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! :lol


LMAO at 37 win team fan talking shit about first round exits.

:lmao

[Mugen]

Yeah, Playoff P regretting that he couldn't have been in the Bahamas a few weeks sooner :lol

[Killakobe81]

How the hell is that Paul George's fault?:lol that was a TERRIBLE shot that few players in NBA history could make..

I dont blame PG, but Dame made the exact same shot (Same side of the court and almost same distance) in the first half, watch the TNT highlights they pointed it out as well

[Killakobe81]

Yeah, Playoff P regretting that he couldn't have been in the Bahamas a few weeks sooner :lol

hahahaha

[LkrFan]

I know since the Lakers are terrible, you've probably only casually tuned into NBA basketball over the past couple of years (don't lie to kick it, bro :lol. I know how you are.). Defenders are paranoid as shit to play tight defense on the perimeter cause all manner of ticky-tack shit gets called. Remember how playoff basketball used to be games in the 80s and 90s? Why do you think we're seeing all these 120-110 games in the post-season?

:lol - you ain't lying.

Playoff P has enough clout that unless he Bowls Dame over, I cannot see a ref with big enough balls to call a foul in that situation. Maybe, but unless Joey Crawford was out there. :lol

If anything, they should have blitzed him. They know he ain't afraid to take and hit big shots. I would have blitzed him and shade CJ. I wouldn't let either of them take that shot. Make Cuntakentae beat me, but not Dame or CJ.

:lol at the Thunder playing 5 more games than the Lakers :lmao

[LkrFan]

I'm fine with calling out Playoff Pee .. but to be fair ...
you don't wanna foul (he had 5 if game goes OT no way they win without PG13)
You don't wanna give up a layup either
If you watch replay from behind but right of shot you can see Dame barely gets it off despite the soft stance initially by George the contest was a bit late, but solid (not great).

But you are right, dame had made that EXACT shot in the first half ...a tough shot PG was right normally a bad shot but when a dude is cookin' like Dame was very makeable

PG should be called out for missing 3 of 4 Ft's with less than 4 mins to go with a turnover.
Russ getting killed but Pg had some blame for that L as well ...

That's true, but I still say he gave him too much space. He was like, no way in hell will Dame shoot a 37 footer (they should have blitzed him and made him give up the rock). He must have thought KCP was shooting. :lol Dame is known for breaking off last minute daggers.

Some people may give Playoff P a pass, but given how he dissed us, I ain't letting it ride :lol

[LkrFan]

How the hell is that Paul George's fault?:lol that was a TERRIBLE shot that few players in NBA history could make..

Scouting report. Playoff P obviously didn't read it. Dame takes and makes big shots on the regular.

Dame is one of the streakiest shooters in the world. When he is on, you can't give him all that space. The only person better at these long 3pt bombs is Steph.

Playoff P shoulda known betterPERI:lolD

[djohn2oo8]

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[spurraider21]

If you move the line back, the rich will just will get richer. The elite 3-pt. shooter's like Curry, Harden, and Lillard will continue to chuck from long distance. Curry can hit from 40 ft. in his sleep.
That’s how it should be. The greats dominate. Better than having both teams put up 40-50 threes per game. A scrub who has otherwise nailed the 24 footer shouldn’t have it so easy.


You would actually be helping Curry because you are for stretching defenses further from the basket.
i don’t understand this. If stretching the defense further back is the goal, nothing is preventing teams like the warriors from from running an offense that creates 35 foot shots instead of 25 foot shots. It would overall hurt spacing. Besides the elite, other shooters like green, mckinnie... pj Tuckers of the world WONT attract defenders 35 feet out and teams are no longer terrified of 25 footers as they’re only worth 2


Meanwhile, the marginal shooters (guys who actually focus on other parts of their game) will be devastated. In the long run, young kids in college and AA will start practicing shooting from longer distance. It won't take long for newer players to adjust. The great shooter's will continue to be great shooters.
If you’re going to be a one trick pony/specialist, you shouldn’t get away with just being decent at it. Nowadays. Marginal 3 point shooter can check in for 15 minutes and launch 5-6 threes, make 2 and call it a night.

[LkrFan]

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This MFer let a known sniper get off a 3pt bomb, and end his season. Wow :lol

[LkrFan]

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Not worried here :lol

[LkrFan]

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"I was just thinking about all that shit they were talking. I was like, fuck it. I'm bout to end this shit!"
--Dame, probably :lol

[LkrFan]

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[LkrFan]

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Yep yep

[LkrFan]

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[Neo.]

Why are people acting like this players hitting these shots in these moments is the norm? Maybe I'm wrong, but last time I recall a moment like this was Steph hitting that shot against OKC in 2016. We need to change all these rules because of two incredible shots?

[The Gemini Method]

Incredible shot by Dame. Fitting way to shut BrickBook and Paul George up. M'fer is cold as a pimp's heart.

[Brazil]

This was an horrible shot... when it is stupid but it works it ain't stupid right ? :lol

[LkrFan]

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[lefty]

This was an horrible shot... when it is stupid but it works it ain't stupid right ? :lol

Only Steph and Dame have hit those shots consistently

For most players, it is a bad shot but if one can hit it consistently why not?

Pop would have benched his ass for 10 years tho

[Brazil]

Only Steph and Dame have hit those shots consistently

For most players, it is a bad shot but if one can hit it consistently why not?

Pop would have benched his ass for 10 years tho

:lol I'm surprised you are defending this kind of hero ballin'.. not sure how consistent he is taking those shots: he shot from the logo, that's almost an half court shot tbh... horrible but it works so yeah there is that

[Dancelot]

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Holy shit, Trae young is a rookie and is jacking them up already. Sign of things to come from the young players.

[resistanze]

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[FrostKing]

Holy shit, Trae young is a rookie and is jacking them up already. Sign of things to come from the young players.
Caught my eye too. What a chucking piece of shit. Ugly bastard too.

[Arcadian]

In his defense, he needed to make sure there was zero time left on the clock after the shot. His timing was perfect. Granted, he could have dribbled a few more times and then taken a stepback 3 (or a long 2), but then you risk getting stripped or blocked. He didn't trust the refs to blow the whistle on a drive.

I actually think he lost track of time for a few seconds. He probably was planning to get closer to the basket, but by the time he realized the clock, it was too late.

Either way, I'm glad it went in to end :lolKC's season.

[LkrFan]

That's it, I want Dame in LA.

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Pelinka, do what you must to get this dude :lol

[Mitch]

Where's our boy tlongII ? good time for him to shit up the forum

[140]

That's it, I want Dame in LA.

1121150439951618048

Pelinka, do what you must to get this dude :lol

Dame ain't a bitch ass niqqa looking to form a super team like most of :loltodays NBA. Keep your filthy hands off of him juancho

Ps.: how are you letting spur fan off the hook for last night's beatdown? Go ahead and bump that shit cabron, chop chop

[Millennial_Messiah]

If you move the line back, the rich will just will get richer. The elite 3-pt. shooter's like Curry, Harden, and Lillard will continue to chuck from long distance. Curry can hit from 40 ft. in his sleep. You would actually be helping Curry because you are for stretching defenses further from the basket.

Meanwhile, the marginal shooters (guys who actually focus on other parts of their game) will be devastated. In the long run, young kids in college and AA will start practicing shooting from longer distance. It won't take long for newer players to adjust. The great shooter's will continue to be great shooters.

Maybe aside from the Curry's and Klay's of the world at least more teams will focus on getting to the paint instead of chucking?

[LkrFan]

Dame ain't a bitch ass niqqa looking to form a super team like most of :loltodays NBA. Keep your filthy hands off of him juancho

Ps.: how are you letting spur fan off the hook for last night's beatdown? Go ahead and bump that shit cabron, chop chop

:lol

Series not over yet mi amigo. :lol

[Laker_1995]

Idk if y’all fuck with adidas like that but they having 50 bucks off dame shoes to celebrate lol.

[HarlemHeat37]

That's it, I want Dame in LA.

1121150439951618048

Pelinka, do what you must to get this dude :lol

Lillard and Giannis are probably the least Lakers-like stars in the league:lol

[HarlemHeat37]

Dame ain't a bitch ass niqqa looking to form a super team like most of :loltodays NBA. Keep your filthy hands off of him juancho

Ps.: how are you letting spur fan off the hook for last night's beatdown? Go ahead and bump that shit cabron, chop chop

And he'll end up with 0 rings because if it, just like Derrick Rose when he had the same attitude about teaming up..

[FrostKing]

And he'll end up with 0 rings because if it, just like Derrick Rose when he had the same attitude about teaming up..
Rose blew out his knee. He'd have 0 rings no matter what

[tlongII]

Where's our boy tlongII ? good time for him to shit up the forum

Maybe if we get past next round.

[Spurtacular]

The problem is less where the line is and more how defenses have been neutered above the arc. The NBA wants this.

[Mitch]

Maybe if we get past next round.

I dread the day, tbh. You've been camping on the chance for years :lol

[messi0826]

Emmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[midnightpulp]

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:tu Thanks for those stats. Jesus, 26% on 30 to 40 footers. This basically means a 30 to 40 footer has slightly less value (7.8 points per 10 attempts) than a 16-22 footer (8 points on 10 attempts). Unbalanced as shit.

[TDfan2007]

:tu Thanks for those stats. Jesus, 26% on 30 to 40 footers. This basically means a 30 to 40 footer has slightly less value (7.8 points per 10 attempts) than a 16-22 footer (8 points on 10 attempts). Unbalanced as shit.

At the same time, gotta give credit where credit is due. He and Steph have almost perfected their craft. Their skill levels and range are legendary and definitely not the norm.

[midnightpulp]

At the same time, gotta give credit where credit is due. He and Steph have almost perfected their craft. Their skill levels and range are legendary and definitely not the norm.

26 percent is league wide, not just Steph and Lillard's percentage. Sure. All the credit. Any good player works to exploit an efficiency. Personally, it's not a craft I find intriguing.

[Down Under]

Ah, so I saw Lollard made a 37 footer at the buzzer. I figured it might've been some desperation heave as time ran out. Nope. Ten seconds left on the clock, Lollard isos with a couple lazy dribbles, and then pulls up and drains the shot like an 18 footer. I think we need to move the line back. Skillsets have caught up to the standard distances (except when the Spurs are shooting :lol). The NBA game looks like fuckin' street ball. :lol today's NBA.

Hate away. I know some on here love this shit.
I thought of your hatred for the 3 point line as soon as he jacked that shot up :lol

[midnightpulp]

I thought of your hatred for the 3 point line as soon as he jacked that shot up :lol

Can't blame them. Makes all the sense in the world. Why shoot a 2 point shot at a 40 percent success rate when you can shoot a 3 at about the same rate for 50% more points? My dislike probably has to do more with people claiming how great this era is and then replying with "old man at cloud" to any arguments why it isn't good basketball. We've lost the post-game (Hakeem would be a 3 point big today. Tragedy), the mid-post game, mid range shots are the new desperation shots, teams are handcuffed on the defense, huge fuckin' lanes for penetration, making it less attritional. The sport has lost a shit load of nuances. To me, feels like watching rec league basketball.

[midnightpulp]

I thought of your hatred for the 3 point line as soon as he jacked that shot up :lol

Oh, Down Under, Australian right? I think we've talked cricket before. Wasn't there an era of fast pitches and the only bowling approach that basically worked was fast bowling (I think Warne was the one who brought back spin)? Basketball is in its era of fast pitches.

[Down Under]

Oh, Down Under, Australian right? I think we've talked cricket before. Wasn't there an era of fast pitches and the only bowling approach that basically worked was fast bowling (I think Warne was the one who brought back spin)? Basketball is in its era of fast pitches.
Pretty much. The pitches weren't covered, so they would crack quickly & the batsman were as shit scared of getting killed as losing their wicket, so you might as well bowl quick. I save the Abe Simpson yelling at the cloud for political discussion generally :lol. I 100% agree with the 3 point thing, I think people get more upset because they feel athletes & ball handlers are much better today, which I agree with on the whole, but the 3 point thing is going to come to a head in the next couple of seasons as more & more teams shoot 60+ & possibly even 70 threes/game. It's really hard to watch when its gotten to that stage with Houston already.

[gambit1990]

really wasn’t a dumb shot.

a) idk what his percentage from 3 is but dame has been knocking them down this series
b) the game was tied... if blazers were down then yeah, different story
c) dude was open
d) he ended a series with houston in a very similar fashion

[midnightpulp]

really wasn’t a dumb shot.

a) idk what his percentage from 3 is but dame has been knocking them down this series
b) the game was tied... if blazers were down then yeah, different story
c) dude was open
d) he ended a series with houston in a very similar fashion

I didn't necessarily say it was a bad shot. I'm using it as an example of how modern players have basically mastered long distance shooting to the point where other tactics are much less effective. It's a shoot or die league now, whereas in the past, being adaptable to any style was the way to team build. Peak Shaq doesn't flourish in today's game. Some people might see that as an "improvement," but Shaq was one of the most unique athletes of all-time. I don't think peak Duncan flourishes, either. He's the greatest paint anchor of all-time, shutting down penetration nearly by himself, forcing teams into long jumpers. They'd just PnR him to death now.

[Seventyniner]

Just to spitball, how about turning off the three-point line in the first and third quarters?

[lefty]

:lol I know it's not going to happen, but I would like to see the NBA remove the 3 pt line just for kicks

It would be a fun experiment tbh

[spurraider21]

I didn't necessarily say it was a bad shot. I'm using it as an example of how modern players have basically mastered long distance shooting to the point where other tactics are much less effective. It's a shoot or die league now, whereas in the past, being adaptable to any style was the way to team build. Peak Shaq doesn't flourish in today's game. Some people might see that as an "improvement," but Shaq was one of the most unique athletes of all-time. I don't think peak Duncan flourishes, either. He's the greatest paint anchor of all-time, shutting down penetration nearly by himself, forcing teams into long jumpers. They'd just PnR him to death now.
yeah but how many guys are regularly taking/making 30+ foot shots mid... you're rewriting the rules because out some outliers. like the ncaa banning dunks because of alcindor

[FrostKing]

:lol I know it's not going to happen, but I would like to see the NBA remove the 3 pt line just for kicks

It would be a fun experiment tbh
Last 5 minutes of each quarter has a half court 4 point shot. Nigglets would lose their minds

[LkrFan]

This is hilarious:
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:lmao

[LkrFan]

Dame:

It was a good shot.

I think a lot of people don’t know what goes into the moments. That’s because they’re not the ones that’s there. I literally work on those shots. And I don’t work on it so I can just come out and just shoot it for the whole game. I work on it just because, over my career, I know how much attention I’m going to get from defenses. So it’s just like you’re just keeping stuff, adding more things, adding more and more, keeping stuff in your pocket, in case these types of situations do present itself. Even if it’s not something you want to lean on, it’s something that you have there, that you worked on, you spent time doing. So, you’ve got confidence in it when the time does come. That’s why, when I was just standing there, I was like, well, it’s probably not good in a lot of people’s eyes. But I’m comfortable with this, and I’m confident in this. So, to me, it’s a solid shot.

For him to say that’s a bad shot, that’s just kind of being a poor sport. If anything, it was bad defense, because I had the ball in my hands with two seconds, and I wasn’t going to drive, so maybe he should’ve just bodied up.

With 2 seconds left, Playoff P played him for the drive :rollin :lmao:rollin

[FrostKing]

Dame:


With 2 seconds left, Playoff P played him for the drive :rollin :lmao:rollin
Much easier to make a 35 foot stationary shot with defender 3 feet back than hit a 30 foot shot on the run & defender in face

George dumb

[UZER]

George was ready. He just didn’t expect him to shoot it from THAT far because that was a dumb shot. And even at that, he made a good contest on the shot.

[tlongII]

That’s not a dumb shot for Dame or Steph.

[DAF86]

Fair point. I'd like any solution that gets the league wide average on 3s down to about 25%. The original intention of the shot was to supposed to be a Home run/Hail Mary type play, not a shot you take 40 times a game and one you take from 37 feet out in the playoffs. People are no doubt entertained by this, but I think it goes against the spirit of the team game basketball is supposed to be when isolating yourself for a 37 footer is a "good play." Athletes are catching up to distances/rules in all sports, due to the rise of analytics finding exploits, leading to more focus on training to take advantage of those exploits. Outcome is an unbalanced sport. NBA won't change anything, though. 37 footers are perfect twitterverse highlights.

You bitch about the NBA, but isn't baseball supposedly doing the same? Swinging for home runs more? :lol

[midnightpulp]

You bitch about the NBA, but isn't baseball supposedly doing the same? Swinging for home runs more? :lol

They are (any they don't swing for the fences every pitch), but the result is a whopping 1 more homerun per game compared to a low power year, like 1989 (total, meaning .5 more homers per team over 9 innings). If homeruns were 40% of all hits, I would have the same problem. But you saw I said athletes are catching to distances/rules in all sports. Where baseball has its balance issue is with pitching. As I told Harlem, seems like everyone throws 98mph now with off-speed stuff that is just nasty. Then when hitters be might getting a read on the pitcher (batters hit about .270 3rd time vs. .247 1st time), the game is handed off to the bullpen, where some pitchers only face a single batter. Hitters are way behind the arms race.

MLB is taking steps to address this by forcing relievers to have to face a minimum of 3 batters (coming next season). Moving the mound back and raising the strikezone has also been proposed. Rule changes will eventually come no matter, though. Pitching will keep getting better and better at a faster rate than hitters can get better, under modern rules and dimensions.

NBA will never change because this is the style of game fans prefer.