76ers: 3pt contest this year..

[ambchang]

Nice, so today's NBA's three point defense suck.

[DMC]

So the guy jacking up the most shots made the most 3s, cute!

Hey math re , look at the other axis... yeah over there where it says "3-pt percentage". There you go... now move along.

[Clipper Nation]

So the guy jacking up the most shots made the most 3s, cute!

Do you not understand the concept of percentages?

Never mind actual games - you could lock Ricky Rubio in an empty gym and make him shoot nothing but threes for two hours and he still wouldn't sniff 45%. Curry takes the most threes because he's the best in the world at making them.

[DMC]

Nice, so today's NBA's three point defense suck.

lol.. moving the goalposts.

With your logic you can never be wrong, if you are, then just change the logic.

[Clipper Nation]

lol.. moving the goalposts.

With your logic you can never be wrong, if you are, then just change the logic.

That's basically the mentality of yesterday's NBA fan - make re ed claims, move the goalposts a bunch of times and then declare victory.

The funniest part is that they still watch every single game and put money in the league's pockets, making the NBA even less inclined to bring back the isoball, hard fouls and 40-39 final scores they crave.

[DAF86]

That sentence was fine.

I tried googling "how they meant", I got nothing.

Not really. What was the purpose of it? If something dumb was said, how do you know if it was purposely done or unintended? If you can't tell, what is the point of the "warning" of not being purposely dumb?

i thought I knew, that's why I constructed the sentence that way. You not undersanding such a simple, and perfectly constructed, sentence made me start doubting the fact that you were being purposely dumb and got thinking you were actually this dumb, tbh.

Because this entire thread is about 3 point contest son. While we are at it, do we have to define it as 3 pt shooting in an NBA sized court, and not some kindergarten gym where the three point line is 4 feet away and the net is 3 feet high?

So? You quoted a post that literally said "in-game 3pt shooting". The topics of threads get changed constantly and sub-topics appear. Smart people understand this and answer to specific posts accordingly.

intelligent internet warrior

Not a warrior, tbh. It's just that, over a certain period of time, folks are able to identify posters that know what they are talking about, and show a proper level of education, from those that don't, tbh.

[DMC]

Nothing like giving the ball to Dominique and watching him struggle or dunk while 4 guys stand around eating boogers on live TV. If you like that, watch OKC.

[DMC]

[LittleCriminal]

Nba should just have the top 10 league leaders in the all star 3 challenge..

[ambchang]

Do you not understand the concept of percentages?

Never mind actual games - you could lock Ricky Rubio in an empty gym and make him shoot nothing but threes for two hours and he still wouldn't sniff 45%. Curry takes the most threes because he's the best in the world at making them.

How can you tell? Rubio locked in a gym would be similar to a three point shooting contest that never ends, no?

[ambchang]

lol.. moving the goalposts.

With your logic you can never be wrong, if you are, then just change the logic.

Not really, in my first post in this thread I clearly stated that a variable between today's NBA and yesterday's NBA in three point shooting is the defense. They are different. I am actually consistent throughout the entire thread. It's :today's NBA fans that kept putting in game plan data as some sort of dispute.

That's basically the mentality of yesterday's NBA fan - make re ed claims, move the goalposts a bunch of times and then declare victory.

The funniest part is that they still watch every single game and put money in the league's pockets, making the NBA even less inclined to bring back the isoball, hard fouls and 40-39 final scores they crave.

I love slowing down for a car crash.

[djohn2oo8]

CN as Harlem's lapdog is incredibly sad and pathetic.

[ambchang]

I tried googling "how they meant", I got nothing.

Google is my overlord. All hail google.

today's kids.

i thought I knew, that's why I constructed the sentence that way. You not undersanding such a simple, and perfectly constructed, sentence made me start doubting the fact that you were being purposely dumb and got thinking you were actually this dumb, tbh.

Still didn't answer the question. Your second sentence essentially negated the purpose of the first sentence, and they were back to back, thus they were poorly constructed because there was no flow to any logic.

So? You quoted a post that literally said "in-game 3pt shooting". The topics of threads get changed constantly and sub-topics appear. Smart people understand this and answer to specific posts accordingly.

I thought DMC and Clipper Nation was talking about something around moving goal posts, you might want to check with them what the goal post is for a thread that was led "3pt contest ...."

Not a warrior, tbh. It's just that, over a certain period of time, folks are able to identify posters that know what they are talking about, and show a proper level of education, from those that don't, tbh.

And you are the sole person to determine that. Put that on your resume, it is quite an accomplishment.

[Kawhitstorm]

Do you not understand the concept of percentages?

Never mind actual games - you could lock Ricky Rubio in an empty gym and make him shoot nothing but threes for two hours and he still wouldn't sniff 45%. Curry takes the most threes because he's the best in the world at making them.

He ain't even the best 3 point shooter on his own team or his family, he's just the best chucker.

[Kawhitstorm]

Hey math re , look at the other axis... yeah over there where it says "3-pt percentage". There you go... now move along.

I actually did & his '16-'17 stats are off the charts b/c he has been mediocre as he isn't allowed to chuck up bad shots since Dominos is more efficient.

[Clipper Nation]

How can you tell? Rubio locked in a gym would be similar to a three point shooting contest that never ends, no?

Not really. He could shoot threes off the dribble in an empty gym. Or maybe bring a teammate with him to pass the ball to him. You know - things that actually happen in games.

CN as Harlem's lapdog is incredibly sad and pathetic.

"Anyone who disagrees with me is Harlem's lapdog!"

[DMC]

One question though, if 3 pt shooting is so much better in today's NBA, why aren't the players shooting that much better in the 3 pt shootout?

I mean, you are taking the variable of defense out as these are just players wide open shooting against time, and yet:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Point_Contest

Klay Thompson 27 / 34[c] 2016
Stephen Curry 27 / 34[c] 2015
Craig Hodges 25 / 30 1986
Jason Kapono 25 / 30 2008
Craig Hodges 24 / 30 1991
Mark Price 24 / 30 1994
Hubert Davis 24 / 30 1998
Jason Kapono 24 / 30 2007
Marco Belinelli 24[b] / 34[c] 2014
Klay Thompson 24 / 34[c] 2015
Stephen Curry 23 / 34[c] 2016

And the points are just higher because there are 4 extra money balls. Percentage-wise, the highest percentages were:

1986, 2008, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2007, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2015, 2016.

All the ones in the 10s made it purely because of the extra money balls.

Shouldn't they be shooting 80%+ like scrubs in the 90s (Hodges) and 00s (Kapono)?

Not really, in my first post in this thread I clearly stated that a variable between today's NBA and yesterday's NBA in three point shooting is the defense. They are different. I am actually consistent throughout the entire thread. It's :today's NBA fans that kept putting in game plan data as some sort of dispute.



I love slowing down for a car crash.

[DMC]

I actually did & his '16-'17 stats are off the charts b/c he has been mediocre as he isn't allowed to chuck up bad shots since Dominos is more efficient.

Keep running and trying to be pithy.

[Clipper Nation]

I thought DMC and Clipper Nation was talking about something around moving goal posts, you might want to check with them what the goal post is for a thread that was led "3pt contest ...."

The original thread was actually about who we want to see in the three-point contest. You turned the thread into another butthurt rant about "today's NBA" by trying to use the three-point contest as "proof" that yesterday's shooters were better. Then, after being proven wrong over and over again, you moved the goalposts to complaining about today's perimeter defense.

If you're going to complain about people not sticking to the topic, maybe don't hijack the thread and change the topic a bunch of times.

[Kawhitstorm]

Keep running and trying to be pithy.

[ambchang]

Not really. He could shoot threes off the dribble in an empty gym. Or maybe bring a teammate with him to pass the ball to him. You know - things that actually happen in games.

How would the gym be empty if he brings in a teammate?

[ambchang]

Thanks, consistency throughout. Take the variable of defense out, thus 3 pt shooting contest.

[Clipper Nation]

How would the gym be empty if he brings in a teammate?

Already reduced to semantics arguments

Just give it up already, you've lost the debate.

[Clipper Nation]

Take the variable of defense out, thus 3 pt shooting contest.

Damn, you're stupid.

[ambchang]

The original thread was actually about who we want to see in the three-point contest. You turned the thread into another butthurt rant about "today's NBA" by trying to use the three-point contest as "proof" that yesterday's shooters were better. Then, after being proven wrong over and over again, you moved the goalposts to complaining about today's perimeter defense.

If you're going to complain about people not sticking to the topic, maybe don't hijack the thread and change the topic a bunch of times.

It's about 3-pt contest, I am talking about 3-pt contest. No hi-jack.

As for perimeter defense, a chart was posted, I responded.