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Message: [QUOTE="br801, post: 305180, member: 932"] That's a good point. And how some of the earlier stars would have fared with the 3-point shot makes for interesting speculation. I believe Jerry West would have been an excellent 3-point shooter, and obviously a guy like Pete Maravich would have thrived. Rick Barry is another guy who would have been great in the 3-point era (and an outstanding player who deserves mention in this thread.) Barry actually played a bit in the ABA and was one of the better 3-point shooters there as I recall. But the old ABA line was farther out (it was a legitimate 25 feet along most of the arc, I believe) so it's hard to compare shooting percentages to today's players. Also, in those days the 3-point shot was used less frequently (mainly out of desperation when you were trailing) and wasn't an integral part of most team's offenses. [/QUOTE]