Why the lost art is lost.

[OttoinGrotto]

Hijack alert:
I am really impressed with what the Jazz are building. Tough to break through in the loaded West, but they have done a great job accumulating young talent. Exum, Hayward, Favors, Gobert - hard to see that quartet not growing into a Western power soon. Gobert is a future DPOY & Ex is a future All Defensive teamer

It's been fun to watch. I'm gradually becoming a fan of the NBA, in part because of what I'm seeing with the Jazz. I'd really like to see them go big for Matthews or Afflalo in the off season to settle the backcourt a little more. Then if they can pick up a decent 3,4, or 5 in the draft to solidify the bench... might have something if everyone continues to improve.

 

[SWC75]

the midrange game will have its time in the sun again. the whole point of analytics is to identify market inefficiencies. As the space & pace game becomes dominant, defenses will evolve to focus so heavily on the arc & the cup that the midrange will be the open area. Smart teams will look for players who can exploit that. In 5 years or so, the next revolution will be built on the mid range jumper.

It already has.

 

[sufandu]

modern analytics looks at individual players shooting

no one would tell michael jordan not to do something just because the average player wouldn't

we're talking about the game in general, so you look at everything. if we were mavs fans, analytics says shoot 17 footers all day Dirk

That makes sense, but so many people make blanket statements like, "The deep 2 point shot is the worst one in basketball," it's not true for everyone. You see it on this forum all of the time and it's probably already been said in this thread.

I wonder if more young players would be more proficient at the midrange shot if it wasn't considered a bad shot by more and more people. Does it become a self fulfilling prophesy if a young player stops practicing the midrange shot because they're told it's better to just step back and take a three.