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The biggest difference in the last 40 years is defenses

Posted on: October 6, 2020 at 16:04:10 CT

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And the offensive counters that are required to beat the defensive changes. Shooting is a major component of it.

If you can’t shoot you will lose.

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This is a good listen if you're one of the people who - tgr MU

- 10/6 14:12:40

Is this supposed to be new information? (nm) - mizzou john MU

- 10/8 10:00:04

But, you still have to make enough of them - Mormad MU - 10/7 14:26:07

If you aren't making them from behind the 3-point - tgr MU

- 10/7 14:56:19

Mizzou wasn’t good at any of them last season - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/7 14:29:39

Where do you get mid-range stats for our team?(nm) - tgr MU

- 10/7 14:57:00

Synergy (nm) - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/7 15:05:25

Of course this makes sense when you just simply look at the - StaleyTiger MU - 10/7 12:23:30

RE: This is a good listen if you're one of the people who - Ragarm MU - 10/7 09:10:07

That is predictable actually, since taking a good - GA Tiger MU - 10/7 07:55:43

Jimmy Butler disagrees. (nm) - Uncle John KC - 10/6 15:29:56

so do all these guys. It can create other openings in - SabertoothTiger MU - 10/6 15:58:04

Steph Curry does agree. The analytics & math agree as well.(nm) - tgr MU

- 10/6 15:52:46

not all the guys can hit threes like him. Almost nobody can - SabertoothTiger MU - 10/6 16:00:01

You don’t have to be an elite 3 point shooter - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/6 16:06:14

i agree but using steph as an example isn't what I'd - SabertoothTiger MU - 10/6 22:30:29

Steph is almost a best case scenario of the impact - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/7 09:50:47

Analytics hasn't evolved to explain how basketball - FIJItiger MU

- 10/6 15:02:54

What do you mean by "skill level is low". Probably - GA Tiger MU - 10/7 07:53:29

Its absurdly high in the NBA, but I'm talking about - FIJItiger MU

- 10/7 08:04:57

I have to agree with Fiji here. Players today are way more - sprintcar STL - 10/7 08:20:35

So you're saying that players today relatively can't - GA Tiger MU - 10/7 11:40:48

The only skill players now don’t have that they used to - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/7 08:25:37

We agree - 3 point shots don't make the defense work and - alstl MU - 10/6 20:17:15

Here's the science for ya. - Newcatbirdseat MU - 10/6 15:10:10

RE: Here's the science for ya. - FIJItiger MU

- 10/6 15:25:00

Mizzou was one of the best in the SEC last - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/6 15:24:57

At some point the players just have to be good enough to - sprintcar STL - 10/6 15:31:54

Not enough of them - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/6 15:34:22

I don't argue that analytics say what they do. I argue why - sprintcar STL - 10/6 14:39:11

It’s also because nobody practices and is good at the - alwaysright MU - 10/6 15:13:34

You must have been around different players and coaches - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/6 15:21:05

Ricky Frazier and Bernard King are a distant memory.... - marcus aurelius SEMO - 10/6 23:06:40

Bernard King might avg 40ppg in today's college bb (nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 10/7 07:48:20

Because they never work on that part of their game. - alwaysright MU - 10/6 16:53:36

Every player I have been around continues to work - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/6 16:55:41

RE: You must have been around different players and coaches - FIJItiger MU

- 10/6 15:28:14

That doesn’t have any mid range stats on it (nm) - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/6 15:31:54

More tellingly, it doesn't have any 3 pt stats on it - FIJItiger MU

- 10/6 15:47:53

That was also almost 40 years ago - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/6 15:51:26

You would need skilled players - FIJItiger MU

- 10/6 15:56:51

The biggest difference in the last 40 years is defenses - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/6 16:04:10

Defense isn’t guarding the midrange now. It’s never been - alwaysright MU - 10/6 16:54:36

You do see a lot of shots at the rim - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/6 16:57:37

Agree, but defenses aren't that much worse - FIJItiger MU

- 10/6 16:14:31

Defenses are way different now - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/6 16:18:25

Even poor 3 point shooting is usually more efficient - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/6 14:41:40