In basketball, the birth of "three-pointers" has been more than 30 years since its birth. Its appearance is because the designers want to slightly change the way this sport plays. At that time, there were still a lot of give and go games until they were close to the basket and scored again. They probably did not expect that in a few years, this sport would become a comprehensive sport of large-scale long shots and hand-to-hand combat at the basket. On today's basketball court, three-pointers are flying in a row, but the quality is uneven. Most people blame the cause on the success of Stephen Curry and Warriors in recent years, which has enabled the new generation of players to create the conclusion that "get three points and win the world". Whether it has enough training foundation or not, they try a large number of three-pointers on the court, ignoring the rest of the details of basketball, which is also a phenomenon that the older generation of fans hate today.
However, since 2010, the advancement of information technology has made basketball data analysis unprecedentedly popular, with the three sons Sam Hinkie (former general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers), Darryl Morey (current team manager of Houston Rockets ) and Bob Myers (current team manager of the Golden State Warriors). They were buried in the video and various data after each game. The common conclusion was that adding three-point shots is more beneficial than disadvantages. Finally, they all started to work on their own great dominance. Sam Hinkie was unable to build a three-point team in time because he wanted to make the team's combat power through extra play and draft picks. Darryl Morey's "magic ball theory" made the Rockets and three-pointers in the post-T-MacYao era inseparable, and last year he even made three-pointers to the peak; there was no need to say more about what Bob Myers and the Warriors did. To this day, the statistics and practical results of the three players have been followed by the entire league. The three-point line has become an indispensable thing on the basketball court. Charles Barkley, a famous caller who could shout "the jumper cannot win the championship" before 2015, dared not say similar things. But under the mainstream voice, Stephen Curry still became the scapegoat.
What good thing did the library do? Curry's magical gameplay makes basketball an unprecedentedly interesting in the eyes of most fans. His crazy three-point feast since 2013 has opened another path for NBA players. Since then, more players have chosen to increase the number of three-point shots, and the defenders appear more in the form of "No. 1.5". Small scorers like Lillard , C.J. McCollum, and even this year's rookie Trae Young can enjoy the treatment of becoming a center of gravity player. Before Curry appeared, even if the shooting sharpshooter Jason Terry was never welcomed in the league, they would be positioned as having too strong a goal in the number one position and too short a goal in the second position. Even if Gilbert Arenas, a "alien" in the NBA, appeared, his playing style was still questioned at the time. Curry's emergence made experts realize that the significance of three-pointers is much greater than that of the three-pointers itself. Players like Curry who pose a large number of threats at the three-point line due to his external ability can create more scoring opportunities for other teammates, which means that more three-pointers can form more scoring. Once this gap is opened, NBA teams immediately formed an arms race on three-pointers. Teams like the Bucks that have been congested in offensive traffic in the past many years have introduced a few three-pointers this season, and the offensive space will be greatly improved, which undoubtedly confirms the success of the three-pointer reform.
From the perspective of the player, the three-pointer-oriented style can indeed reduce their physical consumption and reduce the possibility of injury (Curry: I object). Not everyone has MJ and Kobe-like superhuman physical strength and willpower to support a large number of collisions and mid-range attacks. They have a greater chance of becoming a middle-range iron monster, which is also the reason why mid-range is gradually recognized as an inefficient scoring method. From the team's perspective, after the three-point reform emerged, their direction in the construction of the army lineup became simpler. As long as they find the right center of gravity players and then configure a bunch of 3D players and reliable inside players for him, this team will basically take shape. This is also the so-called "magic ball" theory. Last year's Rockets did it, and this year's Bucks, Lakers, Nuggets and Grizzlies are actually taking this path.
What bad things did the library do? About 20 years ago, MJ had an advertisement slogan "Be Like Mike". The message to bring out is that every player dreams of becoming MJ, and the current basketball trend is that everyone wants "Be Like Steph". On the wild court, everyone rushed to imitate Curry's shooting range and difficult three-pointers, but they all forgot that Curry is an alternative genius. Under his seemingly mediocre physical fitness, he has super physical coordination skills that a physical trainer has never encountered. Therefore, if you only want to imitate Curry by "similarity" and imitate it, it is a mistake in itself. The path Curry really pioneered for his juniors is the path for a small man to become a sharpshooter through hard training, rather than a path without effort. What's more, Curry's success story is difficult for ordinary people to copy. Before him, there were many three-pointer shooters in the NCAA. J.J. Redick and the Lonely God were once praised for their benefits, but it was also difficult to transform into the NBA. The latter turned directly to the CBA development. The real story is that only geniuses like Curry and Westbrook and can play No. 2 in front of the NBA, and learn to play No. 1 in just a while in the NBA; what is really worth learning from should be players like J.J. Redick who keeps improving himself in order to adapt to basketball.
Another thing Curry has brought to basketball is the evolution of shooting posture. Ten years ago, players were still very particular about "textbook jumpers", and some of the fast shots with half-push shots were never recognized. But because Curry allowed Quick Release to carry forward, the shooting movements began to become less important (although Curry's shooting posture was beautiful), fans stopped practicing the correct shooting posture in order to pursue a longer shooting range. A lot of shooting movements like LaMelo Ball, which have imbalanced feet and elbows, have begun to have a lot of shooting movements. As long as they can make a shot, it doesn't matter whether they push or shoot. Even Kobe, who was in his later years and LBJ, have obvious Quick Release performance in shooting in long shots compared to early and mid-career periods. Is Curry really going to take the blame? In fact, objectively speaking, the evolution of basketball has always been a disadvantage. In the past, because of MJ's success, the league has been constantly looking for the next MJ for more than ten years. The current three-point shooting boom is just to liberate from the past MJ creation movement to today's collective reform. They don't have to look for the next Curry, they just need to enjoy the results brought by the three-pointers together. Curry's appearance only makes this process faster and makes this trend irreversible. If you like our article, please follow
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