Episode #22: The Evolution of the 3-Point Shot: From Rare Commodity to the Lethal Weapon of Today!
Description
In 1987 Michael Jordan averaged 37.1 points per game. In 2006 Kobe Bryant put up 35.5 points per game. And in 2019 James Harden lit up the stat sheets to the tune of 36.1 points per game. These three marks rank as the best individual scoring seasons of the modern era
And how those 3 prolific scorers achieved those historical remarks was in extremely different ways.
Harden attempted 13 threes per game during his campaign, Bryant only tried 6.5. But the leader of them all, MJ, attempted less than 1 per game, averaging just 0.8 threes per game
3 all-time great, 3 unique and distinct play styles.
On today’s episode, we take the NBA time machine across several stops, as we into the history of the 3 Point shot, how it has evolved over some 40 years, and imagine what may lie ahead for the game we all love.
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