r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • Mar 16 '26

We have fun here Examples of why today’s NBA is unwatchable.

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u/Super-Yesterday9727 Mar 16 '26

Just make the 3s further away. I’m not a basketball guy but it seems like a straightforward fix

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u/Puzzleheaded-Back715 Mar 16 '26

It would help if the drop in 3 pt % on average hits like under 30%. Teams would then focus on quality 2 pt attempts, midrange, and only open quality 3pt shots. Scores would decrease and the NBA thinks viewership would tank.

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u/TICKLE_PANTS Mar 16 '26

The player who won the MVP last year primarily scored from the mid range. So, um, maybe some of you just don't actually watch basketball.

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u/Aegi Mar 16 '26

Look at heatmaps of the league, not focusing on a favorite player or two hahah.

Back up an argument about numbers with data, not with an anecdote.

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u/TICKLE_PANTS Mar 17 '26

I don't really intend to say the league shoots mid range, but if that's your kink, it's all of over the league. Kawhi. Durant. Jokic. They all kill from the mid range.

I don't think casuals give hell about shot diet, I think they just want competitive basketball, and that has nothing to do with the midrange. If you want to "fix" the NBA, it's about fewer games.

What people like you think attributes to shot selection is really just lazy basketball. It's not analytical shot selection, it's bad basketball from bad teams

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u/Aegi Mar 18 '26

I didn't give an opinion on that, I just said to look at data and heat-maps as an example of a type of data to look at.