Im Still Ballin
06-05-2022, 01:20 AM
The three-point line was originally 25 feet when it was first introduced to the ABL in 1961. They also decided to modify the line and shorten it in the corners to 22 feet. You can read about it below in the quoted section.
Most of the 'ugly' three-pointers in the NBA are taken from above the break. These are the off-the-dribble, high pick-and-roll shots that perimeter players can get easily. The corner threes typically come from a defensive breakdown, which is good basketball.
By extending the three-point line at the top, you'll decrease the value of those shots. These are the numbers from the JxmyHighroller video:
21 Feet: 37.1%
22 Feet: 36.8%
23 Feet: 35.8%
24 Feet: 35.4%
25 Feet: 33.9%
26 Feet: 31.9%
27 Feet: 28.9%
I'm not sure how accurate these numbers are, but I'd imagine we'd see a 1-2% decrease in above-the-break three-pointers. This would 'nerf' them subtly, encouraging other, more traditional avenues of shot selection.
Over the last 20 years, NBA players have averaged 1.05 points per above-the-break 3 and 1.16 points per corner 3
At the direction of Abe Saperstein, the American Basketball League (ABL) became the first basketball league to institute the rule in 1961. As commissioner of the new league, Saperstein wanted to add excitement to the game and distinguish the league from the bigger NBA. He hoped the three-pointer would become basketball's equivalent of the home run. “We must have a weapon,” Saperstein said, “and this is ours.”
To determine the distance the new shot line should be from the basket, Saperstein and longtime DePaul University coach Ray Meyer went onto a court one day with tape and selected 25 feet as the right length.
“They just arbitrarily drew lines,” his son Jerry Saperstein said. “There’s really no scientific basis. Just two Hall of Fame coaches getting together and saying: ‘Where would we like to see the line?’”
Not long after, in June 1961, Saperstein was traveling when the other seven ABL owners voted 4-3 to officially shorten the line, to 22 feet. Saperstein, who had significant power in the league as owner of the popular Globetrotters, disagreed with this and simply ignored the ruling.
Games continued with the 25 feet (7.62 m) shot. Saperstein eventually acknowledged there was one problem with the 25-foot arc and solved it by adding a 22-foot line in the corners. “It made for interesting possibilities,” he wrote
Most of the 'ugly' three-pointers in the NBA are taken from above the break. These are the off-the-dribble, high pick-and-roll shots that perimeter players can get easily. The corner threes typically come from a defensive breakdown, which is good basketball.
By extending the three-point line at the top, you'll decrease the value of those shots. These are the numbers from the JxmyHighroller video:
21 Feet: 37.1%
22 Feet: 36.8%
23 Feet: 35.8%
24 Feet: 35.4%
25 Feet: 33.9%
26 Feet: 31.9%
27 Feet: 28.9%
I'm not sure how accurate these numbers are, but I'd imagine we'd see a 1-2% decrease in above-the-break three-pointers. This would 'nerf' them subtly, encouraging other, more traditional avenues of shot selection.
Over the last 20 years, NBA players have averaged 1.05 points per above-the-break 3 and 1.16 points per corner 3
At the direction of Abe Saperstein, the American Basketball League (ABL) became the first basketball league to institute the rule in 1961. As commissioner of the new league, Saperstein wanted to add excitement to the game and distinguish the league from the bigger NBA. He hoped the three-pointer would become basketball's equivalent of the home run. “We must have a weapon,” Saperstein said, “and this is ours.”
To determine the distance the new shot line should be from the basket, Saperstein and longtime DePaul University coach Ray Meyer went onto a court one day with tape and selected 25 feet as the right length.
“They just arbitrarily drew lines,” his son Jerry Saperstein said. “There’s really no scientific basis. Just two Hall of Fame coaches getting together and saying: ‘Where would we like to see the line?’”
Not long after, in June 1961, Saperstein was traveling when the other seven ABL owners voted 4-3 to officially shorten the line, to 22 feet. Saperstein, who had significant power in the league as owner of the popular Globetrotters, disagreed with this and simply ignored the ruling.
Games continued with the 25 feet (7.62 m) shot. Saperstein eventually acknowledged there was one problem with the 25-foot arc and solved it by adding a 22-foot line in the corners. “It made for interesting possibilities,” he wrote