Today's NBA Players are better 3 points shooters than players 20-30 years ago.

[Lebron23]

Today's Nba players are better 3 points shooters than players 20-30 years ago. Biggest criticism back in 2005 the media said players forget how to shoot.

[GOBB]

Today's Nba players are better 3 points shooters than players 20-30 years ago. Biggest criticism back in 2005 the media said players forget how to shoot.

That’s a lie. You should probably fact check your own nonsense. The only difference between now and 20yrs and 30 years ago? The attempts. Just becuase you shoot more 3’s does not make you better 3pt shooters.

[Wardell Curry]

That’s a lie. You should probably fact check your own nonsense. The only difference between now and 20yrs and 30 years ago? The attempts. Just becuase you shoot more 3’s does not make you better 3pt shooters.

They are better shooters overall today. They are training the shot more and volume is way way up. Percentages are up on top of volume exploding upwards. For percentages to go up with attempts going up, the only logical conclusion is that the shooters are better. If I have to explain this further, which I won't, it would reveal that you never had any hope of understanding any of this anyways.

[Phoenix]

There's guys from 20 years ago who would have translated fine if they played today with more attempts. Dell Curry. Glen Rice. Mark Price. Bird and Reggie obviously. Ray Allen would have had a field day if you gave him 10+ attempts a night. His career high in Seattle was 8.4 attempts at 41%. Chris Jackson/Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf would have been better today. Dale Ellis...

[1987_Lakers]

That’s a lie. You should probably fact check your own nonsense. The only difference between now and 20yrs and 30 years ago? The attempts. Just becuase you shoot more 3’s does not make you better 3pt shooters.

3pt% has been close to the same for 20 years now, but people also have to factor the degree of difficulty players who were attempting these shots back then to now. 20 years ago, players for the most part attempted 3s only when they were wide open, today you see way more contested 3 point attempts.

Shooting is better now, back then your power forward and center were not attempting 3s for the most part. Now if you want to get playing time as a power forward you have to be a threat from 3 and you see a bunch of centers shooting 3s as well. The game has changed drastically. If a player like Wemby came along 20-30 years ago, you would not see him develop a 3 point shot and he would be coached to just play inside.

[GOBB]

First the eras aren’t even the same. 20-30 years ago you were discouraged by shooting a lot of 3’s. Today? It’s encouraged. The mid range shot is now what the 3pt shot was back then. The degree of difficulty? Is there stats to back up contested made 3’s being hit vs 20-30 years ago? I’d like to read that.


Shooting more 3pt attempts doesn’t mean you shoot the 3 better
Shooting contested 3pt attempts doesn’t mean you shoot the 3 better

Robert Covington is someone who not only jacked 3’s he shot contested 3’s. Sixers fans cringed when he did it. Was he a better 3pt shooter than Larry Bird? Dana Barros?

[GOBB]

They are better shooters overall today. They are training the shot more and volume is way way up. Percentages are up on top of volume exploding upwards. For percentages to go up with attempts going up, the only logical conclusion is that the shooters are better. If I have to explain this further, which I won't, it would reveal that you never had any hope of understanding any of this anyways.

The 3pt % 20 years 30 years and today is pretty much identical. The attempts of 3’s is staggering. It’s 3 time as many 3’s being shot today. But %’s are up? Post them. I checked league average today, 2005, 1995. Heck went back to 1985 but they took so little 3’a not even worth discussing. But surely you got data to back up your post. I’m all for being enlightened and reading up on things that may someone dove deeper into than you did. Link me if you can

[GOBB]

There's guys from 20 years ago who would have translated fine if they played today with more attempts. Dell Curry. Glen Rice. Mark Price. Bird and Reggie obviously. Ray Allen would have had a field day if you gave him 10+ attempts a night. His career high in Seattle was 8.4 attempts at 41%. Chris Jackson/Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf would have been better today. Dale Ellis...

There’s a lot of guys who would have translated just fine

[Phoenix]

There’s a lot of guys who would have translated just fine

Yeah, I just named a few off the top of my head

[ImKobe]

Would be shocking if they weren't, given that they specifically train to shoot a much higher volume of 3s lol. Doesn't mean the players from past eras wouldn't be able to do the same given the training and the attempts in game under today's rules.. There were plenty of great shooters who just didn't have enough volume. Go look at Steve Kerr's college 3PT numbers for example.

[tpols]

That’s a lie. You should probably fact check your own nonsense. The only difference between now and 20yrs and 30 years ago? The attempts. Just becuase you shoot more 3’s does not make you better 3pt shooters.

It kind of does. Focusing and doing anything for longer will make you better at it. They turned a blind eye to it back then for the most part and didn't realize the potential.

[ArbitraryWater]

That’s a lie. You should probably fact check your own nonsense. The only difference between now and 20yrs and 30 years ago? The attempts. Just becuase you shoot more 3’s does not make you better 3pt shooters.

Uh, yes. Otherwise they would have taken more 3s you dummie.

[Duffy Pratt]

To change the topic to something comparable:

No-one today has a decent hook shot, much less a sky hook. Is it because today’s players are just worse hook shooters? Or is it because they don’t practice the shot (for whatever reason)?

Similarly, it’s not that common to see anyone from the late 60s to early 70s dunking, and I can’t recall any image of someone getting posterized. Is that because guys were just incapable of dunking?

[GOBB]

To change the topic to something comparable:

No-one today has a decent hook shot, much less a sky hook. Is it because today’s players are just worse hook shooters? Or is it because they don’t practice the shot (for whatever reason)?

Similarly, it’s not that common to see anyone from the late 60s to early 70s dunking, and I can’t recall any image of someone getting posterized. Is that because guys were just incapable of dunking?

*sips tea*

[FKAri]

To change the topic to something comparable:

No-one today has a decent hook shot, much less a sky hook. Is it because today’s players are just worse hook shooters? Or is it because they don’t practice the shot (for whatever reason)?

Similarly, it’s not that common to see anyone from the late 60s to early 70s dunking, and I can’t recall any image of someone getting posterized. Is that because guys were just incapable of dunking?

Both. If you're a naturally good shooter you're going to be a more valuable prospect today than 30 years ago. Guys can work on things and get better but talent plays a big part. You can become a better shooter but turning from a non-shooter to a legit 3pt threat like Brook Lopez or Al Horford is rare. The vast majority go the way of Andre Drummond, DeAndre Jordan, etc.

[Reggie43]

The rules and style of play allow them to look better than they actually are.

A guy like Curry might be the greatest shooter of all time regardless of era but his scoring and percentages would drop if you ask him to play in 2004 under oldschool rules its not even arguable

[iamgine]

To change the topic to something comparable:

No-one today has a decent hook shot, much less a sky hook. Is it because today’s players are just worse hook shooters? Or is it because they don’t practice the shot (for whatever reason)?

Similarly, it’s not that common to see anyone from the late 60s to early 70s dunking, and I can’t recall any image of someone getting posterized. Is that because guys were just incapable of dunking?

Well yes today's players are much worse hook shooters because they don't practice it.

[Xiao Yao You]

Eubanks has good hook shots

[L.Kizzle]

Another thing that never gets mentioned is the rims and the balls. Those things make a huge difference as well. Breakaway rims didn't come into play until the early 80s.

[Axe]

Toody would be a more useful player in this era if he can at least shoot some of them. Anyway, while they do shoot better nowadays, it's apparent that defense has been compromised and neglected as a result. Which is probably the reason why silver wants to implement 10-minutes across quarters (instead of the usual 12) because of how teams have been averaging 110 or more per game. Also, random guys scoring 40+ points each like what both white and pritchard did recently have become a more common sight too lmao.