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Without Pippen, Jordan is just a glorified Dominique Wilkins with a longer shelf life.​

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Without Pippen, Jordan is just a glorified Dominique Wilkins with a longer shelf life.

He's still a top-5 all-time player. With maybe one ring.

 

Without Kareem, Magic never wins a championship.

 

Magic won a ring with 41 year old Kareem in ‘88. Throw an average center in that lineup in Kareem’s place and they still win it.

 

I was just looking at the Game 6 box score from that year (the Isiah game). Lakers tried 2 3-point shots the whole game.

In the most recent Finals Game 6 (2019), the Raptors tried 33 3s and the Warriors 31.

 

The stat I would like to see is what the opposing team in the possession following the three-point attempt averages in points per possession.

Do long rebounds lead to easier attempts on the other end?
Does shooting the three lead to more offensive rebounds?
Does shooting the three mean less free throw attempt?
More or less turnovers?

Can you break all these stats down by player? I’m sure it can be done, but is this info being published?

 

I would like to know the win/loss record for teams that take X amount of 3s per game over, say, the last five years.

What is the record if you attempt 15 3s? 14? 13? 25? And so on.

And then by makes.

Cleveland Cavs seem to think a successful season can be had by taking the fewest 3-pointers in the league.

But then the 76ers are two spots above them and best in the East.

Top four in the league are Portland, Utah, Houston, and Toronto, so a bit of a mixed bag.

 

Gretzky stays in Edmonton and there is no mass NHL expansion into “sun” states; Jimmy Carson becomes a perennial All-Star with the Kings; Robin Thicke doesn’t go into music.