We are really helping you out . Sumlin would just run them off , anyway . <| sep |> 15 whole games ? wow . Impressive . I ' ve randomed BS and won with him more times than that . <| sep |> Now I ' m starting to question if you ' re even responding to me or if you ' re somehow seeing entirely different comments than the rest of us . <| sep |> Didn ' t you just do that ? <| sep |> I observed a receiver go 57 on a win . That ' s good enough . <| sep |> Done , thank you very much for your help <| sep |> Unless you were wide open , 3 ' s especially early in the shot clock were considered a bad shot . I think the mentality was the closer you are to the basket the better the shot selection was . We know now shooting a lot of 3 s isnt necessarily inefficient anymore . My guess is players used to practice mostly midrange and a little bit from 3 . Once players started shooting 3 s more the snowball just kept rolling as coaches and players alike began to discover its not as bad to shoot more 3 s as they originally thought . Some NBA rule changes may have fueled the 3 pt shooting as well to allow perimeter players to thrive .