We’ve arrived at a certain point in basketball evolution where observers start to think a player who cannot shoot from three has a negative impact on a team’s offensive performance. We are still in the middle of the spaced-out era and the ability to generate spacing for your teammates has become the key to keeping your job in the NBA.
While the modern white-collar worker must learn how to use AI, the contemporary basketball player has to learn how to shoot… unless he finds another way to amplify the spacing. “Amplify” suggest some spacing already exists, meaning the player we will look at today doesn’t have to create the space himself but must ensure he keeps it alive.