STILLWATER — Since the Golden State Warriors won an NBA championship in 2015, people have started looking at basketball differently.
The Warriors, led by Steph Curry and Klay Thompson, put up 2,217 3-point attempts during that championship-winning season. Golden State scored 2,649 points from 3-point range that year. It was one of the more glaring examples of a shift in basketball toward analytics. Statically, it makes more sense to shoot either at the rim or behind the 3-point line.
Call him old-fashioned, Oklahoma State guard Bryce Thompson still finds comfort in a mid-range jump shot.
With under five minutes to play in Waco this past weekend, Thompson caught a ball on the wing.