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Changing the defensive rules in ‘01 changed the types of inside guys.

Chris Jackson was a sick shooter. Recall him coming out of HS and at LSU. Kid once hit 270 consecutive free throws in practice ... including 90 in a row that hit nothing but net.

Part of the thing is better analytics highlights the bad decisions in stolen bases much of the time. That out is really costly. The extra base is valuable only some of the time. In the old days, it was about carefully manufactured runs in low scoring games, where the choice made sense...

I think you’re right in retrospect ... but the time-line is hard to match to that from a causal perspective. The three point line came into college in the mid-‘80s. I think the game was evolving to in and out before the highlight and media era really took off. But in today’s era, I agree that...

Good question. I have said for 3 decades now that the move to the 3 pt shot in basketball changed the game in ways that left to less talented overall players. The whole game was about getting the best mid-range shots originally, because that’s where the odds were. And that meant using the...