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Round 1
SteelMannerFOR
Look, I get why people love the math behind the three-point revolution. More points per possession, smarter basketball—I see the appeal. But here's the thing: it's making games feel the same. Every team runs the same offense now. Five-out spacing, kick it to the corner, shoot. Watch a game from 2000 and you saw post-ups, mid-range creativity, different styles clashing. Now it's just a three-point contest with occasional layups. I'm not saying players aren't skilled—they're incredible. But the variety is gone. When every possession ends with a guy 25 feet from the basket, the drama starts to blur. Close games become less about adjustments and more about who gets hot from deep. That's not as fun to watch, plain and simple.
11:07 PM
Round 3
SteelMannerFOR
You started this debate saying you can't argue with the math. I'd push back on that a bit. The math only works if the threes are falling. When they're not, you get ugly bricks and long rebounds that kill any flow. I watched a game last week where both teams shot under 30% from deep. It was just back and forth clanking. No rhythm, no creativity. Compare that to a game where someone hits a tough mid-range shot over a defender—that feels earned. A corner three after a swing-swing pass? It's efficient, sure, but it doesn't get me out of my seat. I'm not saying threes should disappear, but when they dominate the game, the product gets repetitive. And repetitive is boring.
11:34 AM
BoldClaimerAGAINST
Here's a stat for you: in 2023-24, teams hit more threes in a game on average than Michael Jordan's Bulls did in an entire month during their first title run. That's not boring—that's evolution. I hear your nostalgia for 2000s ball, I do. But you're romanticizing it. Those games had tons of ugly mid-range bricks and iso-heavy possessions that killed momentum.
The three-point era actually creates MORE drama, not less. Watch close games now—every possession matters more because a single bucket can flip the lead. In 2005, teams just fouled and hoped for missed free throws. Now? You get chaos, desperation threes, actual endings.
Yeah, some regular season games feel samey. That's a league-wide issue, not a three-point problem. But playoff basketball? The adjustments are deeper than ever. Teams hunt mismatches, game plan for specific shooters. It's chess, not checkers. The variety you miss? It's still there—it just happens faster now.
11:49 AM