I’m old enough to remember when Al Horford didn’t shoot 3’s.
It may be hard for younger Celtics fans to fathom, but it’s true. In his first seven seasons, he attempted a combined 29 3-pointers. Twenty-nine! It wasn’t part of his repertoire at all.
Then, in the 2014-15 season, he upped the number to 36 (whoa, slow down there, Al) but shot just 30.8 percent. That offseason, though, Horford made the conscious choice to expand his arsenal and basically reinvent his game in Year 9.
It worked wonderfully and expanded his window of effectiveness long term.