BREAKING: Shooting is important in basketball.
They say defense wins championships and every coach wants his team to rebound better and of course you can't be giving the ball away like it's 500 degrees, but for as long as the winner of each game is the team that scores the most points, shooting will be the game's most crucial skill.
That's never been more true than in this era of aerial bombardment, when the majority of players on any given NBA roster are legitimate 3-point threats — including the centers, most of whom are greater scoring threats from 25 feet than from five feet with their back to the basket.