When Gorgui Dieng entered the NBA in 2013-14, big men didn’t need to be able to shoot from deep.
The year before Dieng entered the league, Spencer Hawes led centers with 31 made 3-pointers. That's 0.37 3-pointers made per game.
Are we sure that wasn’t 30 years ago?
Fast-forward to the, I guess, modern NBA.
Last season, there were 20 centers who eclipsed 31 made 3-pointers, led by Milwaukee’s Brook Lopez, who made 187.
Lopez making 187 3-pointers in the season is the equivalent of your 1995 Grand Prix that has everyone pointing for the wrong reasons (different door color and rust dragging on the road) suddenly turning into a Tesla.