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If you consider yourself a basketball purist or traditionalist, the NBA’s steady rise in three-point attempts – as opposed to hard drives to the hoop – may bother you. At one point in time, the goal of a 3-on-1 fast break was to create a dunk or layup, but nowadays, you frequently see that situation result in a pull-up 25-footer.

Well, there’s absolutely no question that the sport has become more of a perimeter game in recent years, with clear evidence of that everywhere you look. Despite the fact that three-point shooting accuracy in 2019-20 across the NBA (35.