In the modern-day NBA, shooting defines a player. If they cannot make an outside basket while stretching the floor, their value diminishes. The New York Knicks have tried to adjust to that, but struggled to make shots in 2018-19.
Previous teams did not have this problem, however, with franchise-best seasons from the field that sometimes correlated to the wins and losses.
10 teams stand out for this, with the highest field goal percentages in franchise history. Some of these numbers may indicate the NBA’s old playing style, as they are generally from the same era:
- 1979-80, 49.