Chris Paul didn’t just win his first NBA Finals game, he controlled it, because the Bucks gave up the shots defenses are comfortable surrendering but that might as well be layups for him...the still very much alive midrange jumper.
CP3 has been around long enough through 16 seasons to see the three-point revolution in real-time. However, that never made him shy away from shooting from 16 feet. And trust me when I say this: the analytics are fine with him pulling from the elbow given he shot 52% from midrange this year.
The numbers are all about measuring efficiency and CP3 is efficient from that spot of the floor, which is why he was never told to avoid those shots, even when playing for Daryl Morey and Mike D’Antoni in Houston.