Raptors playing the long game with extra-deep three-pointers

The shots come seemingly out of nowhere when an NBA guard gets three or four steps over midcourt and lets fly, a deep, deep, deep three-pointer.

It’s a shot that brings oohs and ahs from the fans, looks of incredulity from defenders sometimes and one that represents another step in the evolution of the game that’s almost to the point where no shot is a bad shot.

They are the quick-triggered 30- or 33-footers made popular and possible by the unlimited range of Golden State’s Stephen Curry and now copied by guards throughout the league.