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Can a player stick around in the league for a long time without a solid 3 point shot, in this era? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Anxious_Star_5710@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Modern basketball is very different from the basketball of the 2000s, 90s, 80s, etc. With the death of the traditional big man, advent of spacing, positionless small ball, fast pace, it seems like certain types of players are being driven out of the NBA. Ben Wallace could not survive this league.

So is it still possible for someone to maintain a long career in the league without developing a reliable 3 point shot? And what would they have to specialize in to justify their value?

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[–] whtge8@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ben Wallace couldn’t survive in this league? Have you seen how much Gobert makes?

[–] hezzyskeets123@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gobert might as well be Steph Curry offensively compared to Ben Wallace

[–] photacos@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uhh no, did you see that clip from the other night he couldn’t even score on a mismatch right by the basket… stood around and waited for a triple team to swarm instead of trying to score from about 6 feet away

[–] FKJVMMP@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, Ben Wallace would have just dropped the pass instead.

[–] TuqiDuque12@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Not that it means Ben wouldn't survive, but I don't think you realize the extent to which Ben was bad offensively.

Part of it could mitigated because of the spread pnr offense, but he was much worse then Rudy offensively