[Paint Touches] Maui NBA Line is a Menace

[PaintTouches]

Small samples. Variances. Shooters. Rims. Travel. There are a ton of reasons to why the 8 Maui teams have combined to shoot 26% from 3, but after going through every MU 3 taken, I think the NBA line is easily the culprit.

https://painttouches.com/2023/11/21/the-nba-3-point-line-is-a-menace-maui-marquette-kansas-ucla-purdue/

Example after example of players taking shots from distances they would never normally do so.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Think it is more the great teams playing tough D than the arc. The bigger issue I saw with the floor is that the sideline ads bleed into the out of bounds lines. Saw a number of players stepping out and not seeing a white space separator.  The Zags had issues yesterday.

In fact, I think Kam got away with one yesterday on his break out that confused the refs. The Mad Leprechaun was right there and was jumping mad.

[NCMUFan]

I have to agree, the black NBA 3-pt line has greater contrast with the floor and hence, that is naturally what your eye would be attracted to.  I might tell the players, don't worry about stepping over the black 3-pt line when shooting.

[mugrad_89]

Why is there an NBA line in the first place?

[Milkshakes]

Watching the Purdue/TN game right now. This is absolutely impacting the shooting.  Purdue is shooting everything behind the NBA line.

[5DollarPitcher]

Why is there an NBA line in the first place?

Opportunity for hopefuls to showcase themselves. No problem with it.