![]() The concept of gravity and space in modern sports is built on split-second value judgments that a defense must make in response to perceived threats. And while Korver hit some deep 3s in his career, he seldom ran into unconscionable 3s as he was pulling up from the edge of the center logo: Or maybe it’s easier to think of Merrill as Double-Time Kyle Korver: He is attempting the same number of 3s per game as Korver did in 2014-15, his lone All-Star season, in nearly half the number of minutes. Merrill’s rate of attempts edges out Stephen Curry’s 2020-21 season as a plague-year Atlas (17.5) and James Harden’s 2018-19 attempt in Houston to break modern scoring and usage records (17.6)-all while he’s been shooting at a 43.2 percent clip. There is no one stat that fully captures Merrill’s new reality as one of basketball’s most valuable shooters, but this one comes close: He is attempting 17.7 3-pointers per 100 possessions this season, which is the highest mark of any player in history who has logged at least 300 minutes in a season. In the lone loss, against the one-and-done Joe Prunty–led Bucks, Merrill managed to be a plus-one in a 10-point defeat. Even better, the team is 11-1 when Merrill logs at least 20 minutes-and he’s averaged nearly 10 3-point attempts per night in those games. Since December 18, when Merrill started receiving regular minutes, the Cavaliers have ranked first and second, respectively, in those categories. A third of the way through the season, Cleveland ranked in the middle of the pack in 3-point attempt rate and percentage of points generated from 3s. That somehow involves Merrill, who is in the midst of one of the wildest shooting seasons in NBA history-and has, in a way, reshaped the entire Cavaliers offense by getting a permanent green light. Cipolla.Click here to read the The Ringer’s 2023-24 NBA rankings. Extracto del libro La Ciudad Medieval (1977)
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