Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Why are there so many 3-pointers today? Is the modern game too repetitive? Do all teams REALLY play the same way? This detailed film breakdown & scouting report compares 1990s NBA basketball to the 2000s to today's modern NBA, after the Pace-and-Space revolution, to understand why offenses are so much harder to guard, why defenses have to be better than ever, and why the game is more complex than ever.

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