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Message: [QUOTE="bballgrda, post: 3948680, member: 1835"] Corner 3s aren't going away w/o a rule change. I won't claim to have an in depth knowledge of basketball X's and O's, I have never committed myself to understanding all of the strategy. I have a general awareness and sense, however, which leads to my next thought. Offensive rebounds are even more dynamic of an event than the ways you describe, such as where a shot is taken. Obviously, who gets the rebound is mostly determined by positioning. Good players will take shots that might otherwise be bad if their big has position down low. The concept of the "Kobe assist" has been around for a while and I am sure existed under other names before. While the game will certainly change as teams develop strategies to counter one another, I would bet that NBA analytics teams have way more of a grasp on the game than you are implying. You reference the regular season in your post when its clear that all the major players in the NBA only care about the playoffs. Strategies in these games are way different as teams have time to prepare and adapt over the course of a series. At the end of the day, all of the contenders play styles are determined by their generational talents that defy any analytics you could apply to a normal player. [/QUOTE]