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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 3141162, member: 1414"] 38 feet is generally a bad shot. But.. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/12/29/brad-stevens-on-the-3-pointers-future-think-deeper/[/URL] “Twenty-eight, 30 feet I would say is the answer I would give,” the Celtics coach said when asked about the future of the 3-pointer. “When you think about how freely people shoot it now off the dribble, how bigs can be going away from the basket, set their feet and make a 23-footer – I just think it will continue,” he said. “Range will continue to be expanded. It will be an even bigger emphasis to defend it. That’s one of the things that makes it so hard. Layups are I’m sure up as well, and I don’t know that for a fact, but I’m guessing they’re up from 10, 15 years ago. Much more space, and it’s really hard to do it. I’d be shocked if it gets stopped anytime soon.” “For sure. No question, that’s the [B]Steph Curry[/B] effect, right?” said Stevens. “When you pick up Kyrie Irving, Steph Curry, [B]Kemba Walker[/B], at 22 feet you’re dead. You’d better pick them up higher than that, because they’re so good scoring off the dribble into their shot from 25, 26 feet and in, I just think that’s the game right now. “And that’s something that is stretching defenses out, and the best offenses get to the rim because of that,” he said. “That’s what we’re trying to get better at.” [/QUOTE]