The Art Of the Midrange Jumper Is All But Gone in The NBA

I got into an interesting little argument about the fundamentals of basketball after a list came out of the top 10 fundamentally challenged players in the NBA. Although, I may have exaggerated on certain things there is the truth that the mid-range game of players is pretty much gone. There's a quote by Pete Newell who arguably was the greatest contributor to basketball that applies to today's NBA players and that quote is "Players today have increased physical skills, but basketball skills have diminished." Look at Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, and Kobe Bryant  for example they all use their physical abilities to their advantage. Yet, Wade and Bryant have their athleticism and James has his strength as well as athleticism. Each one uses those physical traits to get to the rim and to get to the line. That's where a majority of their points are scored. There will always be a game in the season where it seems like ...