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3-on-3 basketball added to 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Who would you send?
CelticsElite:
http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/19588090/3-3-basketball-added-2020-tokyo-olympic-program
3 on 3 is a different beast. I'm thinking players with quick transition defense and offense would thrive better. Maybe players than can play above the rim too.
Westbrook
Lebron
Davis
Backups:
Curry
Durant
Towns
gift:
--- Quote from: CelticsElite on June 09, 2017, 02:21:05 PM ---http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/19588090/3-3-basketball-added-2020-tokyo-olympic-program
3 on 3 is a different beast. I'm thinking players with quick transition defense and offense would thrive better. Maybe players than can play above the rim too.
Westbrook
Lebron
Davis
Backups:
Curry
Durant
Towns
--- End quote ---
Wait... transition defense? Is this 3 on 3 halfcourt? Or is the court just shorter?
gouki88:
Would it be on a full sized court? Or the more classic type where they only use the half of the court and you have to cross over the 3 point line? That changes the game drastically.
I'd send either a trio of:
Harden
Kawhi
LeBron
or
Curry
KD
Anthony Davis
BitterJim:
--- Quote from: CelticsElite on June 09, 2017, 02:21:05 PM ---http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/19588090/3-3-basketball-added-2020-tokyo-olympic-program
3 on 3 is a different beast. I'm thinking players with quick transition defense and offense would thrive better. Maybe players than can play above the rim too.
Westbrook
Lebron
Davis
Backups:
Curry
Durant
Towns
--- End quote ---
Having fewer players opens up the court, too, so outside shooting would be less important than being able to score inside. I'd probably go with Harden instead of Curry
gift:
--- Quote from: BitterJim on June 09, 2017, 02:31:02 PM ---
--- Quote from: CelticsElite on June 09, 2017, 02:21:05 PM ---http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/19588090/3-3-basketball-added-2020-tokyo-olympic-program
3 on 3 is a different beast. I'm thinking players with quick transition defense and offense would thrive better. Maybe players than can play above the rim too.
Westbrook
Lebron
Davis
Backups:
Curry
Durant
Towns
--- End quote ---
Having fewer players opens up the court, too, so outside shooting would be less important than being able to score inside. I'd probably go with Harden instead of Curry
--- End quote ---
It's interesting. Are they going with free throws, 2pt field goals, and 3pt field goals? The percentage for 2pt field goals would seem to go up with only 3 defenders, possibly making the efficiency discrepancy between 2s and 3s less in a 3-on-3 game. But then again, helping out on defense is likely to leave an open shooter even more open than in 5-on-5 where you have more options to rotate. I've never seen 3-on-3 with high level players so I'm not sure how it would work.
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