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Originally Posted by EHL
The rule changes don't have anything to do with it, players are just better this season. Some seasons, you just happen to see great perimeter players have great years all at the same time. Look at 94-95 when both Penny and Payton shot above 50% from the field (the highest of their careers). Other perimeter players had similarly better scoring efficiency that season too. It just happens sometimes, that's all.
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Sure, chance is a part of it, players entering their primes is part of it, and the rules are also part of it. The rule changes were designed to benefit athletic perimeter scorers and increase league-wide scoring. Iverson is probably the best example: he'll be 31 in June and he's having his best scoring season ever. To say the rules don't have anything to do with it is to go against what plenty of coaches and players, both past and present, have been saying.