The late Cotton Fitzsimmons coached the Kings back in Kansas City when the NBA introduced the 3-point shot in 1979. Those Kings didn't exactly light it up from outside. They only made 25 3-pointers all season, shooting 21.9% on an unenthusiastic 1.4 attempts per game from that faraway land.
Today's NBA is different. James Harden makes 3s while doing the Running Man, Stephen Curry hits them from the hallway and most modern NBA offenses have weaponized the 3-point shot. The Houston Rockets set a record with 26 3-point goals in a single game last season, more than Cotton's Kings made from October of 1979 to March of 1980.
Forty years have passed. Three-point shooting has changed.
"Not only has it changed," Kings coach Luke Walton said. "It's changed the game."
