11-01-2021, 11:16 AM
(11-01-2021, 10:55 AM)Kammrath Wrote: The new ball might explain some of the shooting woes as well. Shooting is down across the league.
Yes, I was just reading this morning that shooting, and scoring in general, are down so far this season. (Sorry I can't remember the source.) Down by six points per hundred possessions, which was said to be a very large decline.
The downturn was attributed to several factors --
-- adjustment to the new rules on officiating;
-- adjustment to the new ball;
-- several very high-scoring players sidelined or hampered with injuries;
-- two consecutive shortened offseasons, resulting in players being in worse shape than they usually are at the beginning of a season, and their bodies not completely recovered from the previous season.