Quote Originally Posted by iamgine

That shows mid range is easier. Or at least very close.
3-pointers are harder because of the distance, but 2-pointer are harder in a different way because they're far more CONTESTED - defenders are [COLOR="darkred"]much closer to 2-point shooters[/COLOR] on average - this is statistical fact.

NBA.com's stats show that over 80% of the league's 3-pointers are taken with 4+ feet of room, compared to only 30% of 2-pointers.

In Steph Curry's case, 70% of his threes are taken with 4+ feet of room - specifically, he attempted 11.3 threes per game this season, of which 5.2 of them were "open" (4-6 feet of room), and 2.7 were "very open" (6+ feet), per NBA.com's stats:


[COLOR="White"]........................................[/COLOR]0-2 ft (very tight)[COLOR="White"]....[/COLOR] 2-4 ft (tight)[COLOR="White"].....[/COLOR] 4-6 ft (open)[COLOR="White"].... [/COLOR]6+ ft (very open)

[COLOR="DarkRed"]STEPH CURRY'S.
3-PT ATTEMPTS PER GAME[/COLOR] [COLOR="White"]....[/COLOR][COLOR="White"]...........[/COLOR]0.4[COLOR="White"]....................[/COLOR] 2.9[COLOR="White"]....................[/COLOR]5.1[COLOR="White"]....................[/COLOR]2.7 [COLOR="DarkGreen"]<-- nba.com[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkRed"]PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL 3-PT ATTEMPTS[/COLOR] [COLOR="White"]....[/COLOR][COLOR="White"]................[/COLOR]0.4%[COLOR="White"]................[/COLOR] 26.1%[COLOR="White"]...............[/COLOR]45.9%[COLOR="White"]...............[/COLOR]24.3%