The ultimate freedom of today's defender

[3ball]

In today's game, if a defender's man is behind the 3-point line (with or without the ball), the defender can sag off an [COLOR="Navy"]unlimited amount[/COLOR], even all the way to the baseline, BUT ONLY IF the paint doesn't get in the way.

Unfortunately, as the diagram shows, almost nowhere on the 3-point arc can a defender sag off and not eventually meet the paint - in these instances, the defender only has 3 seconds in the paint, which is the same as previous eras, who were also allowed to sag into the paint for 3 seconds.

However, defenders in previous eras had an advantage specifically when sagging off [COLOR="Navy"]corner/sideline[/COLOR] 3-point shooters - they were allowed to paint-camp "with no time limits" in the "outside" lane, which is the outer partition running up the sides of the paint, shown above.. Today's defenders can't do this - they have 3 seconds in the "outside" lane, just like they do in the inside lane.. Given this disadvantage in sagging off on corner/sideline 3-point shooters, today's defender has less freedom in sagging off shooters than previous eras.
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[Smoke117]

Fa sho

[Phenith]

I usually wouldn't bother, but...

Good job pointing out the obvious