The 3 point shot!

There are two types of shots in basketball that will get the crowed more pumped up than any other. The Dunk and the 3 Pointer. Over the years we have seen the 3 point shot being taken more often in the NBA. Over the past decade, the percentage of possessions used by NBA teams to shoot the 3 continues to grow each year. In the 2009 season, 22% of possessions were used to shoot a 3 pointer. Players are no longer hesitating to pull of for a long 3 on a fast break instead of drive it to the hole. Is this a cause for concern?

I think that players are shooting the 3 ball more because they are better at shooting it than they ever have been in the past. Do teams need to shoot the long ball more to stay competitive? The final four teams in the NBA this year shot the 3 an average of 25% of their possessions and shot at almost 38%. That's some good 3 point shooting.

Do teams like the Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls , and Detroit Pistons, who only used about 17% of their possessions as threes, need to change their style of play to stay competitive? All 3 of these teams lost in the first round to teams that shoot almost double the 3 pointers. I think that with the talent in the league will only get better and better, and the number of 3 point shots will continue to increase.