Did Analytics Really Kill the Mid-Range?

Michael Jordan's last shot as a Bull was a mid-range jumper. That season he took 1,101 of them, more than anybody in the league. Last season, the entire Chicago Bulls took 333, the fewest of any team in NBA history. For 25 straight seasons, NBA teams took a smaller share of their shots from the mid-range. Last season that streak ended, the Rockets, who took the fewest in the league for eight straight seasons, took the second-most, and every year since 2019, teams have taken more of their shots from the mid-range in the playoffs than they did all season. So did analytics really kill it? #NBA #MidRange #NBAAnalytics