Kobe Bryant's sad slide into mediocrity is just the latest sign that the end is nigh—not just for the Black Mamba's Hall of Fame career, but also for the reign of the NBA's volume-shooting, isolation-heavy scorers.
To be sure, this shift began long before Bryant started posting shooting percentages that would look much more appropriate as batting averages in Major League Baseball. Once the league loosened its defensive rules and the basketball world at large accepted data science into its Spaulding-stamped heart, the sea change toward all-around skill and efficiency was underway.
Nowadays, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a big man who shoots threes, a natural wing sliding up to power forward or a point guard pacing his squad in scoring. The sport has changed, both in how it's played and how it's evaluated.
But if the name of the game is efficiency, what would the NBA's ideal team look like? Here's the two-deep roster we came up with, based on who gives their teams the best bang for their statistical (rather than financial) buck.
Point Guard
Starter: Stephen Curry, ...
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Building the NBA’s All-Efficiency Team
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