As a senior at Ardrey Kell High School in 2019-20, Luke Stankavage earned a 4.4 GPA and averaged 20.6 points per game with the school’s varsity basketball team. Luke Stankavage ranks second all-time in scoring for Ardrey Kell and is a particularly proficient 3-point shooter. He was ranked first in Class 4A in 3-point makes by Maxpreps.
The 3-point shot has been used with increasing frequency every year in the NBA since the 1997-98 season and, consequently, players who can make these shots with high efficiency are becoming more valued by teams. There were only 12.7 3-point attempts per game during the 1997-98 season, but that number increased to 20 by the 2012-13 season. In 2019-20, more than 34 3-point shots were attempted per game on average.
First introduced in 1979, the 3-point shot was slow to be utilized as a part of teams’ offensive schemes. Its rise over the past couple of decades is due in part to the fact it is a more efficient way to accumulate points. From the 1997-98 season to the 2017-18 season, NBA players averaged 1.05 and 1.16 points per above-the-break and corner 3-point attempt, respectively. Players averaged 0.79 points per 2-point attempt beyond the restricted area during the same time.
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