Here's my theory on Nixon's shooting. I bet if you charted it, he's got a pretty good percentage inside the 3 point line. If I were him, I'd just shoot a bunch of long 2's.
So your saying change in the 3 point line changed at best marginal 3 point shooter into a really bad one.
He does shoot like what 46% from 2? . Which is double his 3 point percentage