With a surplus of efficient midrange shooters, expect the Spurs’ offense to look a little bit different this season.
When everybody else zigs, sometimes the smart move is to zag.
The Spurs were at the forefront of understanding and utilizing the efficiency of the 3-point shot, particularly from the corner. The math is simple (3 > 2!), but it took years for teams to fully understand how to use it, and then for players to start adding the shot to their game. Now it’s more or less a necessity in every young player’s arsenal.
There the Spurs were, though, scheming for and launching corner 3s years before it was cool.