All Spurs fans should know what the ”Mid Three” refers to by now. For anyone who doesn’t, it’s the trio of LaMarcus Aldridge, Rudy Gay and DeMar DeRozan, but why they’re called that may depend on who you ask. To some, it’s because they are the ultimate NBA trio of mid-range shooters, playing a throwback style of offense that seems out of place in today’s NBA but is effective and hard to defend nonetheless.
To others, that name might simply be a reference to three players who are very good, but not quite as much as the four-time championship-winning “Big Three” of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili.