“They’ve gotta shoot more threes,” they said.
“It just comes down to the math,” others proffered.
“It just doesn’t work in the modern NBA.”
Pundits around the league were quick to critique the San Antonio Spurs for their lack of three-point shooting in the first half of the season, and yet the team is still playing winning basketball. San Antonio is currently 32-22, sitting fifth in the Western Conference in a transitional year despite averaging a league low 24.8 three-point shots per game.
Head Coach Gregg Popovich added his usual petrol to the fire of commentators, who accused the five-time champion – now 70 years old – of being too stuck in the past and unwilling to join in the three-point shooting revolution.