Has the NBA’s 3-Point Obsession Gone Too Far?

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🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In basketball there is no greater symbol of the 3-point shot than Golden State’s Steph Curry, who’s spawned a thousand imitators with his prowess. But for every 3-point attempted, is a more dynamic dunk lost? That’s what’s got the NBA on notice. Because, as with any trend, the 3-point obsession may be going too far. ESPN’s Kevin Arnovitz explores a new sentiment around the NBA: that the 3-point shot is draining the game of the exact excitement it was meant to deliver. Then Pablo shares the story of a hockey mom who came to the rescue of a man who helped her kids on the ice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I still hate it. I'll never embrace it. I don't think it's basketball.
0:06.0	You know, I think it's like a circus sort of thing.
0:09.0	Why don't we have a five-point shot and a seven-point shot?
0:12.0	You know, where does it stop? You know, that sort of thing.
0:15.0	But that's just me, that's just old school. But to a certain degree, you better embrace it.
0:19.0	You're going to lose. And every time we've won a championship, three-point shot was a big part of it.
0:25.8	That's Greg Popovich, one of the greatest and grouchiest coaches ever.
0:31.8	Hating on the three in 2015.
0:36.0	But compared to this NBA season, where pretty much everybody is channeling their inner
0:41.3	Steph Curry, 2015 feels old school. We're at the point where basketballs head into
0:49.3	clouds futurists and it's yelling at clouds purists, are joining forces to wonder.
0:56.5	Is the shot that helped save the game, now one of its biggest threats?
1:02.6	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Wednesday, March 10th. This is ESPN Day.
1:12.2	So we were chatting before we started recording, and you described the conversation we're about to have as a total dork fest.
1:20.8	It's geeky, but it speaks to one of the material realities of this game right now.
1:26.6	Kevin Arniewicz has covered the NBA for ESPN for more than a decade.
1:30.9	I mean, it is everything in the NBA, the three-pointer, as we saw on Sunday night.
1:35.9	Steph Curry from near midcourt.
1:38.7	Not fair.
1:39.2	Please.
1:40.0	It's not fair.
1:40.8	The most threes and a half, seven by Russell Westbrook and by Kowai Lowe.
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