Sideline interviews may be Gregg Popovich's most hated aspect of his job, but three-pointers are running a close second.
While the San Antonio Spurs head coach understands the shot is part of the game and should be emphasized in a team's offense, he admitted he'll "never embrace it," per CBSSports.com's James Herbert:
I don't think it's basketball. I think it's kind of like a circus sort of thing. Why don't we have a 5-point shot? A 7-point shot? You know, where does it stop, that sort of thing. But that's just me, that's just old-school. To a certain degree, you better embrace it or you're going to lose. And every time we've won a championship, the 3-point shot was a big part of it. Because it is so powerful and you've gotta be able to do it. And nobody does it better than Golden State, and you know where they're at. So it's important. You can't ignore it.
He also discussed how the Golden State Warriors' three-point shooting makes them so hard to game-plan against.
"We all think about that all the time, right?" Popovich said. "Because nobody is as powerful with that three-point shot as Golden State is. To date, no ...
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Gregg Popovich Comments on Golden State Warriors, Disdain for 3-Point Shot
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