The NBA is a significantly different animal than it was back in the 1980s, when the popularity of the three-point line was only starting to gain steam after its incorporation at the beginning of the 1979-80 season.
As late as 1987-88, the Boston Celtics led the league in triples, making 271 throughout the entire campaign on the backs of 148 from Danny Ainge and 98 from Larry Bird. Compare that to the current season, in which Stephen Curry alone has already drilled a record-setting 288 treys with roughly a quarter of the Golden State Warriors' schedule yet to be played.
How in the world do you stop—or at least slow down—a player who's so good he's bending basketball to his will?
"If we're gonna have a three-point line, let's have a five-point line," San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich suggested when asked about moving the three-point arc further back, per ESPN.com's Michael C. Wright. "The only problem is Steph would probably kill it. So it's like cutting your nose off to spite your face, you know?"
For the sake of preserving our noses, let's travel down a differ ...
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