Brian Windhorst says the 3-point shooting trend is making the NBA ‘out of balance’ 👀📈 | NBA Today
On NBA Today, David Dennis Jr., Brian Windhorst and Marc J. Spears react to Dallas Mavericks vs. Golden State Warriors combining for 48 3-pointers (most in any game in NBA history) and discuss the impact 3-pointers are having on today’s game and discuss Dennis Schroder’s trade from the Brooklyn Nets to the Warriors.
0:00 Dallas vs. Warriors reaction
4:00 The NBA is out of balance with 3-point shooting – Brian Windhorst
6:00 Marc J. Spears wants to see teams be more aggressive
6:50 Warriors acquire Dennis Schroder via trade with the Nets
8:38 How will Schroder fit in with the Warriors?
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49 Comments
NBA needs to kill the 3 second violation under the rim.this may help the 3 point line
They gave up 80 points in 2nd quarter
NBA should now make shooting 2 pt shot illegal.. that way you get more 3pt shooting..
so no one gonna mention the fact that the COACHES and telling people to shoot. stop training people to shoot and play big in the paint. thats across all levels. cant be 7'3 only grabbing 9 boards with less than 33% from 3rs.
Yes…simple as that.
I don’t think I’ve watched 1 game this season. Seen a few highlights on YouTube and that’s pretty much it.
It is a problem when not all of them are like these guys who can really shoot those shots but still shoot it and look like they're bricklayers out there. Just like what Windy said, there needs to be a balance , especially if you are a team who's really not that great of a 3 shooter.
The three piint is less work
If I wanted to see this many 3s being shpt I'd go to the local YMCA
If you look like you’re %90 grease and lard, you can’t complain about the state of the nba
So the overweight guy is crying that the game is evolving. Wow who could of predicted that overtime, NBA players realise that shooting the 3 is more practical and has a lower risk of injuries than anything else
Dont be mad cuz teams and players got shots and it doesn't matter they tale it to the hole and its a foul or not when it is f all that bust a 3
I'm an old head hoops fan who watched the NBA from the 80s onward. OK, yes, 3 is greater than 2, but if your team isn't a great 3pt shooting team, play to your strengths! 3 >2, but 2>0. Get buckets in whatever way your team does it best. If that means in the paint and midrange, then thats how you should be playing! Alot of these games are unwatchable.
Literally everyone just walks it up and chucks it these days. There’s little flow, there’s little real movement, and any type of defense that is attempted is a foul.
It has had a trickle down effect on the youth. All they do is jack up threes even before they learn to actually shoot. If they hit one out of ten then they feel that they don’t need to learn how to shoot. Has made coaching a nightmare
You know the saying. “No s@#* Sherlock!” Fans have been saying this FOR YEARS. It’s why ratings are going downhill, it’s a boring product!
I say make the last two mins of 1st and 3rd quarter 4pts and push 3 back five feet. And eliminate that spacing foul
The game is too soft & finesse now 😂😂
I've only been talking about the 3pt problem since 2016. Bring post play back. Bring middys back. Bring physical defense back. Make basketball fun again.
Disable 3-points until last 5minutes of the game.
I always thought Zion would dominate the paint because there's no real big man in the paint anymore.
It's called no defense!!
No defense not watching
a hard fought defensive game with both teams scoring under 100 pts is 100% better to watch than a 3 point shooting contest 10 out of 10 times
Need to go back to the fundamentals and position basketball
It's very simple. Seeing dunks and players dunking on eachother is more entertaining then step back 3's all day. ITS NOT ENTERTAINING
The 3 single handedly ruined the game
The game is lazy now
What about dem refs they are the worse getting superstars ejected and stuff sometimes for nothing
Shams is the new Woj 😂
The league copying the warriors blueprint since 2015….
And next year they be even more 3s. It's been getting worse every year. This isn't something new.
The three is not the problem. The problem is everyone thinks they are Steph. And some players force those shoots up. They should only be certain players allowed to be able to shoot those when they are clear.
Centers shouldn’t be shooting 3s
And some teams are terrible so they make the game boring.
We got to look at the bigger picture, now we see how it changed did curry change the game for the better or worst?
Limited the number of three each team can take a game or per quarter
One "Shaq" type phenom fixes all of this!!!
Ratings down 24% from last year every other sports league putting up personal records
Back up the arc and get rid of the corner 3.
The solution is simple but the NBA will never do it… makes 2s worth 3 points and make 3s worth 4. Right now the 3 is worth 50% more points than the 2 and that is just too much. Shooting an NBA average 36% from 3 results in a lot more points per attempt than shooting an NBA average 46.5% from 2. Making the 3 pointer only worth 33% more than 2s would result in a much more balanced game. If you want total balance, you can also move the line back 8-12 inches.
When you are making so much money, shooting 3s is the right financial decision compared to driving to the basket and facing a higher risk of injury. That doesn't make it more entertaining from a fan's perspective, but I understand. It has the same root problem as the all-star game.
After MJ… Alperen Sengun made me watch nba games live again. U see it. When u see it!
That why I stopped watching the NBA is now just shot 3 all night no skill need anymore. Just shoot the 3 they GSW ruined basketball because that all they do and have done for close to a decade now.
Stop with all this BS about too many 3’s. The simple reason is that it’s the best strategy to win period. Isn’t that the main goal? If you want highlights and entertainment then go watch a movie. If you’re a true fan of the game you appreciate the evolution of the game and strategy to win.
Basketball analytics emphasize the expected value of a shot, which is calculated as:
EV = Shot Value × Probability of Success
• A 3-point shot is worth 50% more than a 2-point shot.
• Even if a player shoots 35% from 3-point range (which is average), the EV is:
0.35 × 3 = 1.05 points per attempt
• Comparatively, a player must shoot at least 50% on 2-pointers to achieve the same EV:
0.50 × 2 = 1.00 points per attempt
This mathematical advantage incentivizes teams to prioritize 3-pointers, even with slightly lower accuracy. Over the course of a game, taking 3s generates more points.
Move the 3 point line back a few more feet.
NBA regular season is a snoozefest.
NBA is outright unwatchable and boring. Its early nineties Duke basketball. 💤
Midrange off the dribble scoring is way better than 3s. Shooting threes is boring
Malika is a much better commentator then this chick
put a limit per team 40 attempts that's 10 a quarter once u go over 40 if u take a three the basket doesn't count and it's a 1 shot technical foul that will slow down the threes