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Phil Jackson fights trends with his thoughts on the 3-pointer

Phil Jackson is doubling down on his argument the NBA hasn’t changed.

Two weeks after tweeting, “NBA analysts give me some diagnostics on how 3pt oriented teams are faring this playoffs…seriously, how’s it goink [sic]?” Jackson took to Twitter again Sunday afternoon, apparently to try and further explain his rationale, while also recognizing the playoff success of J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert and Pablo Prigioni — all of whom Jackson traded away before the February trade deadline.

‘Some corrected thoughts:1)like 3pt shooters, check it out, but to play for 3pt shot is an error. Penetration, first principal of offense.