Gregg Popovich has been fielding the three-pointer question long enough that his replies these days are rote, if not curt. And some of that makes sense: nevermind that his teams were once champions of the corner three and paragons of modern analytical models, or that he’s already publicly, repeatedly resigned himself to the undeniable importance of a shot he’s framed as gimmicky — there will always be doofuses like me finding slightly different angles to broach it.
“[If] the other team shoots significantly larger number of threes, it makes it more difficult to win,” he said ahead of Wednesday night’s home loss to the Hornets.