Pop: "the three point line is not basketball"

[Virgil]

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/playoffs/2014/06/07/20140607-presser-popovich.nba//

Is he nuts? Would you think that kind of comments could bring down Green, Mills and Marco´s confidence?

[Stabula]

Pop with the bads

[spurraider21]

gnsf

[ErnestLynch]

Head games. He's begging 'em to come out to the 3 point line and defend it, giving us the paint on a silver platter.

[Chris]

Pretty sure when Pop played there was no 3 point line. He's old school like that, so these comments aren't really surprising.

[benstanfield]

"...but you gotta use it."

He was just talking about how he feels. It isn't as if he's telling Green and Mills not to shoot threes. He's just an old school dude.

[Trainwreck2100]

He has said the same thing about the hack a whoever strategy you use it cause it's there

[DesignatedT]

Lol at OP

[ChosenSavior]

Lol at OP

[skulls138]

Bird said the same thing. He hated the three point rule but hes not dumb, hes going to use whatever it takes to win.

[spurraider21]

The spurs make the three point shot one of their main priorities on offense, and have for years. Anybody taking pops comments in a negative light is just not being intelligent

[SnakeBoy]

I hate that op has no ability to comprehend multiple sentences.

[Vito Corleone]

Bird said he wanted the 3 point line moved out further mostly because he knew he could hit it from just about anywhere.

[313]

Lol at OP

[313]

I like the reporter's questions. Not the usual, "How are you going to defend the Heat next game?" questions.

[DMC]

Abstract thought is a commodity in this forum.

[Solid D]

Pretty sure when Pop played there was no 3 point line. He's old school like that, so these comments aren't really surprising.

True, Chris... not when he was playing, but the ABA was already using it when Pop was at the AF Academy. The 3-point line hit the college rule book while Popo was coaching at Pimona-Pitzer.

[TheyCallMePro]

I will say that Tony Parker saying "I don't know why they (the Heat) keep leaving Danny Green WIDE OPEN" after game 5 just CRUSHED Danny's confidence for game 6 and 7. You never know how fragile guys can be when their game is criticized, especially by their own teammates/coaches. Danny Green wouldn't even make the D-League if he couldn't shoot the 3. Careful Pop...

[InRareForm]

Well it really isn't. It's a bonus form of basketball if you ask me.

[T Park]

Its a very Larry Brown opinion. Hes held the same one for a long long time.

[xtremesteven33]

Pop is a master of adaptation. Just because he does it doesnt mean he really likes it. Whatever it takes to win.

[DMC]

Pop also doesn't like the fact you can foul a guy who doesn't have the ball and force FTs. He uses it, but thinks it can ruin the game.

[TheGreatYacht]

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/playoffs/2014/06/07/20140607-presser-popovich.nba//

Is he nuts? Would you think that kind of comments could bring down Green, Mills and Marco´s confidence?
Pop with the Green CONFIDENCE KILLER...


"If he isn't making shots, there's no reason for him to be out there. [wipes sweat] And that's the god honest truth"

[therealtruth]

I'm waiting for when teams just forget about 2pters and just jack 3pt up all the time. It seems like what prevents teams from taking more sometimes is just the feeling they're taking too many. If you're really a good 3pt shooter you should be throwing up a 3 every time down. At least until the other team adjusts. Alot of playoff games and series have been won because one team caught fire from 3pt land.

[dav4463]

If you watch games from the 70's, the ball movement was better, players took the open shot and there was much more strategy to get open for a good shot. Big men were much more important then as well. Teams scored more points, had a better shooting percentage, and everyone was more involved on offense. Like Pop said, ... it was real basketball.

[TVI]

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/playoffs/2014/06/07/20140607-presser-popovich.nba//Is he nuts? Would you think that kind of comments could bring down Green, Mills and Marco´s confidence?Absolutely. In fact, I think that was a secret message to those three that he's no longer going to give them any time on the floor, and that he's going to eliminate using the three point line entirely as part of his offensive game plan.

[Dex]

If you watch games from the 70's, the ball movement was better, players took the open shot and there was much more strategy to get open for a good shot. Big men were much more important then as well. Teams scored more points, had a better shooting percentage, and everyone was more involved on offense. Like Pop said, ... it was real basketball.

Bingo. The three point shot has become a bailout to good basketball and has become the focus of so many kids growing up learning the game, instead of learning basics like footwork and passing.

That being said...I still think three-pointers are exciting and I love them. :lol

[spurs10]

Bingo. The three point shot has become a bailout to good basketball and has become the focus of so many kids growing up learning the game, instead of learning basics like footwork and passing.

That being said...I still think three-pointers are exciting and I love them. :lol:toast

[soxxx]

Because the 3 point line is not basketball. It was added to make the sport more interesting but real basketball is about getting as close to the basket and getting the best shot. Thats why the Center position is as important as it was back when Wilt and Russel played.

Back in the day if you had a good center it meant that the team had to take worse shots, now today the 3 point line negates that to a degree.

[moisaenz]

Wow. The stupidity to say Green's confidence was brought down by parkers comments and now pop's, last year the heat just figured out how to pressure Danny and how to run him off the 3 point line

[dav4463]

Bingo. The three point shot has become a bailout to good basketball and has become the focus of so many kids growing up learning the game, instead of learning basics like footwork and passing.

That being said...I still think three-pointers are exciting and I love them. :lol


I referee basketball and I can tell you they have ruined junior high, jv and lower level high school basketball. Players who do not have the ability to shoot the three still want to chunk it up there.....it is ugly!