NBA Commissioner Adam Silver acknowledges the league's increasing reliance on 3-point shots but hesitates to move the arc. While he praises the skill level and diversity of the current game, he recognizes the need to explore ways to enhance offensive strategies and prevent the league from becoming too homogenous.
Commissioner Adam Silver recognizes the NBA might have an issue with the abundance of 3-point shot attempts, but he isn't prepared to relocate the arc. Speaking Tuesday at the NBA Cup final in Las Vegas, Silver addressed the increasing number of 3-point shots teams are taking. Long-distance shots are at a record pace, with the reigning champion Boston Celtics on track to set a single-team record of 51.1 3-point attempts per game.
Silver stated regarding the NBA's analyses of game action, 'I would not reduce it to a so-called 3-point shooting issue. I think we look more holistically at the skill level on the floor, the diversity of offense, the fan reception to the game, all of the above.' `I think the game is in a great place. I love watching the games, and I think we have some of the most skilled athletes in the world competing -- and it's unfair, I think, to the players to lump them into categories as 3-point shooters or a midrange shooter or big man playing under the basket. It's an amazing game.' Having said that, we're constantly having discussions about whether there are ways to improve stylistically the game on the floor.' Regarding the 3-point distance -- 23 feet, 9 inches above the key, 22 feet in the corners, 'Historically, at times, we've moved the 3-point line. I don't think that's a solution here because then, I think when we look at both the game and the data, I think that may not necessarily do more midrange jumpers, if that's what people want, but more clogging under the basket.' Whether there's some tweaks we should make, and my sense is I do think we should take seriously this notion of more diversity in offense. I watch as many games as all of you do, and to the extent that it's not so much a 3-point issue, but that some of the audience, some of the offenses start to look sort of cookie cutter and teams are copying each other. I think that's something we should pay attention t
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