Popovich談三分球的重要，認為內線最重要是吸引包夾

據<NBC>報導，馬刺教練Gregg Popovich接受了前NBA球員Tom Tolbert訪問，當中談及了現今籃球的改變，特別是三分球對現今籃球比賽的重要性。
Popovich表示，如果球隊無法命中三分球的話，球隊將會付出代價。甚至如果無法起手三分球，那麼球隊也會付出代價。Popovich認為如果內線球員能吸引包夾，那麼他們還有價值。假若那些大個子不能吸引到包夾，那麼球隊便會陷入麻煩當中。所以，他認為球隊想得到一個內線，那個內線最好是一位能吸引對手包夾的球員，那麼他可以把球傳出來，然後不斷把球在場上轉移，再選擇是突破還是投入三分球。

引用You pay the price if you don’t make threes, and you pay the price if you don’t get those threes off. One way that big guys are gonna still be valuable is if you have a big guy that demands a double-team. If you have a big guy that you don’t have to double-team? You’re in trouble. But if you got a big guy, he better be somebody who is good enough that he commands a double so it can get kicked, and moved, and you can penetrate or pitch for the threes.

Popovich也認為人們不能三分球比兩分球有價值這論點。他認為要在突破和跳投兩者之間取得平衝。而在進行突破的時候，也總要想著把球傳給一位有空位投三分球的隊友手上。

引用[The three-pointer] is so much more valuable than a two-pointer that you can’t ignore it. So, you try to have a balance between penetrating and [jump-shooting]. But when you penetrate you always think about kicking it to that uncontested three-point guy. So, what we’re doin’ now isn’t gonna change a whole lot across the league because of that three-point line.

在去年六月，Popovich一個記者會上也表示他討厭三分球，因為對他來說這並不是籃球，不過球隊無可避免要使用它，而感覺就好像作弊一樣。

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