Gregg Popovich on imaginary 5-point line: Steph Curry 'would probably kill us'
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has heard your suggestions about moving the 3-point line back or adding a 4-point line to the NBA. To that, he has a rhetorical response: Why not go ahead and add 5-pointers, too?
In the very next breath, however, Popovich answered his own question: Because Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry would absolutely destroy the competition with such a shot:
Pop, vocal foe of 3-pt. shot, asks why there's no 5-pt. line, but then reconsiders: "The problem is, Steph would probably kill us." #Spurs
— Tom Orsborn (@tom_orsborn) March 1, 2016
You'd probably have to place a 5-point line at half-court, right? Any closer and guys are just going to chuck away, because NBA players are really accurate shooters. Many can knock down wide-open half-court shots, including Curry's Warriors teammates. Even someone like Lance Stephenson channels his inner Curry from time to time.
Pre game @StephensonLance pic.twitter.com/ccIMcM6v76
— Lance Stephenson (@StephensonLance) December 21, 2015
Yet Popovich is right. As good as the rest of the league is, no one would be as lethal on 5-pointers as Curry. Give him a little bit of practice, and he'd be topping 100 points every other night.
