However, there was some disagreement with Wright’s view.

Action Network’s Matt Moore said, “There’s one thing I don’t understand about (the 3s): The Warriors are the most popular team in the last 25 years.” wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “This is built ENTIRELY on threes. Why is it great and wonderful when one team does it and boring when the other one does it? Movement crime, I understand. But is it just ’cause Curry won 7 percentage points more than them?”

Three-point shooting was a catalyst for the Warriors’ dominant run from 2014-22, finishing in the top five in attempts in three of their four championship-winning seasons. Of course, Golden State also had two of the best three-point shooters of all time at the height of their dynasty: Curry and Klay Thompson. So it would make sense to play to their strengths.

But the Celtics also have a strong corps of three-point shooters. All eight players who earned themselves the most minutes last season demonstrated the ability to make plus three-point shots at some point in their respective careers.

All eight of those players shot over 35 percent from beyond the arc last season (which is considered the average mark for 3-pointers). Additionally, the Celtics had three players in the top 15 and four in the top 50 in three-player shooting percentage last season, the highest of any team.

As the Celtics have had success from behind, The Dunker Spot’s Nekias Duncan believes the way they’ve created looks over the past few years has been organic.

“The Boston 3s conversation already feels limiting because outside of a few outlets (ahem), not enough respect is given to *how* they create the look they do from there,” Duncan said wrote to x.

According to Duncan, the Celtics did a good job of creating open looks from beyond the arc last season. According to NBA.com’s tracking data, they ranked first in 3-point shooting last season and made percentages on shots defined as “open” looks (the nearest defender is 4 to 1.5 feet away). Last season they ranked seventh in 3-point attempts on shots defined as “wide open” (the nearest defender is at least six feet away), but they were first in 3-point percentage on such shots.

Last season, 36.4 of the Celtics’ 42.5 3-pointers per game were described as “open” or “wide open.” Of the 106 three-pointers in the first two games of the season, 94 were described as “open” or “wide open.”

So it can’t be said that the Celtics are pushing 3-point attempts in order to score as many points as possible. Still, Wright believes the style of play should prompt a rule change and offers a few suggestions to possibly fix it.

“The simplest way to fix the 3-way problem is to change the scoring, but they never do that because the records get thrown away,” Wright said. “If it were 4s and 3s instead of 3s and 2s, it would fix it immediately because then it would be a 33 percent premium instead of a 50 percent premium. But that won’t happen, so you’ll have to adapt.

“Make the 3-point arc truly an arc, which means it never flattens out and you get rid of corner 3s,” Wright added. “You could also do something super radical and say: ‘Guess what, you know what else is worth three points? Dunks.’ I know this sounds crazy, but at its core, the NBA is at its best when guys fly over people and meet at the basket. That’s when it’s the best television product.”

For those wondering, the Celtics ranked 11th in corner 3-point attempts per game last season (9.3).