NBA All-Star Draymond Green criticized the league’s games, calling them “boring” and lacking “substance.”
The rise of the 3-pointer has significantly changed basketball, and Draymond Green isn’t a fan. This season, teams are attempting around 75 three-pointers per game, compared to just 68 five years ago and fewer than 45 a decade ago. For context, the Denver Nuggets currently average 31.2 attempts per game — the fewest in the league — but that number would have ranked as the second-highest during the 2014-15 season.
Draymond Green is attempting 3.5 three-pointers per game this season, his highest in nearly seven years, after averaging just 2.1 from 2018 to 2024. Despite playing alongside Stephen Curry, a key figure in basketball’s three-point revolution, Green is critical of the modern game. He described today’s NBA as lacking substance, with teams focused more on speed and three-point shooting than on strategic, chess-like possessions, which he finds “very boring.”
The NBA’s emphasis on freedom of movement has resulted in higher-scoring games and lower defensive ratings. However, TV ratings have been down throughout the season. The trade that sent Luka Dončić to the Lakers gave viewership a boost, with his debut drawing over 2 million viewers and the trade deadline sparking a notable increase in audience numbers since January.
By Christmas, NBA ratings had dropped 19% compared to the previous year, partly due to strong interest in the Dodgers-Yankees World Series. Meanwhile, the league is on track to surpass 92,000 three-point attempts this season, setting a new all-time high.
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