“One of the guys I really mourned was Drazen Petrovic,” he said. “Drazen was a cold cat, man. His whole swag, I loved it. It was tragic that he didn’t get a chance to fulfill the promise that he had.” Today, Hodges named Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard as his favorite player “by far” for his all-around impact. As for today’s shooters, Hodges pointed to Golden State’s duo of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson as obvious picks but also expressed a fondness for Denver center Nikola Jokic and Dallas guard Luka Doncic.
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League average for 3-point attempts per …
League average for 3-point attempts per game this season is 33.6, an NBA record and the ninth consecutive season the average has increased. Some critics have denounced the league’s new direction, and Hodges is not unlike many old-school players who would like to see greater offensive balance as opposed to teams living and dying behind the 3-point line. “The biggest thing for me is just the freedom that guys have, the freedom that guys have who can’t shoot,” Hodges said. “That’s the killer for me is to see people launching 3s who can’t shoot. You can’t even look at them and they’re having the opportunity to shoot them. So it’s a different game, man.”