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.”