Legendary sports columnist Bob Ryan talks the advent of 3-pointers in basketball on OutKick's "The Ricky Cobb Show." Not everyone likes the three-point line in the NBA.
Certainly not former columnist for The Boston Globe, Bob Ryan, who expressed his displeasure with the three-point shot during a recent appearance on OutKick’s "The Ricky Cobb Show." "For me, the three-point shot is the single worst thing to happen to basketball in my lifetime.
And let’s back up for a little history. The ABA did not introduce the three-point shot. The ABA absorbed the three-point shot.
The three-point shot, as we know, it was a gimmick of a promotor," Ryan said. "It was the gimmick of a promotor, that man being Abe Sacks, the impresario of the Harlem Globetrotters who founded a league in 1961 called the American Basketball League he hoped would be an opposition to the NBA. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors shoots a three point basket during the game against the LA Clippers on October 27, 2024 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. (Jed Jacobsohn/NBAE via Getty Images) "That league lasted a year and a half; it folded in the second year, but he had a three-point shot because he needed a gimmick.