Basketball Quote by Skip Bayless

In college, the line is so close that you can kind of half-heartedly shoot the ball off-balance and fading away. To shoot an NBA…

— C. J. McCollum

You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is…

— Oscar Robertson

I always thought the objective of basketball was to get the maximum amount of movement to get the easiest shot, closest to the basket.…

— Bill Bradley

During games, I love a Twitter-rocking dunk as much as the next NBA nut. But now, I'd slightly rather see a crowd-detonating (or crowd-silencing)…

— Skip Bayless

When I came into the NBA, coaches wanted you to shoot a midrange shot or two before you shot your 3 - you know,…

— Kyle Korver

You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that…

— Oscar Robertson

The three-point line changed everything and the players' ability to be able to make three-pointers changed how you attacked the basket.

— Mike D'Antoni

I've always admired that kind of back-to-the-basket game. That's what I grew up watching. But who doesn't like stepping out and shooting threes?

— Robin Lopez

The NBA was once a league full of guys who topped out at 5-foot-9, wore belts in their shorts, and reeked of pomade. When…

— Sean Evans

Point guards love it when a guy can pick and pop and make a shot and make threes.

— Mike Budenholzer

The interesting thing about basketball is that it is played recreationally all over the world in playgrounds where people shoot hoops. Perhaps it is…

— Giorgio Armani

A lot of guys can shoot two, three, four, five, six, seven, 10 feet behind the 3-point line. A lot of people can do…

— Kyle Korver