Basketball was turning into a sport he no longer liked.
The once brutal battles and high-pressure defense were disappearing, replaced by more and more shooting, especially from longer distances. Not only perimeter players were taking three-pointers but even interior players had to shoot threes.
Duncan certainly understood that basketball was a sport that required space, and since ancient times, every team had been looking for the most offensive space. Nevertheless, even so, he still couldn't accept what was happening today; even someone like him, who was supposed to dominate his opponents in the low post, had to take on the responsibility of creating space.
Duncan hadn't yet developed the habit of shooting threes, whereas Yao Ming, the center with the biggest low-post threat after Shaquille O'Neal, the last pride of traditional centers, had already become a maverick among them.
