There are several different ways to get to the heart of what is really bugging fans of a particular NBA team. You could check out a team-specific blog to see which column influenced the largest amount of comments. You could lope over to a message board, and see which thread goes for the longest amount of pages. You could dial in the local radio airwaves for an hour. Or, you could watch as Atlanta-based journalist (and presumably particularly ardent Atlanta Hawks fan) Charles Bethea repeatedly and righteously grills new Hawks GM Danny Ferry about Josh Smith’s love of the three-pointer.
It’s a great interview, over at Grantland , and we’re sorry for distilling Bethea’s work into a simple takeaway, but the dude really doesn’t like watching Josh Smith shoot three-pointers. Here’s a sampling of Charles’ efforts to get Ferry to just about outlaw the shot from Smith’s low-percentage arsenal (Bethea’s questions are bolded):
And you think Josh Smith will get off the three-point line?
Aug 142012