Even Adam Silver realizes it’s time for change.

With fan frustration reaching fever pitch and some insisting the NBA had become “unwatchable,” the league commissioner announced a massive rule change on Tuesday.

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“Sometimes we pushed the 3-point limit,” Silver told reporters.

“Whether there are some tweaks we should make, and I think we should take this idea of ​​more diversity on offense seriously.”

The NBA commissioner emphasized that options are still being discussed and no move is imminent.

But as team after team shoots three-pointers after three, fans are turned off by the lack of offensive sets and defensive intensity.

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal joined the growing criticism. The four-time NBA champion and current Inside the NBA analyst said he had to turn off the TV because a game was going so badly.

“I don’t know what the hell we’re watching,” O’Neal said on Big Pod With Shaq.

“This shit is fucking awful.”

“It’s soft – and I’ve said this a million times – it’s soft because everyone’s doing the same thing.”

“The same thing” is shooting three after three.

Players have become so adept at hitting 3s that more than 50 NBA athletes shoot at least 40 percent from beyond the arc.

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The reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics attempt more than 50 three-pointers per game, and 56 percent of their shots are three-pointers.

The Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors set an NBA record on Sunday by combining to make 48 three-pointers.

But what should have been a story about Klay Thompson scoring 29 points, including seven 3s, against his old team instead became a referendum on the deteriorating state of professional basketball.

The Mavs and Warriors made a combined 95 three-pointers in Dallas’ 143-133 win.

That was half of all field goals attempted during the game (190).

With interest in the NBA Cup already plummeting and viewership for the entire NBA down nearly 50 percent since 2012, fans believe the constant three-pointer has become off-putting.

Defense is not a priority, while offensive sets are routinely replaced by three after three sets fired from distance.

O’Neal referenced a recent Lakers game against the San Antonio Spurs.

Although young star Victor Wembanyama played, O’Neal quickly lost interest in the hardwood action.

“You had Austin Reaves at Wembanyama,” O’Neal said.

“I’ll eliminate the devil.

“How do you trade a 5-foot-11 guy for a 7-5 guy? I’m just like, ‘Come on, man.’ I turned that shit off.

Silver took a holistic view, insisting that the NBA is “in great shape.”

But the NBA commissioner reiterated several of O’Neal’s main criticisms of a league obsessed with shooting (and often missing) 3s.

“I watch as many games as all of you,” Silver said. “In the sense that it’s not so much a 3-point thing, but that some of the crowds and some of the offenses feel like they’re all of a piece and the teams are copying each other.”

“I think we should pay attention to that.”

Fans sided with O’Neal in the rising 3-point debate.

“Shaq has come to the right place,” one fan tweeted.

“Everyone’s soft and everyone’s leaving and there’s no shouting,” a second fan posted. “I get so mad when I see it.”